2014 Comment:  I preached this material in 2006.  Many families can now only look back and wonder what happened that they lost their kids to the god of this world.  Well, their answer can certainly lie within this sermon study.  I have updated it a bit, but most of it is exactly what I taught in 2006.        M Paulson

Or has the time come for you... II Timothy 4:3 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Matthew 24:5 - For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Matthew 24:11 - And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Matthew 24:24 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

• gainsayers
• Titus 1:9 - Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
• deceivers
• I Corinthians 15:33 - Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
• II Timothy 3:13 - But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
• modern churches & their pastors
• Jeremiah 23:22 - But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
• devil/Lucifer's plans
• Isaiah 14
• Ezekiel 28
• questions / Issues / Battles
• I Timothy 1:4 - Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
• II Timothy 2:23 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
• Titus 3:9 - But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
• false godliness
• II Timothy 3:5 - Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
• vain babblings
• II Timothy 2:16 - But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
• their own righteousness
• Romans 10:3 - For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
• new bibles make imitations / teach opposite to the truth / against 'arguments'

• 5:3-5 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
• 6:23,24 -  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
• 7:24-27 - : Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

• I Corinthians 14:37 - If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
• Titus 1:14 - Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
• I Thessalonians 4:2 - For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
• I Timmothy:1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;

Note:

• Daniel 11:21 - And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
• Daniel 11:23 - And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
• Daniel 11:32a -  And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries...
• Daniel 11:34b -  ...but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
• Daniel 8:25 - And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

• Exodus 20:4 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
• Deuteronomy 7:25 - The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
• II Kings 23:24 - Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
• Isaiah 41:29 - Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
• Isaiah 42:8 - I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
• Isaiah 42:17 - They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
• Isaiah 48:11 - For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted?  and I will not give my glory unto another.
• Pictures of 'Jesus' - antichrist - modern rendering painted in 1942 - nothing like the Bible describes!
• Folded Hands - represents the false gospel of the so-called ' power of prayer.'
• Thomas Kincaid 'light' paintings - angel of light - light in the world today is to be the Book - not some mysterious and glorious light outside, etc.
• Angels, Pocket Angels, etc. Precious Moments figurines, etc. - Catholic concept to the ultimate!  Do we all have angels to protect us?  What about... and how...
• Rainbow - nor more flood, but there is still wrath to come!  or is it just science!
• Cross - shame - symbol of modern 'false' Christianity, but why also do witches and satan worshippers wear them?  jewelry for what killed Christ?  Was it 'finished on the cross' like so many modern preachers preach?  Answer: There were segments finished but it won' t be done until Revelation 21:6 - It is done!
• Star - Christmas tree star, Eastern Star, etc. masonic glory
• Thorns - shame - our sins, etc. caused Him to bleed - but He wore it, we don't have to!
• Noah's Ark - it is considered a fairy tale - a nursery rhyme - Storybook Island, Rapid City, SD. People don't think about it - animals could have all been babies of each - who says they have to be so big?
• Fish symbol - represent the lost, not the saved! - Read the scriptures about the 'fish' Peter is catching!
• Church
• 'mega' in gain, size and fancy - from Acts 2
• steeple - represents us going to heaven from here to there  What about store fronts?  houses? no church building?
• pillars - magnify the truth like it is supposed to be by teaching Paul's ways or do they use the truth to magnify it's church pillars?  But most churches have no truth anymore, so the question is directed to the Bible Believer Baptist churches, etc.
• bells - God speaking to the community?
• stained glass windows - is truth even depicted in those coloroed pictures / images?
• candles - eternal flame actually represents lake of fire!  a candle for each soul in Hell - makes sense, eh!
• reverends, etc. - Psalm 111:9 - only one verse for one person - God!  He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.  There is no reference to any man being a reverend!
• High collars, robes, etc. - a sign!  Yes, that is what they say it is - and a nun's habit, as well!
• Bookstores - the source!
• books - Acts 19:19,20 - Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.  Quit going to the bookstore and the word of God will grow in you!
• music - not a replacement for preaching - putting forth false gospel - feeding the flesh.  God does not USE music!
• a false ministry to attract
• a false ministry to reach out with
• a false ministry for self
• empty, weak, wishy washy 'peace and quiet' sound - no battle - all flesh
• 'stuff' - trinkets, jewelry - all part of the broiding warning, eh!  Things made by man's hands!
• Christian Private Schools
• Christian relatvies
• Prayer of Jabez, etc.
• Dove - represents an earthly peace - the Great Commission!  Taken from Genesis 8:11 and the ark...
• Cupids - the arrow of the anti-christ's bow!
• Lamb  - Paul never mentions the Lamb - the Lamb is peace on earth!
• Sunday Worship - vs Saturday or everyday or any day.  Colossians 2:16; Romans 14:6
• Grapes - wine (so folks can justify their drinking) or Revelation 14:19,20 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
• Public 'unifying' Issues - bring a false unity - ecumenicalism, all designed by the Pope!
• Abortion
• politics / government affairs
• Right to die
• alternate lifestyles - 'perversional life styles'
• accepting things that are AGAINST nature
• local rallies
• 'agree to disagree' - not a biblical stand!
• Ones' Own Self
• outward appearance
• women's hair:  broided?  long or short?  or do you profess good works and a meek and quiet spirit, etc.  You can LOOK right and not 'be right.'
• men's hair - against nature?  Revelation 9:8: And they had hair as the hair of women...  earrings?  Oh, please!
• children:  see next...

Do we only know how to glorify them?

• honor roll
• trophies
• glory

• the spot of attraction
• the center of attention
• the center of our family life and activities

Do we LOVE them or GLORIFY them?

• Will they ever attain 'lostness?'
• Will they ever need faith?  and if they do, will they be able to grasp it?
• Will it be even harder for them to die to themselves?

Did He have to 'flatter' us to 'get us?"

Does the antichrist flatter folks?

Do we perceive ourselves more important than Christ?
Do we ignore His words and do it our own way?
Do we seek 'things' for blessings and riches?

Is Christianity today all about us?  or Him?

Do we "do" our children the way we think God should to "do" us?