(Joyce Meyer) JOHN, THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE THIS SHOW IS CONCLUDED TODAY. ONE OF THEM IS THIS IDEA, OR THIS TRUTH REALLY, THAT IF YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU’RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO — NOT GOD, NOT PEOPLE — HOW EASY IT IS TO BECOME DECEIVED. WHEN PEOPLE ARE DECEIVED, THAT MEANS THEY BELIEVE A LIE. BUT IT’S SO SCARY BECAUSE WHEN YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT’S A LIE, IT’S TRUE FOR YOU; THAT BECOMES YOUR REALITY. I’VE DEALT WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE WHAT I TERM A SPIRIT OF ERROR WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THEY ARE SO WRONG, EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT BUT THEM. JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES STATES THAT THEY THINK THEY ARE SO RIGHT. PEOPLE CAN DO SOME OF THE — EXCUSE ME — DUMBEST THINGS WHEN THEY GET THAT SPIRIT ON THEM.

(John Bevere) IT’S INTERESTING THAT YOU BRING THAT UP BECAUSE JESUS SAYS FOUR TIMES IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 — ONE CHAPTER ALONE — ABOUT THE LAST DAYS, THE DAYS WE’RE LIVING IN, “BE CAREFUL THAT YOU’RE NOT DECEIVED.” YOU SAID IT SO BEAUTIFULLY — THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH DECEPTION IS IT’S DECEIVING. THE PERSON WHO IS DECEIVED BELIEVES THEY’RE RIGHT WHEN IN REALITY THEY’RE WRONG. DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S INTERESTING? WHEN JESUS TALKED ABOUT THAT IN MATTHEW 24, HE’S TALKING ABOUT IN THE LAST DAYS. HE SAID THERE’S GOING TO BE LAWLESSNESS. LAWLESSNESS MEANS THAT YOU DON’T COME UNDERNEATH THE AUTHORITY OF GOD. IT’S THE GREEK WORD ANOMIA. OUT OF THAT LAWLESSNESS WOULD RESULT FROM ONE THING. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE LAWLESSNESS WOULD COME FROM? THE LAWLESSNESS WOULD COME FROM OFFENSES. JOYCE MEYER ONLINE. IN OTHER WORDS, LEADERS DOING WRONG TO PEOPLE, CREATING OFFENSES IN THOSE PEOPLE SO THOSE PEOPLE GET A LAWLESS ATTITUDE: I’VE BEEN HURT BY A LEADER. I DON’T WANT TO GET HURT BY A LEADER AGAIN. SO THEY CREATE WHAT THE BIBLE CALLS A STRONGHOLD, A THOUGHT PROCESS THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE WAY OF GOD. NOW THEY THINK: I’M GOING TO PROTECT MYSELF. I’M NOT GOING TO BE SUBMITTED TO AUTHORITY. I DON’T NEED AUTHORITY. WHAT THAT LAWLESS THINKING DOES, AND JESUS SAID IT RIGHT THERE, IS IT OPENS THEM WIDE OPEN TO DECEPTION.

(Joyce Meyer) THE BIBLE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT THE WORD OF GOD IS OF NO PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN’T JUST PULL SOMETHING OUT OF HERE AND TRY TO MAKE IT WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE. ACTUALLY, SCRIPTURE INTERPRETS SCRIPTURE. YOU HAVE TO KNOW ALL OF IT, OTHERWISE YOU CAN PULL ANYTHING OUT OF HERE, EVEN THE BIBLE, AND PRETTY MUCH MAKE IT SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO IF YOU DON’T READ IT IN LIGHT OF THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD’S WORD. IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS SAID: I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME. TODAY IN OUR SOCIETY WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THIS BECAUSE WHAT IS TRUTH? IT’S WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE.

JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES STATES TRUTH IS RELATIVE TO YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE. TRUTH IS EVER CHANGING. THAT’S NONSENSE. TRUTH CAN ONLY BE ONE THING. THE WHOLE REASON WHY WE WANT IT TO BE WHATEVER WE WANT IT TO BE IS BECAUSE THEN THAT ALLOWS US TO DO WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO. YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE BY THE WORD OF GOD, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THE WORD OF GOD AND YOU’RE GOING TO DO THE WORD OF GOD WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR YOU DON’T. JOYCE MEYER ONLINE. WE REALIZE THAT’S A PROCESS BUT THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO KEEP US FROM BEING DECEIVED IN THESE LAST DAYS. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE DECEPTIONS ARE GOING TO BE SO GREAT THAT IF GOD DIDN’T SHORTEN THE DAYS FOR THE SAKE OF HIS OWN PEOPLE THAT NO MAN COULD STAND THE DECEPTION THAT’S COMING IN THE EARTH TODAY. THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT. THE SECOND QUESTION I WANTED US TO GET TO BECAUSE… WELL, FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO TIE THAT UP — I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PRAY THAT THEY WON’T BE DECEIVED. I RECENTLY DID SOME TEACHING ON DECEPTION.