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Satan is a Master at Deception

Satan is a Master at Deception. God warns us concerning the terrible consequences of sin. (Eph 5:5-6). Satan is a Master at Deception.

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Satan is a Master at Deception

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  1. Satan is a Master at Deception • God warns us concerning the terrible consequences of sin. (Eph 5:5-6)

  2. Satan is a Master at Deception • Ephesians 5:5-6 (NKJV) - For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

  3. Satan is a Master at Deception • How many times have I seen young people justify fornication or older people thinking they can get away with it.

  4. Satan is a Master at Deception • How many times have I seen young people justify fornication or older people thinking they can get away with it. • Over and over the “Bills come due” and a terrible price is paid. (Gal 6:7-8)

  5. Satan is a Master at Deception • Galatians 6:7-8 (NKJV) - Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

  6. Satan is a Master at Deception • Even then some fail to learn from the Lord.

  7. Satan is a Master at Deception • There is a tremendous power found in the examples of the Old Testament. (Rom 15:4: 1 Cor 10:11)

  8. Satan is a Master at Deception • Romans 15:4 (NKJV) - For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

  9. Satan is a Master at Deception • 1 Corinthians 10:11 (NKJV) - Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

  10. Satan is a Master at Deception • One of the great tragedies of the old testament is that of the king Manasseh.

  11. Satan is a Master at Deception • One of the great tragedies of the old testament is that of the king Manasseh. • Does it pay to live a life of sin as long as I can repent and be saved before I die?

  12. Satan is a Master at Deception • Galatians 6:7-8 (NKJV) - Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

  13. The Advantages of Manasseh • He was raised as a Jew in the nation of Israel. (Rom 3:1-2)

  14. The Advantages of Manasseh • Romans 3:1-2 (NKJV) - What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? 2 Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God.

  15. The Advantages of Manasseh • He heard the scriptures and knew of God’s will.

  16. The Advantages of Manasseh • The nation was faithful to God during his childhood.

  17. The Advantages of Manasseh • The nation was faithful to God during his childhood. • He had a godly father, Hezekiah. (2 Kings 18:3)

  18. The Advantages of Manasseh • 2 Kings 18:3 (NKJV) - And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.

  19. The Advantages of Manasseh • He was a man who won many victories through prayer. (2 Kings 20:2-6)

  20. The Advantages of Manasseh • 2 Kings 20:2-6 (NKJV) - Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, 3“Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

  21. The Advantages of Manasseh • 4 And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 5 “Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.

  22. The Advantages of Manasseh • 6 And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David.”’

  23. The Advantages of Manasseh • He was would accept the word of God without question. (2 Kgs 20:16-19)

  24. The Advantages of Manasseh • 2 Kings 20:16-19 (NKJV) - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD: 17 ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the LORD.

  25. The Advantages of Manasseh • 18‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ 19 So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?”

  26. The Advantages of Manasseh • Without a doubt the faith of Hezekiah deeply influenced his son Manasseh.

  27. The Advantages of Manasseh • Without a doubt the faith of Hezekiah deeply influenced his son Manasseh. • He had access to one of the greatest of Old Testament prophets Isaiah.

  28. The Advantages of Manasseh • Without a doubt the faith of Hezekiah deeply influenced his son Manasseh. • He had access to one of the greatest of Old Testament prophets Isaiah. • Would you want God’s will to guide you as king?

  29. The Advantages of Manasseh • Without a doubt the faith of Hezekiah deeply influenced his son Manasseh. • He had access to one of the greatest of Old Testament prophets Isaiah. • Would you want God’s will to guide you as king? • Any man who knows the one true God would rejoice at this blessing. Ex. King Jehoshaphat (2 Chron 20:6,12)

  30. The Advantages of Manasseh • 2 Chronicles 20:6 (NKJV) - and said: “O LORD God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You?

  31. The Advantages of Manasseh • 2 Chronicles 20:12 (NKJV) - O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

  32. The Choice of Manasseh • Even with the great advantages Manasseh had, he still could choose evil!

  33. The Choice of Manasseh • Even with the great advantages Manasseh had, he still could choose evil! • He became king at 12 years old. (2 Kings 21:1)

  34. The Choice of Manasseh • 2 Kings 21:1 (NKJV) - Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

  35. The Choice of Manasseh • At this age he would be very susceptible to the advice of the princes of Judah. Rehaboam fell to this influence. (1 Kings 12:6-8)

  36. The Choice of Manasseh • 1 Kings 12:6-8 (NKJV) - Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

  37. The Choice of Manasseh • 7And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” 8 But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

  38. The Choice of Manasseh • When someone makes a stand they will determine what kind of company they will keep, Often this will be for a lifetime and for an eternity!(1 Cor 15:33)

  39. The Choice of Manasseh • 1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV) - Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”

  40. The Choice of Manasseh • Manasseh completely gave himself over to evil. Look at what he did. (2 Kgs 21:2)

  41. The Choice of Manasseh • 2 Kings 21:2 (NKJV) - And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

  42. The Choice of Manasseh • He worshipped idol Gods and built altars in Israel. These are the Assyrian god’s that were completely discredited by God during hid father’s reign! (2 Kgs 21:3)

  43. The Choice of Manasseh • 2 Kings 21:3 (NKJV) - For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a wooden image, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

  44. The Choice of Manasseh • The appeal of these god’s was not truth but the flesh. Fornication was allowed and practiced as a rite.

  45. The Choice of Manasseh • To many the sin of fornication is the first step away from the Lord.

  46. The Choice of Manasseh • To many the sin of fornication is the first step away from the Lord. • He desecrated the temple of the true God. (2 Kings 21:4-5)

  47. The Choice of Manasseh • 2 Kings 21:4-5 (NKJV) - He also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.” 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

  48. The Choice of Manasseh • When one departs from worshipping the one true God there remains no restraints. (Rom 1:21, 24)

  49. The Choice of Manasseh • Romans 1:21 (NKJV) - because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

  50. The Choice of Manasseh • Romans 1:24 (NKJV) - Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,

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