Deceived by Stars
About this sermon
In “Deceived by Stars,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about biblical creation, the authority of Scripture, spiritual deception. Drawing especially from Psalm 96, Psalm 105, Genesis 1, Revelation 6, the teaching emphasizes that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience.
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Odle focuses on spiritual deception while working through Psalm 96. The message argues that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on biblical creation while working through Psalm 105, Genesis 1, Revelation 6. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Revelation 1, Revelation 9, Revelation 12. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that the promise of eternal life directs believers toward hope, holiness, and perseverance in Christ. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on angelic messengers while working through Job 38, Psalm 104, Genesis 6. The message argues that angelic activity is examined within the biblical passage and its prophetic sequence. It connects this with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on biblical love. The message argues that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. It connects this with the conviction that unresolved offense can become bitterness, while forgiveness releases judgment to God and protects the heart. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on God’s commandments. The message argues that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life. It connects this with the conviction that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that angelic activity is examined within the biblical passage and its prophetic sequence. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on spiritual deception. The message argues that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. It connects this with the conviction that angelic activity is examined within the biblical passage and its prophetic sequence. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on biblical creation. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
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Praise Your Name Lord we worship you we bow before you Lord we lift our hands to you Lord we exalt you we worship you as the King of Kings the Lord of lords the god of gods the Creator of the heavens and the Earth and Mankind Lord you are the Creator you are God we worship you your name is above every name the name of Jesus we thank you that you're our savior our healer our deliverer Our Redeemer and our one true God the Creator we come to you today Lord I ask you to move in this place I ask you to move and touch those you'll be watching and listening all over the country in different parts of the world today we pray for your power your anointing your truth and we pray Lord that the truth will set captives free Lord that you will open eyes to the truth and bring them to repentance and faith in your death on the cross and your Resurrection from the dead and we pray it all in the mighty Wonderful Name of Jesus amen hallelujah you may be seated this morning we welcome everyone the fire and grace church this morning those of you here those watching and listening boy do we have a lot to cover us this morning good to have you guys um we're going to be continuing the series like I said I don't know how long it's going to be but uh we're continuing the series on the uh I guess the main name is the seven-fold doctrine of creation so we're working our way down through those seven things number one was the shape and the layout of the Earth uh the firmament with the sun moon and stars of course The Ether and the ends of the Earth now some of these are going to combine this morning we're going to talk about the Stars I've entitled this deceived by the Stars you're going to find out what that means let's start here this is second Thessalonians chapter 2. I want to read verses 7 through 12 this is talking about the Antichrist and the spirit of antichrist there will be a final Antichrist a man that will lead a world government he's going to appear on the scene very soon and the Apostle Paul began to speak about that but he said something about this Spirit of antichrist he said this mystery of iniquity is already working the spirit of the Antichrist or anti-god or anti-bible or we could say anti-creation we could go down through a lot of things but it just means to be anti the Lord Jesus Christ anti his truths his word but this spirit's working it says here the mystery for the mystery of iniquity doth already work only he who now letteth will let that's the King James way of saying he who is now hindering it all from happening god holds back things because it wasn't time
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fully and this is verse 8 and then shall that Wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness somebody say all deceivableness it means all kinds of deception right with all everything the devil's got he's going to pull out here at the end times he says with all deceivabeness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved now this is the scary part here and for this cause because they wouldn't hear the truth they wouldn't love the truth what is the truth the word of God the Bible is God's revealed truth Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life so because they wouldn't receive the truth it says for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure and unrighteousness God shall send them strong delusion now what do we mean by that is God a deceiver no he's not a Deceiver but he will allow the devil to deceive and he will actually work that into his plan for instance I think about the uh there's a passage in Kings and I now I can't remember if it's First Kings or second Kings where it's talking about God is speaking and he's saying who will go for me who will deceive Ahab that he may go up to rameth Gilead and prosper so see Ahab was wicked and God wanted to go ahead and Destroy Ahab and he said well I'm going to let I'm going to allow Satan to deceive him and so that he will go where he will be destroyed and so the Bible says a lying Spirit stepped forth and said I will do it and the Lord said how are you going to do it said I will go be a lying spirit in the mouth of all of his Prophets so we go back and we see the picture on Earth and it's in in all the prophets were saying to Ahab go up to ramaph Gilead and prosper and of course we know what happened at Ahab at Ramos Gilead he was struck by an arrow and died there the Judgment of God fell upon him but God allowed him to be deceived by a lying spirit and actually told the lying Spirit go ahead go do what you want to do well guess what God is doing this and this is particularly about the last day he said God will send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie I believe part of the strong delusion that God himself is sending and allowing is to allow certain things to appear certain ways to these people so they will believe what they want to believe because they didn't receive the truth so he's allowing them to be deceived
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by things that appear or they are interpreting to appear in a certain way and I'm going to explain that as we get into this but let's continue uh here's a prophecy from Enoch that I want to read that I think is very pertinent to this since we're talking about the Stars today and deceived by the Stars maybe we're going to find out what stars are not massive sons and galaxies far far away that's a bunch of fairy tale nonsense told by the priest of scientism but here's what it says here Enoch 80 6-8 it says and many chiefs of the Stars shall transgress the order prescribed and these shall alter their orbits and task and not appear at the seasons prescribed to them and the whole order of the Stars shall be concealed from the Sinners meaning they won't understand it all right and then he says this and the thoughts of those on Earth shall air concerning them do you hear that he's saying the Stars are going to fool these people and the thoughts of people on Earth will air because of the stars now you better pay close attention all this is going to make sense as we get into this and it says here and the whole order of the Stars shall be concealed from the Sinners and the thoughts of those on Earth shall air concerning them concerning the Stars and they shall be altered from all their ways now let's talk about the people shall it will cause people to change their ways they will because they will believe these lies about the Stars and then he says here yea they shall air and take them to be gods then we hear that from Lawrence Krauss the other day forget Jesus the stars died so you could be here and it says and evil shall be multiplied upon them and Punishment shall come upon them so as to destroy all and uh if you look at this chapter in Enoch in context it is talking about the end times but just remember that the deception that's why I entitled this deceived by the Stars so let's let's keep going here I want to read this too because uh I got a lot of scripture this morning uh Psalm 96 I continue to get emails and comments from Christians who knows maybe they're trolls I don't know but you know one guy was going off why do you even talk about this stuff I feel sorry for your church you don't ever preach on salvation I mean the stuff people's the stuff people say I mean I think I remember last week telling people how to get saved you know what I'm saying I just don't get it but let me just show you something the Bible says here okay this is uh Psalm 96 oh sing unto the Lord a new song sing unto the Lord all the earth singing to the Lord bless his name show forth his salvation from day to day
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declare his glory among the Heathen and his wonders among all the people for the Lord is great and greatly to be praised he is to be feared above all gods for all the gods of the nations are Idols but the Lord made the heavens isn't it interesting how that always comes back to that see what we're proclaiming when we proclaim the truth of creation from scripture from the Holy Bible is we're proclaiming that our God is the god of gods he is the king of kings he is the Lord of lords he is the creator he's just not he's not one of some of these lesser Gods he is the god Yahweh Jehovah Elohim the Lord Jesus Christ El Shaddai his many names but it always focuses back on he's the one that made the heavens and we're to declare his glory and his wonders to all the people all right so we're going to talk about these things according to the Bible guess what says it again Psalm 105 verses 1-5 let's read this oh give thanks unto the Lord call upon his name make known his deeds among the people well wait a minute if he's the Creator part of his deeds are how he created the earth and the Bible is full of how he created the Earth so this is important somebody say amen right so make known his deeds among the People Sing unto him sing Psalms unto him talk ye of all his wondrous works talk about all his wondrous words well I would think how he made the heavens and the Earth very important amen those are his wondrous works uh there's no other God that can claim that they created the heavens and the Earth and be telling the truth only the Lord God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob let's keep going here he says talk ye of all his wondrous Works Glory ye in His holy name let the heart of them that rejoice seek the Lord seek the Lord in his strength seek his face Evermore remember his War marvelous works that he hath done so I mean some of these Christians say like we let's throw out the Book of Genesis it's amazing isn't it or well Isaiah talks about creation throw that out too let's throw out the gospel to John it just gets old remember His Marvelous works that he has done his one is so remember them talk about them this is Bible folks sorry people you know it's amazing how mad Christians get when you do what the Bible says frankly I'm tired of Christians but Pastor danger Christian how are you yeah well I'm tired of them
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