While we wait for God's great victory for us to be fully realized, we also need to know that we are in a very intense battle. Our most brutal struggles are not with flesh and blood people, but spiritual powers and wickedness in spiritual places (
Ephesians 6:10-12). These evil powers often use
"false apostles, deceitful workers" and people
"masquerading" as Jesus' servants (
2 Corinthians 11:13). God will win this battle with all who are false through Jesus Christ when he returns. The outcome is certain. Jesus won that battle on the cross (
Colossians 2:15), and he will return and reign until every one of his enemies is defeated (
1 Corinthians 15:24-25). Christ has already won, however, let's not be fooled; the evil one will do everything possible to deceive all people, use false teachers, and confuse the lost. Let's stick with God's plan - living his truth, listening for his voice in Scripture, and following the lead of his Spirit (
1 John 2:20-27).
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