The Age of Deception
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In “The Age of Deception,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about spiritual deception, the authority of Scripture, faith. Drawing especially from Matthew 24, John 8, John 14, John 17, the teaching emphasizes that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. 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 Matthew 24. The message argues that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. It connects this with the conviction that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on spiritual deception while working through John 8, John 14, John 17. The message argues that believers are warned to test persuasive claims and religious appearances by Scripture. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on spiritual deception while working through Matthew 24, 1 Timothy 6. 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 spiritual deception while working through Revelation 12. 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 trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition while working through Matthew 24, Revelation 12, Revelation 13. 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 true worship centers on God and is expressed through reverence, surrender, and obedience. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church while working through 1 Timothy 4. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that material stewardship reveals priorities and should be governed by generosity, integrity, and obedience to God. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition. 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 believers are urged to remain sober, alert, prayerful, and ready amid spiritual danger. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
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 biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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we welcome those listening by Blog Talk Radio those watching by Periscope this morning welcome those of you here at fire and Grace Church uh we say happy Mother's Day to everyone but we don't do particularly do holiday messages so we're going to move on from that we do love our mothers around here I miss mine I went to be with Jesus on October 2nd 2010. I do miss her but I'm better now I can say that without choking up now but I know she's with Jesus there's no doubt in my mind I actually saw it the Lord showed it to me and it was a powerful moment so if you have your mother here definitely let her know you love her definitely spend time with her if you can you never know when they're going to be gone so it's important all right I want everyone to turn in your Bibles this morning first of all to Matthew chapter 24. familiar passage of scripture to those in this church and those who listen regularly this will be a good uh I guess you would say uh a good lead up to next week I want to talk to you about this morning is the the title I've given this is the age of deception um the older I get and the more I learn about our world about history science so-called science I'll say and the more I learned about God and the Bible and the truth and yes after 30 years almost of ministry and really we could go back when I got saved in 1979 so it's been a little bit longer than 30 years I continue to learn things about God about the Bible about truth that I've you know that I didn't know I keep learning in fact last night I was studying stuff even some of it that I'll be sharing next week that you know you think in almost 30 years of preaching and teaching studying that I would have seen some of these things or studied some of these things and yet I'm still learning so don't ever think that you know everything that's probably the worst place we can be in is to think we know everything especially when it comes to God or the Bible or history or prophecy or archeology or even science when I'm what I'm amazed at right now is how many scientists think they know everything and yet their theories uh we're going to talk a little bit about that today much of science today is a religion what they call science is religion I can prove that very easily because
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they can't prove evolution can't prove it they'll say they can prove it but they can't prove it there's no Missing Link uh yes there's species and things that they're small uh you know places where species adapt but macro Evolution no that's that's a theory and theories are assumptions theories are guesses and you have to believe you see what I'm saying you have to believe it happened because you weren't there to see it happen and there's no hard evidence that it happened so uh that aspect they call science is really a belief system it's a religion um it's adhered to with people with fancy degrees and um who try to make us believe they're smarter than the rest of us but fundamental to our Humanity where do we come from a creator or somehow a gazillion perfect accidents happened over billions of years and we evolved out of the primordial soup now it amazes me that people like Dawkins and these others um say it's delusional to believe in God and I'm like to say that mankind human beings evolved from the primordial soup of course they don't know where that came from and to believe that all those millions of Lottery wins over many many many billions of years it would take to win that lottery every time over and over and over again they say we're delusional for believing that there is a creator Supernatural power divine uh intelligent design it's ridiculous Jesus taught this in the last days now I've done a lot of preaching and teaching in the on the last days in the last seven or eight years now there's no question according to Bible prophecy all the signs specific things say that we are in the last days and Jesus May mention this because Jesus was asked this question in Matthew 24. look at Matthew 24 verse 3 Jesus was asked this question by his disciples because he was talking about the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and this is what he said we'll just start reading verse three and as he that is Jesus set upon the Mount of Olives the disciples came in privately saying tell us when shall these things be and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world or the end of the age that's the Greek word there when he says the end of the world it's really the age the end of the age because the world itself the Earth
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it's not going to end when Jesus comes back this age that we're living in is going to end and we're going to enter another age called the millennial reign of Jesus Christ upon the Earth so we'll enter just a different time period for Earth Jesus Will begin to heal the Earth of all the damage that's been done to it environmentalists ought to be fans of Jesus he's going to come back and fix the place right but he says what will be the sign of your coming they ask him the disciples ask Jesus what will be the sign of your coming at the end of the age and I love the fact that Jesus you know he he didn't mince words and he didn't waste his time he got straight to the point and he said this in verse 4 and Jesus answered and said unto them take heed that no man deceive you take heed pay close attention let no man deceive you he said for many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many I mean just the other day we have Adele saying that Beyonce is Jesus effing Christ Beyonce and that she worships Beyonce Adele folks if you listen to these devil worshipers you're you're just into idolatry I'm just going to tell you if you're giving them money you're buying their albums you're buying their music you're funding satanic evangelism that's what you're doing you'll give an account for that on the day of judgment I assure you but there are people say I am Christ I am the Savior or I am a God you know that's the new thing now we're all gods right the new agers the Buddhists the Hindus right we all can be Gods our own little Gods our own little saviors but he said many shall come in my name say I am Christ and shall deceive many now we're going to skip down and look at verse 11. he says again and and many false prophets shall rise and deceive many then he goes down again let's go down in the same discussion verse 24 there shall arrives false Christ and false prophets and they will show great signs and wonders in so much that if it were possible they shall deceive the very elect now deception is where someone presents a lie as the truth you understand that or they take truth some truth and mix lies in with it okay deception in the New Testament Greek means to wonder or to be led astray from safety by being led astray from the truth
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now Jesus made this statement in John 8 31 he said to the Jews that believed on him he said if you continue in my word then you are my disciples indeed and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free Jesus also stated in John 14 6 I am the way the truth and the life and no man comes to the father but by me Jesus said very clearly that he was the truth and then in John 17 he stated to the father when he was praying he said sanctify them through Thy word Thy word is truth so Jesus taught us several things he taught us that the truth it was in the word of God if we would continue in the word you can put that up for me John 8 31-32 he said if you would continue in the word the word of God the Bible you would know the truth and the truth would make you free there is no freedom if you believe lies if you're deceived Satan holds the world in his dominion and his control when I say the majority of people in the world that's what I'm referring to he holds these people in bondage because they believe the lies of this world and the wisdom of this world the Bible says that the wisdom of this world what what this world thinks is wise and smart and intelligent God says the wisdom of this world is foolishness to him because all of the wisdom of this world the lives of this world the deception of this world all of it that's against him and against this book he says it's foolishness I love Richard Dawkins has got this book you know he's the big atheist now he's the whatever what is he a physicist or by all Astro biology I don't know whatever he is The God Delusion he calls it what's interesting though about this guy is the Bible says the one who says in your heart there is no God he's the fool so the Bible calls him the fool he calls the Bible and the god of Creation The Fool but he's the foe but she said there were going to be these deceptions now I've talked about this many times but I'm going to bring it into something and several things setting us up for next week because as many of you know I've been discovering nearly everything that we've been taught in the world system and the sign from the scientific Community most of it not all but most of it is a lie we've been discovering we are being lied to by the medical community and the psychiatric community and the drug and the pharmaceutical Community we've been live we are being lied to we are in an age of absolute corruption and deception on every level for the love of money and for the agenda
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