sermon: Preventing Deception
How Not to Be Deceived
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Given 03-Feb-01; Tape #486
Description: In this companion piece to his "Willingness to Believe" message, Richard Ritenbaugh provides an effective antidote to gullibility and simple-minded credulity. Both tendencies emerge from time to time in the greater church of God. Like advertising--which relies heavily on deception, hiding the down-side or defects and exaggerating the efficacy or desirability of a product--religious hucksters use deceptive tactics, using the bait or temptation of self-gratification, selling non-essential, twiggy or downright heretical positions. Like highly trained U.S. Treasury agents, the elect keep themselves undeceived by knowing the real article inside-out. If one knows the real article, the counterfeit will become readily apparent. Like a lamp rolling back the darkness (Psalm 119:105), the truth, revealed by God's Word, provides the best defense or antidote against deception and error. (83 minutes)
Keywords/Topics: Advertising Antidote to Deception Blessings Cause-effect relationships Dabbling in error Darkness and Light Deception Deception of the very elect Doctrinal error Doves and Serpents Elect Gratification Greek logic Lamp (Metaphor of God's Word) Light and Darkness
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Liberalism and Conservatism |
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From Simple to Complex |
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Whom Will We Choose to Lead Us? |
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Cultivating a Ready Heart |
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How Not to Be Deceived |
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Scholarship's Missing Dimension |
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A Book of Instruction for Godly Living |
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Using Righteous Judgement |
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Denying God |
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Tests to Determine if a Teaching Is False |
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Reasons for False Teachings |
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The Gospel Reveals God's Way of Life |
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