Cloak of Deception
- The Dream and Reality
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
“…the one whose coming is in accord with the
activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the
deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the
love of the truth so as to be saved.” (2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 NASU)
The dream kept repeating itself, even as I was
waking up. Over and over again, the same thing was going through my head. It
was a commercial being shown on TV. During the Super Bowl none the less, when
millions were watching, unaware of what was really happening. Their homes were
wide open to this cloak of deception.
What I remembered most from the dream was its
ending. Pictured on the TV screen were two young boys, having a good time
playing, unaware of this evil cloud coming over them. It was a gay, immoral
spirit. They kept on playing, completely innocent of what was happening about
them.
And then the most troubling aspect of this dream was
that this demonic spirit came right through the TV, into the living rooms of
the millions watching the commercial. Having found an “open door”, the evil
spirit from hell was free to bring its presence into the family house. Those viewing
that moment, thinking it was just another “super commercial”, were passively, totally
unaware of what had just happened. Then I woke up.
This is one of the spiritual movements overtaking
our nation. It is an evil one. And even as the story goes of the frog slowly being
boiled alive, as the temperature rises in the cooking pot eventually to the
point where he no longer is aware of his impending death, so the countries of
the world are succumbing to deception. And then they will accept anything, and
anyone, who comes along in disguise.
What is going on in America and elsewhere is just
this. Sitting by and watching the level of innocence drop over the last decades,
what used to be known as clearly being black and white sin is now accepted as
the norm, the “way love should be expressed”, the “let it be let it be” accepted
reality. We have been given over to a spirit of delusion – the very cloak of
deception.
“Do you not remember that when I was still with you
I told you these things? And now you know what is restraining, that he may be
revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work;
only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then
the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of
His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
The coming of the lawless one is according to the
working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all
unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the
love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send
them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be
condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” (2
Thessalonians 2:5-12 NKJV)
How many in the nations have opened themselves up to
the spirits of deception, those lying spirits of the evil one, by slowly
receiving into their souls, their spirits, their homes, the very lies that can
destroy their spiritual lives? As the years have passed, they have succumbed to
the enveloping evil cloud, by what they have allowed themselves to be exposed
to, and given acceptance of. Evil has found its way through the cracked doors, displayed
quietly in ever increasing and accepting measures on the movie screen and the
TV shows, as the perversion in sex, drugs and gay lifestyle have been approved
within the “enlightened” times we live in.
How are you stopping your kids, your grandkids, from
being overtaken with the slow destruction of the enemy? Are you allowing
yourself, and them, to sit idly by and let this cloak of deception cover your house and come into your home? Overtaking your life and theirs?
What will you do, and when, will you stop it?
If your life is not founded on biblical truths, on the
solid rock that never changes, then you too are exposing yourself to this very
thing. And when the time comes to stand against the onslaught of the enemy, you
too will give in to its grip. It may be too late.
Prepare yourself now, and those you love, by knowing
the Truth and standing strong on His Word. His name is Jesus. Only in Him will
you be able to stand.
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People, Inc.
P.S. I would be
most grateful if you'd share this encouraging word with your family and
friends. They might need it. You can easily use the social media icons below.
Thanks! Steve
We are blessed when the ministry receives gifts to bless
the families that we do in Israel, India, Pakistan and the hurting ones here in
the USA. You also can share out of the abundance you have been given.
Love For His People, Inc. is a charitable, not-for-profit USA humanitarian
organization started in 2010 to share the love of the Father in the nations.
If these messages minister to you, please consider
sending a charitable gift of $5-$25 today, and maybe each month, to help us
bless families we know in Israel, whom we consistently help through our
humanitarian ministry. Your tax deductible contributions receive a receipt
for each donation. Fed. ID #27-1633858.
Contribution checks can be sent to:
Love For His People, Inc. P.O. Box414
Pineville, NC 28134
Todah rabah! (Hebrew – Thank you very much.)
Please share Now Think On This with your
friends.
Email: loveforhispeople@gmail.com
martinlighthouse@gmail.com
Facebook pages: Steve Martin and Love
For His People
Twitter: martinlighthous, LovingHisPeople
Now Think On This - In the New Year of our Lord 02.13.16 -
#242 –“Cloak of Deception” – Saturday at 6:30 am
All previous editions of Now Think On This can
be found on this Blog, and on the website: Now Think On This
Again, I would be most grateful if you'd share this
encouraging word with your family and friends. You can easily use the social
media icons below. Thanks! Steve
