We have been told the reason people cannot detect deception is because deception is deceiving, cunning, sneaky, hard to detect. But what if the reason we cannot detect deception is because we do not love the truth? What if our measure of love for truth is the indicator of our ability to discern, discover and detect deception when it arises?

One of the observations I have made is people do not really love the truth. We may believe we love the truth, but truth aligns us, conforms us, transforms us, renews us, revives us, reveals us, and strengthens us. When we love the truth, we listen for it in every sermon, we search for it in every situation, we promote it, we declare it and we stand for it no matter the cost.

Paul said in 2 Thessalonians 2 “The presence of the “outlaw” is apparent by the activity of Satan, who uses all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs, spurious wonders, and every form of evil deception in order to deceive those who are perishing because they rejected the love of the truth that would lead them to being saved.” This is not about our initial salvation experience, this is about our daily lives. The love of truth makes us whole. Keeps us revived. Keeps us teachable, humble and desiring more truth.

David said this in Psalm 51:6, “You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.” Just because we said a prayer and are going to heaven does not mean we love truth, which is why so many people are easily decieved. We do not recognize the deception we have believed, because we do not love the truth.

We need to repent of not being lovers of truth. We need to examine ourselves to find out if we are living in the truth. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and Jesus is the Word, if you are not a lover of the Word of God, it will be hard to say you are a lover of truth. Friends, we love money, we love revival, we love titles, we love the beach, we love so many things, but if we do not love the truth, we are more deceived than we realize. I pray you would love the truth, for it is the truth that sets you free. (John 8:32) Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org