2nd Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Ever since that day when our first parents fell for the substitute to God’s command, given by the serpent, the principle of substitution has taken deep root in every aspect of society, so that currently, there are replacements and substitutes available for almost everything God has given.
These alternatives always as a rule are advertised as being better, wiser, more profitable, and productive of good, than the original instructions and laws God gave to us. When the Bible speaks of being deceived in the last days, it’s not merely on one or two points but instead, it is an entire system of alternatives to God’s ideals.
And as persons adopt and subscribe to philosophies that are antagonistic to Scripture, mortal men seem to be wiser than God, in the eyes of those who will prefer anything other than what God says. Thus, the whole system of deception is riddled with a plethora of replacements, alternatives and substitutes, which in turn drive persons further and further away from God.
2nd Corinthians 11: 4 For if he that comes, preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might very well bear with him.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!