Date: Wednesday, 29th January, 2025
Text: John 1:43-51
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said concerning him, “Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!” John 1:47. Heaven takes special note of personalities whose lives there is no deceit. Deceit is one of Satan’s special trademarks. Man fell by the devil’s deceit and his kingdom thrives on it.
Revelation12:9 says, “The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.”
The devil is a master at concealing the truth or misrepresenting the truth in order to gain a selfish advantage. When he approached eve in the garden, he knew they would die if they ate the forbidden fruit but he deceived them by saying, “Ye shall not surely die.” Genesis 3:4b. He meant the exact opposite of what he said.
Putting forth a false appearance or living a fake life does not glorify God. Regrettably, many businessmen are guilty of this. Their adverts are not a true reflection of what they do in real terms.
Recently, I saw an advert at a petrol filling station which read, “Our 1 litre is one litre.” Why would there be need to say this? Well they needed to convince the doubting public because of the deceitful practices of many such filling stations. The ‘one litre’ most of them sell is less than one litre in the real sense.
When you buy toothpaste you will discover that the tube has been half-filled with air and the remaining half has the real content. At the end of the day, they sell half tube of toothpaste for the price of one- still an act of deceit. God hates unjust gain. Repent of such acts.
If you want to make it to Heaven and get the real blessings of God here on Earth, you must shun every act of fraud or deceit.
Action Nugget: Ask for the grace to live a life devoid of deceit.
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