Topic: The Truth
Text: John 2:1-9

For quite some time now, we have been examining how Satan deceives man and woman. Specifically, we have examined the kinds of lies or propaganda used by him. The understanding of the strategy used by the devil is very important. From the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation, we see how Satan used one method or the other to lead men, women communities and nations astray. Satan has not stopped doing this. Two major areas in which Satan leads his victim astray are through the lures of anger and alcohol. Satan often tells people to get angry, arguing that even Jesus got angry. It is true? What kind of anger was it?

The first time Jesus Christ was angry was when people said He was using the spirit of Satan. He told them that whoever offends the Holy Spirit would not be forgiven. The second time was when He was angry with people buying and selling in the house of God. He said the house of God should not be turned into a den of thieves. When Jesus was being beaten, He did not get angry. He is meekness personified. Who is a meek person? The meek is the one who makes use of his strength to defend the weak. It is the proud who gets angry when personally offended. If you are not proud you will know that you are nothing.

Satan is a liar. He is also a deceiver. He might tell you to take a little alcohol. He would ask that is Jesus Christ does not want us to drink wine, why did He change water to wine? Satan knows that we do not all understand the Greek language. The word translated as wine here is grape juice. This does not intoxicate. Satan would tell the ignorant that wine is wine. Alcoholic wine was not served at the wedding that Jesus attended. Even if we do not understand Greek, the pots that Jesus said they should fill with water could contain twenty gallons of water each. We therefore have 120 gallons of water in six pots. Can we find 120 gallons of alcoholic wine at any marriage ceremony or a wedding carnival?

Don’t be deceived; anger and the lure of alcohol are strong enough to sweep you off your feet, spiritually speaking. Remember, the devil is a deceiver. Don’t let him deceive you.

Memory Verse: John 2:15 - “And when he has made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;”