Living in a world that is literally saturated with deception

In Isaiah 1:4, the Lord speaks through the prophet Isaiah who says, “Alas, sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the Lord.”

I must confess, these passages in Isaiah resonate with me deeply, as we find ourselves living in a world that is literally saturated with deception by those who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, flipped truth and morality on its head calling evil good and good evil. Government was ordained by God to be the protectors of the good and the punishers of those who do evil, yet they are doing exactly the opposite, bringing charges against those who proclaim the Word of God, while those who burn our flag and our buildings go free!

As followers of Christ, the beloved children of God, we have an obligation to stand firm in our convictions and being beacon of light in a darkened world. This election, we have an opportunity to tell Washington, that God’s people stand against mutilating transgender surgeries for children, we stand for every child’s right to a decent and good education, we stand against the indoctrination ideologies that go against our beliefs! Their mouths are full of filthy, deceptive lies, their words are venomous, as blatant as they can be, while they make laws that allow people to go well beyond “peaceful protests,” but to riot, burn down our cities and to kill and be killed. Something drastically wrong is going on, right before our eyes. Where there is no fear of God, there is no restraint, people are free to do that which is “right in their own eyes” committing heinous, evil acts against humanity.

It is curious to me that there are some people in our government who want us to believe that the propaganda we see going on with our own eyes is not as serious as we might think, things that threaten our safety, our society and our democracy. They want to take away our right to question anything, our right to warn others about what is happening. God commands us to warning people about false teaching and what to look for. We have a responsibility not only to preach the Truth, but to guard the Truth from the perverse men and women who seek to pervert it. It is because God is faithful to His nature, faithful to His Word, faithful to His promises, and it is because God never varies, never changes, that I trust Him. We are obviously living in very bizarre, very confusing times that have produced massive fear and confusion, I would even go so far as to say that our society is drowning in a tumultuous sea of lies, lies about virtually everything, we are literally bombarded by half-truths, and deceptions that seem harmless at first glance, falsehoods that threaten to pull us under if we continue to allow them to infiltrate our lives, lies that not only distort our perceptions of reality, but erode our personal relationships, and ultimately, lead us even further from God.

Brian Monzón grew up attending church with his grandmother. Through her actions, she impressed upon him the power of the prayers of the righteous, as she herself spent many hours kneeling before God, praying for her family and the needs of others. Besides being a pastor, Brian has been studying and teaching the Word of God for many years. He has devoted his life to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, praying with and for others, especially the unsaved. Brian is also a proud father of four children. He challenges them to be their best and has strived to raise his family up in church and on the Word of God. To discover more about Brian and his ministry please visit Brian Monzón Ministries.

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