“THE DECEIVER OF THE WHOLE WORLD!”

 Revelation 12:7-9                                 (ESV)

“7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,

8 but HE WAS DEFEATED, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, “THE DECEIVER OF THE WHOLE WORLD”-he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”

Some people might ask why I refer to Satan as “the enemy” in the majority of my writings?  Ever since the beginning “the enemy” has been about twisting TRUTH and convincing man that his version of what is true is acceptable, basically DECEIVING any that cares to listen to him.  In John 8:43-44 JESUS says “Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear MY WORD. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer FROM THE BEGINNING, and DOES NOT STAND IN THE TRUTH, because THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for HE IS A LIAR and the FATHER OF LIES.”  So even when “the enemy” proclaims half truths, they are also half lies, used to deceive and manipulate!

If a person attempts to convince you that anything short of THE TRUTH will be okay for now, they are NOT being led by the Spirit of GOD!  JESUS said in Matthew 12:30 “Whoever is not with ME is against ME, and whoever does not gather with ME scatters”.  If your message is not centered on the TRUTH, it must be centered on deceit?  Hiding TRUTH behind a “partial truth” is what Satan did in Genesis 3!  If your EYES have been OPENED to see that this is wrong, your SPIRIT will not allow you to share the lie, for the TRUTH lives in your body and “THE DECEIVER OF THE WHOLE WORLD” has no place in you!

Have you been DECEIVED into believing that an untruth is okay because we all are human?  Believers are a NEW CREATION (2 Corinthians 5:17), so we aren’t like everyone else.  The book of Revelation is one that can be misunderstood by many, but understanding that “THE DECEIVER OF THE WHOLE WORLD” and “the enemy” is one and the same is not something that is debatable!  Don’t allow “THE DECEIVER OF THE WHOLE WORLD” to use you unknowingly!  The most effective way to IDENTIFY “THE DECEIVER OF THE WHOLE WORLD” is to be so close to THE TRUTH that “the enemy” will have to flee (James 4:7)!!!