Deception and Truth in Biblical Context
Pharisees try to entangle Jesus with their questioning, warning of false Christs and prophets. The urgency of seeking God in the midst of confusion and deception is emphasized, with references to the famine for God's Word and the choices between God's Holy Spirit and the devil's spirit. A tale of Theodore Roosevelt shows a humorous yet insightful moment.
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THE PERSON OF MEN MATTHEW 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
MATTHEW 24:24-27 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 2
THE.ANGEL.OF.THE.LORD 16 See, people, a long time ago you ought to have come to God and got yourself settled down, know where you were standing. Bible said in these last days that there'd be a famine, not for bread and alone, but for the hearing of the Word of God. And men would go from east, west, north, and south trying to find It, and would fail. You better get sealed into the Kingdom of God by the Holy Ghost, while you got a chance. You talk about a confusing time; it's a coming, when the Bible said, "They'd be so close till it would deceive the very elect, if possible. 51-0414 The Person of Men 8/4/2021 3
THE.GOD.OF.THIS.EVIL.AGE 54 And the world seems to be in the most evil age that ever was. Never in any age did women ever act like that, never but just before the destruction of the antediluvian world. And Jesus referred to it. 65-0801 THE.GOD.OF.THIS.EVIL.AGE 56 The two spirits. One of them, God's Holy Spirit; the other one, the devil's spirit, working in deception. The people of the earth are now making their choice. The Holy Spirit is here calling out a Bride for Christ. 65-0801 The Person of Men 8/4/2021 4
During one of his political campaigns, a delegation called on Theodore Roosevelt at his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The President met them with his coat off and his sleeves rolled up. "Ah, gentlemen," he said, "come down to the barn and we will talk while I do some work." At the barn, Roosevelt picked up a pitchfork and looked around for the hay. Then he called out, "John, where's all the hay?" "Sorry, sir," John called down from the hayloft. "I ain't have time to toss it back down again after you pitched it up while the Iowa folks were here." The Person of Men 8/4/2021 5
EARNESTLY.CONTEND.FOR.THE.FAITH 6 He was just an ordinary man, language that you use where everybody, the common people would hear. There was nothing outstanding about His looks that you could make Him what He was. What He was is not by outward appearance. For He was a man outward, but inward He was God, Emmanuel. Father God was in Him What made Him different? As a speaker I guess He wasn't so forceful there was just something about His talk that caught the heart of people though. He didn't have to be so forceful about it in an outward demonstration, but there was something down in His talk that fascinated the hearts of people. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 6 55-0123
II Cor. 10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ s. Appearance: prosopon The appearance one presents by his wealth or property, rank or low condition; Outward circumstances, so used in expressions which denote to regard the person in one's judgement and treatment of men. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 7
ROMANS 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly;( manifest, plainly recognised or known) neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 8
II CHRONICLES 19:1-11; 5-7 And he [Jehoshaphat] set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 9
PROVERBS 24:23-26 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 10
COLOSSIANS 3:23-25 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 11
JAMES 2:1-9 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool The Person of Men 8/4/2021 12
II CORINTHIANS 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) I THES. 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. eidos The external or outward appearance. That which strikes the eye, exposed to view. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 13
LUKE 9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. The Believer is guided, then, not only by what he beholds, but by what he knows to be true though it is invisible. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 14
II PETER 1:16-20 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 15
PRODIGAL 22 Let's say theyd [Prodigal Son] went to church every Sunday, loved God, and they served God with all their heart. But one day, this younger son, let's say he would start going out with a group that he had no business going with. Listen you young people...?... I don't care who the boy is or girl is, if they're not saved keep them away from them. Somebody said, "Well, I can go into the barroom with a guy. I can drink a Coke while he drinks beer and whiskey and come back out and be the same person." I doubt it. "Shun the very appearance of evil." Stay off the enemy's ground. 50-0827 The Person of Men 8/4/2021 16
BELIEVEST.THOU.THIS 39 A little girl at the Tabernacle, a sweet little old Christian girl. She was running around with some little old boy who packed a flask in his pocket and smoked cigarettes. I couldn't see nothing in the boy myself. Tried for two or three years to get him to be a Christian, but he wouldn't do it. I asked her, "Sis, what do you see in that boy? Said, "Bro. Branham, he's just got such cute little feet, and he smells so good. I thought, "What a way to pick a husband. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 17
I'd rather marry a man that was a Christian, that had feet like a box car, and smelled like a polecat, if he was a Christian." If he's a Christian. By the Blood of Christ, we're saved. Hallelujah! He will make a living for you and be a gentleman, if he's saved. Not by the outwardly appearance, but by the heart God judges. 50-0716 The Person of Men 8/4/2021 18
MATTHEW 6:16-18 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 19
JEHOVAH.JIREH 57-0309 17 Now, if a man says, "Well, I just walk up and shake hands and say, 'I got it I got eternal security,'" you're off track If you love the Lord, you'd do it because you don't want to hurt Him. (People)... used to wear long dresses, long sleeves, long hair. They should, but that isn't what takes you to heaven. You could have hair long, dresses long, and have a temper enough to fight a buzz saw, hate your neighbor... But the reason that you do keep yourself the way it should be, is because you love the Lord and want to keep His command- ments, if you're Abraham's daughters, Abraham's sons. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 20
HEAR.YE.HIM 12 The Word of God It has no end. It's from eternity and for everlasting. It's always God's Word. And Jesus said it was a Seed. And if a seed is put in the right kind of ground and watered correctly, it's certainly going to produce what kind it is. And if you need anything from God, the Seed of God will produce it, if you'll just receive it into your heart and believe it with all your heart. 8/4/2021 57-0105 The Person of Men 21
THE.MARK.OF.THE.BEAST 49 The little womb here in your heart, with the seed this morning falling into it... Let it fall down here and say, "Well, sure, that's the truth." The Bible said don't act like the heathen, the unbelievers. Don't yoke yourself with them. Come out from among them If you love the world or the things of the world, the love of God's not even in you yet. You've never been born. Then let the Male, Christ Jesus, our Lover, with His Seed in your heart... He comes to His Seed to make it alive. 56-0715 The Person of Men 8/4/2021 22
Genuine agape love is focused on true spiritual growth: (1) Having the Church dependent on men isn t spir. growth. (2) Out of synch with the Holy Spirit will never produce it. (3) Focusing on natural growth is not spiritual growth. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 23
(Pos.) FAITH.WITHOUT.WORKS.IS.DEAD 43 Divine healing isn't a hocus-pocus affair. It isn't saying a few mystery words over somebody and hypnotizing. It's the truth revealed through Jesus Christ is Divine healing. Gifts of the Spirit are brought down to edify. Or other words, it's the flag a flying over top of the building. It's the appearance of the outside to attract the people in out of the rain. Now, gifts come from God. If they are from God, they'll testify of God. And God will testify of them. 50-0822 The Person of Men 8/4/2021 24
MEANEST.MAN.I.KNOW 51 We can't never compare with the world. We're doing wrong by trying to act like the world. Glow, not shine with the outward appearance, glow on the inside by the Holy Ghost, with sweetness, meekness, gentleness, patience, and love. 52 The church is a whole lot like it was in the days of Esther. Esther didn't take the perfuming, She adorned herself with the modest apparel, the hidden man of the heart. The king said, "Put the crown on her head." Esther was a type of the church today, those ready to come out and adorn themselves with the sweetness of the Holy Spirit, not the perfuming and the dressing of the world, try to compare with them but that hidden man of the heart. 62-0127 The Person of Men 8/4/2021 25
DO.YOU.NOW.BELIEVE 29 All of our songs out here, some kind of this old jazz music, screaming out. You can't even go in a restaurant and eat without that stuff going on. It's a shame. I go in one, I see it, I turn around and go out, if I can, get away from there. No, sir. That kind of stuff leads right down to destructions. The devil is in that thing, and it'll finally pull you into it. Shun the appearance of evil. Now, you're going to think I'm a holy-roller, sure enough. But I'm telling you, brother, I'm warning you to keep away from all things that pertains to sin. 52-0817 The Person of Men 8/4/2021 26
THIS.GREAT.WARRIOR.DAVID 7 Israel wanted to impersonate other people. That's what the church wants, impersonate, become a backslidden condition. And in this condition, they got them a king, thought, "He will make a wonderful king. But as God said, "Man looketh on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart " When God selected His king for them, a little old ruddy, sapling looking kind of a fellow, look like a little sissy. And that was God's pick of it. What a difference. That's just the way God does things sometime. He does it in such ways that's so contrary, so different from what we think. The Person of Men 8/4/2021 27 55-0118
