Finding the New You

#5 The Old Self Will Deceive

Posted: Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
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Revelation is given in the practical places. Every life experience is buried treasure for discovery of who God is and what Jesus has given: a whole, new YOU.

Devotional

We’ve seen that the corruption of the “old self” is progressive. That Adamic nature, into which we were born, is possessed of another quality mentioned in Ephesians 4:22 –deceit.

…lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit…

The old self is capable of deceit: pretending to be or to feel something that is not true; a lie. The word APATE is deceit or deceitfulness: to cheat, to beguile; that which gives a false impression. In Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, deceive means: to mislead, delude, beguile; to lead astray or frustrate by underhandedness.

Deceive implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment or helplessness. Delude implies deceiving so thoroughly as to obscure the truth.

Other Devotionals in Finding the New You Series

Finding the New You Is an Adventure #42 Pleasing to God #41 Eternal Value #40 Deny Self for Christ #39 The Self-focused Self #38 Desire is the Power to Follow #37 Only Love Will Truly Follow #36 Who Will Follow Christ? #35 The 'IF' of Following #34 Jesus Said, Deny Self #33 The Fact of Having Died in Christ #32 The Fact of Salvation #31 Cemented Sin, A Garment Only #30 One Problem, Not Many #29 Free of the Incessant Sin #28 The Perfecting of the Saints #27 The Fullness of Christ #26 Belong is the Word #25 That I May Gain Christ #24 Put on Fully the Glorious Christ #23 The Good Self Must Go #22 Possessed by Christ #21 The Victim Mentality Is Satan's Deception #20 Losing Our Soul-life #19 Whoever Loses Their Life for Him #18 The Spirit of Your Mind #17 What is the Lord's Joy? #16 Ready to Have Your Eyes Opened? #15 The Nature of the Old Self #14 Clothed with Humility #13 Possibility of Being Free #12 Discovery Not Improvement #11 Change is Revelation #10 Knowing Who Christ Is #9 How to Break the Conquering Grip #8 Lay Aside the Old Self #7 Utterly, Gloriously Free! #6 Deceit is in the Nature of Adam and Eve
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#4 Old Self is Morally Decaying #3 The Adamic Nature #2 Discovering Our Own Futility #1 Fallen Nature, Not Just Sins