There is a way that seems
right to a man...
There is a way that seems
right to a man concerning the way he seeks God. But it is not God's
way, it is man's way and therefore the one he seeks and seems to find
is in fact not God but an imposter. And when it comes to spiritual
things, the understanding and practice of seeking and finding the
true God is paramount in a Christians life.
The imposter, brazenly
putting himself in the place of the One True God, will tell you
anything you want to hear and will appear in the best 'light'. Truly,
an imposter would never pose as himself because he would be
recognized immediately and be avoided, shunned and fled from. So
therefore, the imposter poses as something wonderful, something
beautiful. God is beautiful and truly wonderful, but he does not
travel the same roads and paths as the imposter does. He traverses
and leads down only one road and He will never cater to the flesh or
make you feel good about yourself without ever showing you your
sin... but the imposter will. He will do everything possible and
weave any and all deceptions to keep you from the real Truth.
He will so spin the web
that entangles you that you will begin to believe anything he wants
you to. He will be so convincing that 'good will be called evil and
evil will be called good; darkness will be called light and light
will be called darkness'. And you will believe it because he is a
master at what he does. For this imposter is Satan himself, the enemy
of our souls. He is a master deceiver and the father of all lies...
and his greatest desire is to destroy you.
How are we to know then,
if we are being deceived and the god we think we know, follow and
serve is not the One True God, but an imposter? It is very simple...
God, Himself has made a way for us to know Him as He really is. There
is 'a small gate and a narrow path that leads to life, but few there
are who find it'...Jesus Christ, The Son of God; is that gate and
narrow path. 'He who has the Son of God has life, he who does not
have the Son of God does not have life'. The cross is real, the
atonement for your sins is real, Christ's resurrection from the dead
is real... and His own promise that 'He who believes on me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live' is real.
And if you have the real
Truth; Jesus, residing in your heart... you will be kept from
deception and God says, 'When you seek Me, you will find me if you
seek Me with all your heart”.
And if the words of the
god you are 'following, seeking, listening to; does not prick your
heart with conviction that produces sorrow for sin, repentance of
that sin and power over that sin... and you are not changing in the
least toward 'holiness unto God' through a real relationship with
Him; then you can know it is not God, it is the imposter. For the
imposter will never ask you to change, he will tell you that you are
wonderful just the way you are... but it is not true. Without the
saving grace of Christ we are not wonderful or good and we are not
right with God as long as we continue to be laden down with sin. God
will always expose sin and lead us to repentance so we can be
cleansed... and this continues throughout our entire lives as we go
from glory to glory (being changed daily, brighter and brighter into
the image of His Son). So if the god you are following is leaving you
right where you are, you can know without a doubt, it is not God, it
is the imposter... Absolutely!
And if the voice you are
listening to tells you there are many ways to God, that in order to
'win' the world' you must compromise with it and/or become like it,
that darkness and light can walk side by side toward a 'common goal',
that Jesus is not the Christ, nor the Son of God...be assured that it
is most emphatically not the voice of God but is instead the voice of
the deceiver, the great imposter, the 'angel of light'... but his
light is not the true light of Christ, it is a false light that is
dark! It is evil and twisted and wicked... it is not God!
The key element here is
Jesus, the Son of God, The Lord of Hosts, The King of Kings!...
tossing Jesus aside as Messiah, as God; tossing the Holy Scriptures
aside that show all throughout the entire book that the common thread
is Jesus... is the surest of all signs that the imposter has just
spoken. Absolutely and without a doubt.
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
”John 8:32
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Proverbs 14:12
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. Revelation 3:20
