Deception A seemingly benign or alluring scenario presented to obscure the truth.

Sources of Deceit The devil –Genesis 3:13 –John 8:44 –1 Timothy 4:1 –Revelation 12:9 –Revelation 20:1-3; 7-10

Sources of Deceit The heart –Jeremiah 17:9 –Mark 7:20-23 –Jeremiah 14:14; 23:26-27

Incoming Expressions of Deceit False Teaching –Matthew 24:4-28 Vs 4, 11, –Jeremiah 29:8-9

Incoming Expressions of Deceit Pride –Jeremiah 49:15-16 –Obadiah 1:2-4

Incoming Expressions of Deceit Sin –Romans 7:11 –Hebrews 3:13

Expressions of Deceit Hypocrisy –Malachi 1:14

Expressions of Deceit Lying –Psalm 109:2; 120:2 –Isaiah 32:7 –Proverbs 12:17

Expressions of Deceit Offering false hope –Jeremiah 6:13-14 –Zechariah 10:2

Expressions of Deceit Religiosity –Colossians 2:18-23

Expressions of Deceit Mishandling the Word of God –Luke 4:9-11 –2 Corinthians 4:2

Victory Over Deceit Truth –Psalm 33:4; 119:160 –John 1:14; 17:17 –2 Corinthians 4:2 –2 Timothy 2:15

Victory Over Deceit Ongoing discipleship in the context of a body of believers. –Ephesians 4:11-16

Jeremiah 17: Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.

Jeremiah 17: “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

Jeremiah 17: “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? 10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.