"Delusion"

A watchman guards his post from an elevated position in order to warn against any onslaught from its enemy. He is the first to observe the enemies attack if and when he isn’t asleep at his post. In fact the enemy seemed so callous in his approach that I have concluded that “delusion” is at play…

Delusion always achieves its objective and hoodwinks a person into believing a lie. The irony of it all; even sin demands acceptance of an actual condition before any rescue is achievable. This is where the strength of sin lies; even when an individual seems to be on track, sin still dominates their being whilst remaining oblivious to it. Alcoholics need to own their disease before they can successfully conquer their ailment and so on and even though that beast may eventually be conquered the condition of their hearts remain enslaved to sin. Patch work may plug the hole but unless we get a new heart we will always be tricked by its delicacies. Sin will always delude us into accepting foreign comportment as the norm. On the one hand our hidden agendas that we want no one to see hidden in plain view, God sees everything! And on the other somethings that obviously don’t fit, made to fit and then for society to accept it as natural, when in fact is anything but natural. Same sex marriages are a very good example; not so long ago this would have been frowned upon by many self-righteous individuals. They would have not been wrong in their judgments but sadly that is were it stopped for most when it came to heeding scripture; “hobby horses” quick to be pointed out error whilst the exclusion of their own sin is overlooked. Unless the shackle of sin is broken by repentance in Christ there remains no hope for an individual even though they may not be aware of this reality. Delusion camouflaged but very much alive and well!

True repentance will bring change and expose the wood from the trees. Not a change from the outside in, which will only ever harvest self righteousness but from the inside out; “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ezekiel 36:26) – Resulting with the evidence of your conviction and this then will be its fruit; “because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."” (Romans 10:9-11)  

Most of mankind have their pet subjects that they are passionate about and are quick to voice their opinions when those topics come up. As for me I have learnt by the good graces of my Heavenly Father that anything contrary to His instruction is a trap waiting to be triggered. So without studying scripture and lending an ear to His voice how will we ever know what is being said? Foreign voices which ignite varying topics may trigger our minds into a mistake which occurs instantaneous but mostly those traps have been wired with a slow release mechanism. The deeper one gravitates the slipperier the slide. Why would we so willingly accept certain criteria as the norm? The answer is an obvious one, “the sin that so easily besets”. It is the way mankind has been wired, however without deception running a mock we would not be so easily mislead. And this is why we need rescue, “Jesus in my place” – Bless His name, Amen!

Here are some of the brutal facts concerning mankind’s existence according to the Bible teachings, which I view higher than any other and am willing to place the existence of my future on its instruction as I believe it is the written Words of the only true God that hold the keys to heaven and hell in His hands. In eternal lyrics my infinity hinges on its training. Rather important when understood wouldn’t you say? It is a treasure map filled with searchable directives for this life and the life to come. Disregard its instruction at your own peril. But again I say! Without true repentance is Christ, these words will have no real substance to your life. This is why a person needs to be “born again”; they need their spiritual eyes to be opened, without that event in their lives, nothing but dead works and self- righteousness will encapsulate their interventions. You needn’t look far to see this at play whilst people point and jeer as they commend their colleges and peers and yet they have been hoodwinked by the deception of the devil; a smokescreen of delusion has tricked them into believing lies with Satan in his chair with the unquenchable pleasures of sin running a mock.  

Without the mind of Christ it is an impossible task to make head or tails of the real issues that will play out in eternity. As for the Christian there is a war which continues to rage, the spirit and the flesh, the “old man” and the mind of Christ contending for leadership. The sooner we accept the fact that the “old man” is dead the freer we will be to serve our great God and Father; “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 6:11)   

Thankfully God hasn’t left us there with our own interventions running riot; he has given gifts unto men to unpack the Bibles instructions which teaches us the way of the Master; "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." (Ephesians 4:8) – We must always learn to the best of our God given capabilities and stick to the text of scripture. Another “red flag” that is contrary to scripture and which certain Christian circles are throwing out their with woman teachers demanding to be heard. In today’s day and age, women are demanding to be heard and are being received. However when we accept this as the norm which is contrary to scripture, delusion is at play. God never changes - He is constant; “Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:7-8) – These are the types of examples that will help us test our hearts and where we stand with regard to God’s instruction. If and when we see resistance, delusion is at play! There are many other examples I could single out but I mention this as it is extremely topical in today’s day and age.

So my beloved sisters in Christ do not be fooled by the fads of the day; we have the mind of Christ.   

Scripture is very clear on certain topics and the sooner we align ourselves with God’s instruction the sweeter our existences will be. Shirk the Bibles instruction and you can be sure of a downward spiral that will end badly with damage running a mock. Scripture is filled with warnings that go against its instructions. We must never forget to glean from the warnings of scripture; they have been penned for our admonition. Praise the name of Jesus now and forever more, Amen and Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone