Ephesians 5:6
6 Let [apatao] no man [medeis] deceive [apatao] you [humas] with vain [kenos] words: [logos] for [gar] because [dia] of these things [tauta]
cometh [erchomai] the wrath [orge] of God [theos] upon [epi] the children [huios] of
disobedience. [apeitheia]KJV-Interlinear
6 Let
no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of
God comes upon the sons of disobedience. NASB
Deceive, ‘apatao,’ means
to elude, to cheat. And when false opinions or ideas or beliefs are spread out
for all to see and hear, then these things end up cheating you out of something
that God intends for you to have, namely an inheritance, or blessings for all
of eternity.
To lose these things is
to be cheated by means of lies that are deceptive and lead you away from truth.
The promises of the
carnal life, the opinions that a little of the good times is ok, that even some
pleasantness in sin cannot do any harm, that as long as what you are doing brings
harm to no one else, then it is ok, that as long as you are sincere in what you
believe or are doing, then it is acceptable, to be dedicated to your hearts
desires or beliefs, then all is well for you.
But these things and many
more, are deceptions. They have the
objective of making you indifferent toward truth. They make seemingly little things as
acceptable. They make compromise in
truth an acceptable standard. They allow
for a wide path where one can stray off course sometime, and still be
righteous. These values allow for one to
make up their own rules of spirituality, thus allowing one to ignore various
mandates that God has placed upon us.
But as we have seen in
this book and throughout the Bible, there is no room for human substitution of
human ideas in place of Gods principles.
The quickest way to get
yourself into trouble, is to go off
track on your own self defined path of spirituality or even off track into
indifference or rejection of Gods rules.
The Bible is not a
cafeteria where you can pick and choose what you will or will not do. God established all divine principles for
everyone to follow. When you reject or
ignore any or all of these principles, then you eventually ignore or reject
your responsibilities and obligations that God has placed on you for this life.
And that attitude will
lead you into trouble. And when most
folks get into trouble because of their own stubborn doings, then they look
around for excuses or something or someone to blame. The mirror is the best place to start your search
for the person responsible for your problems.
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