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Deception & Deliverance

April 28th, 2024

Message

The Devil’s Deception process:
  1. The Devil’s slimy tactics: 
    1. CHALLENGES God’s Word. Gen. 3:1
    2. DENIES God’s Word: You won’t die! Gen. 3:4
    3. SUBSTITUTES his own slippery lies. Gen. 3:5
    4. CAST DOUBT on God’s goodness. Gen. 3:5
  2. The Woman, representing humanity, engaged:
    1. She REDUCED God’s ‘freely eat’ (2:16) to may eat.
    2. She DOWNPLAYED God’s emphasis on the availability of fruit from every tree but one (2:17)
    3. She ADDED not touching to God’s prohibition against eating (2:17)
    4. She SOFTENED the certainty of death (2:17)
    5. The serpent capitalizes on the woman’s uncertainty by baldly denying the penalty and quickly diverting her attention to the supposed “prize”—to be like God, knowing both good and evil. The deceiver falsely implies that this would be an unqualified good for them. Filament Study Bible
  3. The LORD’s Deliverance process:
    1. Study God’s Word. Joshua 1:8
    2. Meditate on it day and night. Psalm 1:2
    3. Know the Word, Jesus. Genesis 3:15, 21, Psalm 2:7-12,  John 1:1, 14
  4. Then:
    1. You will be SURE to obey everything in it. Josh 1:8
    2. You will prosper and be successful in every way. Josh 1:8, Psalm 1:3
    3. You will never wither, regardless of circumstances because you have the life-source. Psalm 1:3
    4. You will have a fruit-filled life. Psalm 1:3
    5. You will have true joy. Psalm 1:1, 2:12

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