Great Deceptions of the Christian Church

What is a Deception? A Deception is when somebody gets you to believe a falsehood or a lie as truth. The deceived person then considers that falsehood to be the truth. It should be noted that the deceiver isn't necessarily malicious, they themselves may be deceived and they are passing on their deceptive truth to another. Obviously, those who are truly deceived don't know they are deceived, that's the nature of deception. So, those who are deceived will not look for the real truth because they believe they already have the real truth. However, if they are open to hearing the real truth, and they may come to see that what they were originally told is not the truth, they can then overcome their deception. John 8:32 (NKJV), 'And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.' John 17:17 (NKJV), ' Your word is truth.' Jesus spoke YHVH's words of truth, and those words will set us free from the deadly deceptions. When a person knows the truth about an issue, it will set them free from being deceived on that issue. The word 'deceive' and 'deception' and other forms of those words, appear 169 times in the Bible. It is a major issue. Matthew 24:4 (NKJV), 'And Jesus answered and said to them: 'Take heed that no one deceives you.' Matthew 24:11 (NKJV), 'Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.' There will be many deceptions given by many false prophets according to Jesus, and of course he is speaking of religious deceptions. Surprisingly enough these great deceptions are coming from within the Christian Church. And those false prophets in the Christian Church are deceived themselves. And because of those deceptions, many will be deceived and it will cost them their eternal lives. But fortunately we have been warned. But if we will pay attention to Jesus' words of truth and take heed to His warnings we can avoid being deceived ourselves. This book will address the deceptions coming from within the Christian Church and how to avoid them, from Jesus' own words.