The Christian Challenge (4): Understanding Deception

By Brian Henson

What follows is not to be taken as judgement of any person or organisation, but rather an indictment of how we may have been deceived by our enemy. Let us look at it this way revealing errors could be regarded as conviction but not condemnation. Thus erroneous teaching and leading to get people off track will be revealed for what it is. Hopefully each can then get back on track and be spared the consequences of following a wrong path leading away from salvation and towards destruction or, at the very least, wasting time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Sep 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496991768

Brian Henson

Since his mid teens Brian Henson has been a Christian. Attending a Church of England Teacher Training College after leaving the Royal Air Force, he also learnt to ring church bells. He spent many years attending churches local to his home, not only for the Sunday services but the mid week study groups. He is now an officer in the local chapter of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International and takes a keen interest in encouraging others to move forward in their Christian commitments.

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/19/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-9175-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-9176-8 (e)

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One

Who Really Is Our Enemy?

Chapter Two

Some Thoughts We May Be Given

Moving On

Chapter Three

Religious Beliefs

Chapter Four

Evolution

Chapter Five

Testing How Old

Chapter Six

False Teaching

Chapter Seven

Finding Fault

Chapter Eight

The Blame Game

Chapter Nine

Pride

Chapter Ten

Pleasure

So Far

Chapter Eleven

The Occult

Epilogue

Prophesy For Today - No 1

Prophesy For Today -No 2

About The Author

To the Glory

Of God

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and foremost I acknowledge that without God’s grace I would not have been able to write this book. He has brought me through many scrapes with disaster, some of which are recorded in my first book, ‘The Christian Challenge – From Alpha to Omega’. He also has allowed me many experiences, which prompted further thoughts and led me to put them on paper. I am grateful for all He has taught me - and is still teaching me, but acknowledge that I too have much to perfect and still need to live the life taught by these lessons.

Secondly, I am grateful for the encouragement I have received from my brothers and sisters in Christ. I am especially grateful to Pastor Clinton Morgan who read the draft, encouraged me and confirmed that this book should be published and to my daughter Helen who patiently corrected grammatical errors and gave helpful suggestions.

Lastly, I acknowledge God’s mercy and trust what is written is guided by God through His Holy Spirit.

ALL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES ARE FROM

THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION

THE HOLY BIBLE

PREFACE

I ask you to humbly admit with me that many of us have fallen short of what God requires of us, that we have been sleeping, as it were, by letting the devil get away with so much. Surely we need to wake up, stand up, face up to what is happening and make every effort to follow what the Bible says?

The first book of this series, ‘The Christian Challenge – From Alpha to Omega’, was written to encourage readers to accept God’s plan for their lives - from salvation to listening to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. I hoped that readers would be encouraged to form Omega Groups and wait upon the Spirit’s leading for each group as to what each group’s purpose might be.

The second book, ‘The Christian Challenge (2) – Wake Up - Your Enemy Sleeps Not’, was written to help us recognise the author of many troubles, to see those troubles for what they are and to study and find the knowledge to combat those troubles. It was hoped that awareness would allow our Creator’s master plan for us to come about rather than be forever tempted to fight each other – no matter who started it!

Next I felt guided to look into ‘Understanding Covenant’. Oh how life could be so different if we kept covenant with each other and God.

This fourth book looks at the ways masses have been led to believe in, and live with alternatives to the basic truth as shown in scripture or worse still, disbelieve in God altogether. These deceptions are not just another way of thinking - as our enemy would like us to think. They purport to be true but are indeed a lie. They lead us astray. They deter and detract us from the very truth God desires us to follow for an abundant life and the enjoyment which comes from that.

In the few years since I started writing, my concerns have not been lessened. Indeed they have become