Joshua 1:8
"...[B]ut you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." (Joshua 1:8).
"You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39).
"And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13).
"For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light" (v.14).
ReplyDeletePaul is warning us to be wise and discerning. False teachers, ministers, priests are widespread and their goal is to mislead and glorify themselves. As Christians we are to "[b]e wise as serpents—and harmless as doves" (Matt 10:16), "believ[ing] not every spirit, but try[ing] the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world" (1 John 4:1).
For anyone interested, 1 John 4 & 5 are great chapters that further address this.
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