Deception and angels of light - 2 Corinthians 11-13

Our vision of Satan is quite skewed. We tend to see him in a red suit, tail out the back and fire out the front. Yet, Paul tells the Corinthian believers to beware of him since he is able to transform himself into an angel of light (11:14). He is said to use crafty speech and techniques to lead us astray (11:3). Like a lure to a fish, Satan uses our minds, hearts and bodies in a titillating manner to lead us into his world of falseness and unbelief of the truth. Remember, it is God's Word (Truth) that sets us free. It is God's Word (Truth) that sanctifies us. God's Word is summed up in Truth and Truth in God's Word (Psalm 119:160). Satan seldom denies truth ... he often bends it and twists it to make it look like truth but in reality to use it to bend our hearts away from God. God is truth. Jesus Christ is truth. Satan only looks like truth to get us to follow him. But, an angel of light is not light. Be careful as you follow light today that it doesn't lead you down the road to darkness.