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Last week we began this article on how we can deceive ourselves. Two ways mentioned were: (1) If we think we can practice sin and still be saved, and (2) If we think we can sow one thing and reap another. Another route of self-deception is when we think we are better than we really are. In Gal. 6:3 we find this statement, “For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” This statement…

Have you ever been deceived in the business world, or by someone you consider a friend, or even a brother in Christ? Some have been deceived by their spouse. The world is filled with both with people and with things that deceive. The scriptures have much to teach us about the danger of deception, and the consequences of being deceived. Though deception often comes from others, we deceive ourselves more than we realize. Actually, we would not become deceived so…

More than 2000 years ago there was a man born contrary to the laws of life. This man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity. He did not travel extensively. Only once did He cross the boundary of the country in which He lived; and that was during His exile in childhood. He possessed neither wealth nor family influence. His relatives were uninfluential and had neither training nor education. In infancy He startled a King; In childhood He puzzled…

Most everyone knows that a cork placed on the top of the water will float on the surface. If it is pressed down ten, fifty, or even a hundred feet below the surface of the water, and released, it will rise again. But those who know say that if it is pressed down two hundred feet, it cannot rise again. The pressure of the water is too great. So it is with life. The lower a man sinks into the…