Deluge of Deceit

(Pro 14:15 KJV)  The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

We have a call to be constantly alert, to discern the difference between truth and lies, righteousness and evil, even between degrees of accuracy.  It would seem that this would be an automatic understanding but we have a problem with sloth.  We don’t want to put the energy into thinking, let alone investigating.

We are under a deluge of deceit.  That is obvious in politics and the news, or it should be obvious.  How many times do you need to be lied to before you stop accepting the party line?  It always amazes me when people tell me, “I never heard that.”  Or when someone watches a video and shares it as hot off the press when it was available for days before that if you were paying attention.

The not so obvious is the heresy and deception that we can find coming from people who claim to be spiritual leaders.  In reality there is even less excuse for ignorance here.  We all have access to the source in this area.  When someone tells you Jesus did not physically rise from the dead you can read a little bit and see how He went out of His way to prove it in the upper room.  If someone tells you certain sexual situations are good with God, it does not take long to find out they are lying.

So?  Refusing to engage your brain is a dangerous place to be.