DEFINING SELF-DECEPTION II
1 Corinthians 15:33 KJV
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”
Self-deception, in my estimation is the worst kind of deception there can ever be. It is a state of blindness of the mind. A blind man will not mind being led by another because he believes he is blind and therefore needs help. But a man who is blinded in his mind does not even know he needs help. He may even convince you to believe that you are the one who needs help. It is called self-deception.
Today, I am defining self-deception as "associating with negative people and expecting to keep up with a positive character". Self-deception is "believing you are above influence, even when you are clearly relating with people with no virtues". Self-deception is "hanging around smokers and expecting to smell like a farmer". Self-deception is keeping company with armed robbers and expecting to be a president in the United States of America someday".
If you walk with the wise you will be wise, but if you walk with fools, you will be destroyed due to your acquired foolishness; (Proverbs 13:20). You cannot prosper when you walk on the counsel of the ungodly, and when you stand in the ways of sinners and when you sit in the seat of the scornful; (Psalm1:1-3). No man can rise above his associations, and not man can be better than his company, no man; absolutely no man.
Do not be deceived!
Assignment/Prayer
i. Ask the Lord to deliver you from the spirit of error.
ii. Ask the Lord to give you a spirit of uprightness.
iii. Ask the Lord to lead you in the path of righteousness for His Name sake.
Nugget
Self-deception is believing you are above influence, even when you are clearly relating with people with no virtues.
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