Today's Favorite Verse: Obadiah 1:3

Today's Favorite Verse: Obadiah 1:3

"The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?"

We've had a lot of discussion in our home lately about what causes people to believe lies and be under strong delusions. It is the pride of your heart. If the adversary can feed into your pride you will be deceived and believe lies, and made spiritually blind. That blindness is not just to the gospel, it will cover every facet of their lives.

"And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:"

(2 Thessalonians 2:11)

"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;

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."

(2 Timothy 4:3-4)

"And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering, plundering, lying, stealing, committing adultery, rising up in great contentions, and deserting away into the land of Nephi, among the Lamanites—

And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and smitten, and driven before the Lamanites, until they had lost possession of almost all their lands. "

(Helaman 4:12-13)

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