Given To Diversion From Absolute Truth

119 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,” I learned a new word today. According to the Strong's Concordance, the word “lies” here means, “”mendacious.” And mendacious means “given to divergence from absolute truth.” These false teachers seek to put two faces on the absolute truth of the Word of God, hence the word hypocrisy is used because a hypocrite is one who is “two-faced.” You can easily see why this is referred to as “the doctrine of demons,” because the original doctrine of demons was laid bare for all of us to see in the Garden of Eden, when the snake planted the seed of doubt in Eve's mind with those infamous words, “Did God really say?” This strategy is still being employed by the evil one and one only need to look around the church in America today to see it being played out. Did God really say this in 1Co 6:9,10? “ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.” Do not be deceived! Do not be taken in by these false teachers who ignore these truths, and claim that this is not absolute truth! The truth is these sins condemn those who continue to live in them! But they don't have to, if one heeds the absolute truth found in the next verse! “ 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” These sins don't have to identify you! Turn to Jesus and allow Him to deliver you from their bondage and condemnation! The conscience of the church is being seared right before our eyes, and that is the natural consequence of those who play around with absolute truth! A seared conscience is one that has been rendered insensitive. It no longer can discern what is right and wrong. God help us! God raise up preachers and teachers who aren't afraid to say, “Thus saith the Lord!”