Deception   

The Bible says: “And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.” Joshua 9:14 (KJV)

One summer morning in the 1920s, a Scotsman named Arthur Ferguson stood idly in London’s Trafalgar Square. As he watched, an obviously well-to-do American began admiring the statue of Admiral Lord Nelson and the column it rested on. Struck with a sudden inspiration, Ferguson put his remarkable selling ability to work and “sold” Nelson’s column to the American for about $30,000, lions included!

Not one to rest on his laurels, Ferguson went on from there to sell the famous clock Big Ben to another American for $5,000 and took $10,000 from yet another as down payment on Buckingham Palace. By the time justice caught up with him, Ferguson had added the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty to the list of his amazing “sales”! He spent several years in prison for his remarkable deceptions.

People can be deceived and taken advantage of by not consulting with the Lord. Satan likes nothing better than to deceive and send souls down a pathway to eternal damnation.

Our text today is a sad verse indeed. It reminds us of another sad verse found in the New Testament: “Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.” Acts 26:28 (KJV)

Let us not grow weary in introducing lost souls to the truth! “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:5-6 (KJV) 

    Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Joshua 9-11