[TruthTalk] deceived

[Terry Clifton]

Let me throw y'all something to ponder.  I'm tired of scratching my head alone.  Consider this: Satan is described as a deceiver.  We are warned that he will, if possible, deceive us.  I think that all of us will agree that this is true.  The Bible not only says so; we ourselves have all seen deceived people.  Sometimes, they are real easy to spot.  We are not surprised at this.  Satan has been around longer than the human race.  He is the father of lies. He has experience.  He is good at what he does.    My question is, since this is a common occurance, how do you know that you are not the one being deceived?  Satan doesn't just work on the stupid and the uneducated, and he doesn't say, "Now I am going to deceive you".  In fact, the way he operates, the one being deceived never realizes that he or she is deceived.  It is always someone else.  If you knew you were deceived, you would not be deceived.  So how do you know that you aren't? Terry