The apostle Paul met in his day those who were doing the deceptive work of Satan. They sowed his poisonous darnel and demonstrated that they were the children of the wicked one. Notice how he desdcribed them to the Corinthians: "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel: for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works" (2 Cor. 11:13-15). When it suits his purposes, he comes as an angel of light and as a minister of righteousness. He has his ministers who quote from the Bible as he himself did when he tempted the Lord Jesus. But they twist and distort the Scriptures as the apostle Peter stated in his second epistle (2 Pet. 3:17). The apostle Paul also wrote to the Galatian believers about those who troubled them and perverted (distorted) the Gospel of Christ (Gal. 1:7). The Devil is the great deceiver who works through his servants who have been deceived by him and seek to deceive and lead others astray. Paul wrote to Timothy that "in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, the doctrines of demons; speaking lies in hypocrisy" (1 Tim. 4:1-2). Doctrines of demons from seducing, lying spirits are boldly proclaimed in many places today under the name of Christianity. The apostle John exhorts us to "try the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world" (1 Jn. 4:1). We must test everything by all the Word of God and not just take isolated texts and give them our own interpretation. The prophet Isaiah declared long ago: "To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them" (Isa. 8:19-20).
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