The religious world today has confused and deceived the multitudes. Let me be plain! The religious world today has been by its own “church leaders”, swindled, defrauded, cheated, tricked, hoodwinked, hoaxed, duped, take in, mislead, deluded, fooled, misguided, and ensnared.
Moses warned, “29 “When the Lord your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land, 30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’” (Deut. 12:29-30). The writer of Hebrews said, “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,“ (Heb. 12:1).
But the fact is that is concerning the faith, if someone is able to “put one over on you”, it is your own fault. The reason I say that is simple: The word of God, written by inspiration “16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [a]instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Tim. 3:16-17). The writers of the books of the New Testament, and the old, were all as Peter put it, “…holy men of God”, who, “spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” (2 Pet. 2:12).
The word of God is, a lamp to your feet and a light to your path (Psa. 119:105), but only if you know and keep it (v.106). If you are lead astray it can only be because you didn’t spend time in God’s word to learn the truth, that makes you free (John 8:32). You can test yourself and know if you have been taught the truth simply by testing every spirit, that is every human teacher–against the word of God, because it is the truth (John 17:17), and because it is the only source for truth faith (Rom. 10:17). The only way for anyone to get spiritually taken to the cleaners, is because they are not keeping the Lord’s commands to study and meditate on He word. Paul commanded, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Tim. 2:15), the psalmist said, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he [b]meditates day and night.” (Psa. 1:1-2).
You cannot be a victim if you know God’s word, by you will always fall victim if you simply trust the teacher and preacher to tell you what God said.
Yes, the devil is out to deceive you and he does it best by just letting you listen to every teacher, preacher, friend, even parent, who themselves have been deceived, possibly all their lives.
When it comes to truth–we are limited to just one source–that is God’s Holy written word. You want truth, that is where you’ll find it.