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LESSON 1SHINE GOD’S LIGHT ON DECEPTION

Memory Verse: Psalm 18:28 “For you will light my lamp; The Lord God will enlighten my darkness.”

Lesson Text: Acts 9:1-19

DEFINING DECEPTIONDefining Deception: The act of misleading someone through false appearance or false statement. A delusion that hides or misrepresents the truth. In spiritual terms, a deception is a focus on something other than the truth.

SATAN: KING OF LIES• Genesis 3:1-2 Now the serpent was more

cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

• 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.”

IN THE NAME OF GOD• Acts 9:1-2 Then Saul, still breathing

threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Aztecs: In the 1300s they brought human sacrifice to a golden era. About 20,000 people were killed yearly to appease gods, especially the sun god, who needed daily “nourishment” of blood. Hearts of sacrifice victims were cut out, and some bodies were eaten ceremoniously. Other victims were drowned, beheaded, burned or dropped from heights.

JOHN 8:44

I JOHN 2:16

SAUL’S MISSION

• Defending God

• Protecting authority of Pharisees

• Stopping the “Way”Acts 9:2

TRUTH FIGHTS DECEPTION• John 8:31-32 “If you abide in My word,

you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

• John 8:36 “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”

• John 14:6

LIGHT FIGHTS DECEPTION• John 8:32 Then Jesus spoke to them

again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

• John 1:1-5 “In Him was life and that life was the light of men.”

• Light reveals truth and fights deception.

LIGHT FIGHTS DECEPTION• Matt. 5:14-15 “You are the light of the

world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 

• Isaiah 49:6 I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth

JESUS REVEALS TRUTH• Acts 9:3 As he journeyed he came near

Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven.

ACCEPTING TRUTH1. Surrender: Acts 9:9 “And he was three

days without sight.”-Repentance-Easy way or hard way?

2. Obedience: Acts 9:17-John 14:15, 21, 23, 24-John 15:10, 14

• Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

• I Timothy 3;16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

DECEPTION VS TRUTH• Matt. 14:28 Peter walks on water.

• James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.

SHINE GOD’S LIGHT ON DECEPTION