How You Could Be Tempted Without Knowing It! - Leroy Neff - October 1959

Leroy Neff

You may right now be tempted of Satan - and yet be totally unaware of it. You may even have yielded to his temptation - be sinning - and not know it! Here's How: Deceived people do not know they are deceived. Christians are warned not to be deceived. This warning would not be necessary if Christians never could be deceived. But this warning is necessary because you may be caught off guard and get into a wrong spirit or attitude without knowing it! Before we were converted Satan had deceived each one of us in one way or another. In fact he has deceived the whole world (Rev. 12:9) and has blinded the minds of all unbelievers (II Cor. 4:3-4). Just how has he done this? Not only by the false religions of this world, that appear right. Or by politics aid worldly governments. Or by secret societies, lodges, fraternities and by "false science." But above all, he deceived each of us by appealing to our vanity, to our lusts, and our carnal desires. He, before we were converted, led us to ACCUSE OUR NEIGHBORS, to TALK BEHIND THE BACKS OF OTHERS. Or the devil let us become dejected, discouraged, seduced us to want to quit living! Yet he made it appear to be the right thing to do. We have all done what seems right to a man (Pro. 14:12). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library