DECEPTION: THE ENEMY WITHIN

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BIBLE: STORIES OF DECEPTION

 BIBLE’S DEFINITION:
DECEPTION?

TRANGRESSION: LAW [1 TIMOTHY 2:14]

BEGUILEMENT: GENESIS 3:13
EVIL COMMUNICATION:
1 CORINTHIANS 15:33
TRUSTING: VANITY [JOB 15:31]
IMPERSONATION OF CHRIST: MARK 13:6
DISTORTION OF GOD’S COMMANDS:
ROMANS 7:11
HYPOCRISY: JAMES 1:22
 BIBLE’S DEFINITION:
DECEPTION
SAYING, “I HAVE NO SIN.” 1 JOHN 1:8
CHANGING/MIXING: ORIGINAL
GENESIS 31:7
LUST & PLEASURES: TITUS 3:3
ARCHAIC: AMUSEMENT---To delude or
deceive. Collins Essential Thesaurus 2nd
Edition 2006
SEDUCTION: ISAIAH 19:13
PRIDE OF HEART: OBADIAH 1:3
CUNNING CRAFTINESS: EPHESIANS 4:14
 CUNNING CRAFTINESS:
SERPENT
GENESIS 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any
beast of the field which the LORD God had
made.

10 STRATEGIES

• LOYALTY: GENESIS 3:1 [Serpent…subtle…

beast]

2. SALES PITCH: Yea, hath God said, Ye shall

not eat of every tree of the garden? vs.1
 TARGET AUDIENCE: And the woman said
unto the serpent…vss.1, 2
SALES REP: Now the serpent was more subtle
than any beast of the field which the LORD
God had made. vs. 1

PROPAGANDA AD:
SALES/IMAGE/POPULARITY vs.5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye
shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

8. SALES INDUSTRY: CONSUMER

PRODUCER/DISTRIBUTOR/
ADVERTISEMENT/ADVERTISER/CLIENT
PRODUCT/ vss.5, 6
 Advertiser/Advertisement vs.5—For God...
And when the woman [consumer] saw that the
tree [producer] was good for food, and that it
[was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be
desired to make [one] wise, she [distributor]
took of the fruit [produce] thereof, and did eat,
and gave also unto her husband [client] with
her; and he did eat.

7. PRODUCT: WOW…SALES! vs.7

And the eyes of them both were opened, and
they knew that they [were] naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves
aprons.
6. CREDIBILITY: SENSES
SEEING/TOUCHING/TASTING/FEELING
vs.6, 7 [SAW/TOOK/GAVE/EAT]
 THE BLAME GAME!
And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast]
naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I
commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the
tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said
unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast
done? And the woman said, The serpent
beguiled me, and I did eat. vss.11-13
10. BACKGROUND CHECK: EZEKIEL 28:2, 18
…and thou hast said, I [am] a God, I sit [in] the
seat of God, in the midst of the seas; Thou hast
defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic;
ADAM’S FIRST TEST: SELF DENIAL
EGW, CONFRONTATION, p. 13
The first moral lesson given to Adam was that of self-
denial.
THE STORY OF REDEMPTION, pp. 30, 31
It was decided in heaven's council for angels to
visit Eden and warn Adam that he was in danger
from the foe. They told Adam and Eve that the
most exalted angel, next in order to Christ, refused
obedience to the law of God which He had
ordained to govern heavenly beings; that this
rebellion had caused war in heaven, which resulted
in the rebellious being expelled…They told them
that Satan…could not harm them while they
yielded obedience to God's command…But if they
disobeyed the command of God, then Satan…
 LUCIFER: ASSETS & LIABILITIES
EZEKIEL 28:

THREE ASSETS: DECEPTION VSS. 15-18

• SEAL OF PERFECTION
• FULL OF WISDOM
• PERFECT IN BEAUTY

THREE LIABILITIES: DAMNATION VS.17, 18

[1 JOHN 2:16]
• HEART WAS LIFTED UP
• WISDOM IS CORRUPTED
• DEFILEMENT [BY TRADING]
BOOK: “HE CAME TO SET THE CAPTIVES
FREE”
WRITTEN: REBECCA BROWN, M.D.
CHAP. 17, p. 233

ELAINE: “DURING MY YEARS IN THE

BROTHERHOOD, I WAS CAREFULLY
TRAINED, AND I, IN TURN, TRAINED
OTHERS HOW TO INFILTRATE AND
DESTROY THE VARIOUS CHRISTIAN
CHURCHES.”

8 POINTS OF ATTACK--“DESTRUCTION OF
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES”
POINT ONE: PROFESSION OF FAITH… SATANIST
MUST PRETEND
POINT TWO: BUILD CREDIBILITY

POINT THREE: DESTROY THE PRAYER BASE

POINT FOUR: RUMORS
POINT FIVE: TEACH & CHANGE DOCTRINE(S)
-PRAYER
-HEALTH AND WEALTH MESSAGE
-LOVE DOCTRINE

POINT SIX: BREAK UP CHURCH & HOME

FAMILY UNIT
PROGRAMS: PRESCHOOL/SCHOOL/TEENAGE
AGE
PROGRAMS: WOMEN/MEN SEPARATELY
YOUNG PEOPLE: LOSE RESPECT FOR THE
PASTOR
HUSBAND/WIVES

POINT SEVEN: HALT ALL ACCURATE

TEACHING OF SATAN

POINT EIGHT: LAUNCH DIRECT ATTACK

BY WITCHCRAFT AGAINST KEY
MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH

TRADING / TRAFFICKING: PROPAGANDA

AND LIES
TRADING: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

OXFORD ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY

TO THOROUGHLY OCCUPY ONE’S SELF

TO EARN IN BUSINESS
TO GAIN BY TRADING
TO BUSY ONE’S SELF
TO DO A DEED: AFFAIR/BUSINESS FOR
SELF
TO TRADE MATERIAL/MONEY/HIERACHY
TO COMPETE: STATUS/POWER IN A THING
OR WORK
EGW, GREAT CONTROVERSY, pp.
493-497
Leaving his place in the immediate presence of
God, Lucifer went forth to diffuse the spirit of
discontent among the angels. Working with
mysterious secrecy, and for a time concealing his
real purpose under an appearance of reverence for
God,…He claimed that in aspiring to greater
power and honor he was not aiming at self-
exaltation, but was seeking to secure liberty for
all the inhabitants of Heaven, that by this means
they might attain to a higher state of existence. He
persistently defended his own course, and fully
committed himself to the great controversy against
his Maker. . . . He sought also to make a false
issue between himself and the loyal angels.
 DECEPTION: ORIGINAL
HEBREWS 10:1
For the Law having a shadow of things to come…

No other gods before me

No bowing down
God’s name in vain: Genesis 3:4 [Serpent]
Remember the Sabbath day
Honor: Father and Mother
Don’t kill
Don’t commit adultery
Don’t steal
Don’t commit false witness: Genesis 3:3<>Eat/Touch
Don’t covet: Foundation<>SELF
ORIGINAL AND COUNTERFEIT:
DISCIPLE<>JOHN 10
ORIGINAL COUNTERFEIT
MISSIONARY VALUES: MISSIONARY VALUES:
HONOR HONOR
COURAGE COURAGE
COMMITMENT COMMITMENT
DISCIPLE DISCIPLE
SERVE SERVE
CHRIST (FREEDOM) CHRIST (FREEDOM)
GENUINE GENUINE
LOVE: WORD LOVE: WORLD
WAR/CONTROVERSY WAR/CONTROVERSY
BASIC TRAINING BASIC TRAINING
DEFECTION(S) DEFECTION(S)
 WHO IS A DISCIPLE?
WEBSTER’S DEFINITION
A FOLLOWER OF ANY TEACHER WHO HELPS /
ACCEPTS THE TEACHING OF ANOTHER.
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST

HOW DO WE DISTINGUISH THE ORIGINAL FROM THE

COUNTERFEIT?

MATTHEW 24:5,11—DECEPTION: CHRIST

HONOR
COURAGE
COMMITMENT
EGW, SELECTED MESSAGES,
Vol. 1, p.122
Even in the Adventist Church

We have far more to fear from within than from

without. The hindrances to strength and success
are far greater from the church itself than from
the world.
BODY OF CHRIST: MEMBERS
MEMBER: INITIATIVE

MEMBER: MONEY

HOW DOES DECEPTION OCCUR?

WHEN THE ORIGINAL IS TWISTED,

MASQUERADED, PACKAGED, PRESENTED,
TRADED, AND MARKETED IN DISGUISE AS
THE REAL THING, WITH OR WITHOUT
YOUR PRIOR CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE
OF DECEIT.
 LUCIFER’S DECEPTION: GOD’S LIVING
ROOM
HEAVEN: COURTS EARTH: CHURCH
1. DIFFUSE THE • DIFFUSE THE
SPIRIT OF SPIRIT OF
DISCONTENT DISCONTENT
3. DISGUISE AS A • DISGUISE AS A
ANGEL OF LIGHT: SERPENT:
TRAFFICKING AN TRAFFICKING AN
IDEA USING HIS IDEA USING HIS
SALES PITCH SALES PITCH
4. DECEPTION: • DECEPTION:
TRADING TRADING
POSITION, POWER POSITION, POWER
AND LIES. AND LIES.
ADAM & EVE: SELFISH<>HOME

It is through this avenue of self-esteem and

self-sufficiency that Satan will seek to
ensnare the people of God.
{REVIEW & HERALD, JUNE 18, 1889}

CONTAGION
COUPE D’ETAT
COUNTERFEIT
 SATAN’S TRUTHS
WISDOM
POPULARITY
POWER

LUKE 4:9
And the devil said unto him, All this power
will I give thee, and the glory of them: for
that is delivered unto me; and to
whomsoever I will I give it.
GENESIS 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall
not surely die:
SATAN’S LIES: REBELLION NOT
RIGHTEOUSNESS

EGW, DESIRE OF AGES, p. 309

…all who break God's commandments are

sustaining Satan's claim that the law is
unjust, and cannot be obeyed. Thus they
second the deceptions of the great
adversary, and cast dishonor upon God.
They are the children of the wicked one,
who was the first rebel against God's law.
 GREATEST DECEPTION: “SELF”
SELF: DORMANT; BUT NEVER DEAD!

SELF: WORSHIPS THE CREATURE; NOT THE

CREATOR.

ROMANS 1:24, 25
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness
through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour
their own bodies between themselves: Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
 WHO CHANGED GOD’S TRUTH INTO A
LIE?
REVELATION 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called
the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he
was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with
him.

DECEPTION: ANGELS<>ANGEL OF LIGHT

DECEPTION: ADAM & EVE<>SERPENT
DECEPTION: CHURCH<>JUDAS<>TWO MASTERS

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

-MERCENARY DISGUISED AS A MISSIONARY
-ANGEL…DARKNESS DISGUISED…ANGEL OF LIGHT
Sin