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Ephesians 1:
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;  17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,  19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,


DAY 23—How Hypocrisy Will Take Over Those Who Forsake Godly Wisdom in the Time of the End

 

Some shall depart from their faith in the Lord in the latter days. In doing so, they will subject themselves to the lies of false religion. They will lose their ability to understand what is true and what is false. Spirits of deception will take advantage of them. They will become disabled in their inner beings, losing all awareness of who they are. In such a condition, they will become given over to hypocrisy, pretending to be what they are not. The enemy will try to corrupt the awareness in every believer, of who they are in Christ and who He is in them.

Because of the anti-Christ’s intention to take us away from our relationship with Christ, we are admonished to give ourselves to the wisdom that is from above.

James 3:17—But the wisdom that is from above is without hypocrisy...

I Timothy 4:1,2—Now the Spirit speaketh expressly (in clear, direct speech), that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith (shall apostatize), giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron (so they have no feeling of what others are going through).

 

DEAR LORD, forgive me for pretending to be more spiritually minded than I actually am. Work in me a wisdom that gives up hypocrisy. Set me free from every tendency that makes me an easy target for deceiving spirits. Now, I hold these before You who have a relationship with You part of the time. At other times they don’t seem to really know You. Draw us all up close so we can know You intimately all the time.

Providing Things Honest in the Sight of All
—Romans 12:17; II Corinthians 8:21; Philippians 4:8; I Peter 2:12

 

 

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