deceive

  • Back to Basics

    Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for his reward will be emptiness.  Job 15:31  NASB Deceiving – How can you trust in something that doesn’t exist?  That would be real foolishness.  Fortunately, Eliphaz isn’t“foolish” enough to insist that some people believe in nothingness.  No, the word he uses also means “vanity” or “useless.”  His…

  • Calling God a Liar

    Why has my pain been perpetual and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?  Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream with water that is unreliable?  Jeremiah 15:18  NASB Deceptive – My daughter called from the Navy base.  “Dad, I talked to the career counselor yesterday and nothing that they told me…

  • Off The Beaten Path

    “For false Christs and false prophets will arrive and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.”  Matthew 24:24 NASB To mislead – In the last days there will be plenty of misdirection.  It will be spectacular but it will still be misdirection.  Lies are often far more…