DCLM Daily Manna 1st April 2025 Devotional Message Written By Pastor W.F Kumuyi
Read DCLM Daily Manna 1st April 2025, Tuesday Devotional.
TOPIC: Beware of Deception
KEY VERSE:
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.” – (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
READ: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8 (KJV)
DCLM Daily Manna 1st April 2025 MESSAGE:
A newspaper reported on April 25, 2022 that a pastor in Nigeria had convinced members of his church to relocate with him to a camp in another state to “prepare for the end of the world.” Each qualified member paid the pastor the equivalent of $3,000 for “access to go to heaven.” Eventually, the waiting became a nightmare for the members, and the pastor was arrested and charged to court for fraud. The second coming of Christ has been used once again to deceive the unwary.
The early disciples were passionate about the second coming of the Lord Jesus. When Jesus ascended heaven from Mount Olivet, an angel announced to the disciples, “Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). The return of Christ is a prominent topic Paul covered in his two epistles to the Thessalonian church. In today’s reading, Paul addresses believers’ need to prepare appropriately.
Paul warns the Thessalonian Christians to watch out because of the erroneous teachings of some people about the imminent return of Christ. These false teachers, like the incident reported above, were telling people to do away with productive Christian living because of the impending return of the Lord. Paul, with great passion, dismisses such irresponsible falsehood. He states unequivocally that the Antichrist would not breach the divine agenda. The Antichrist would manifest after a time of great apostasy, and his identity would not be mistaken.
Every believer should prepare for the coming of the Lord Jesus. We should, however, not allow ourselves to be deceived by unscriptural expectations and desires. The signs of His coming are clearly stated in the Scriptures, and extra-biblical manipulations should be avoided like a plague. We should seriously heed the warning that the Lord Jesus gave His disciples on His second coming: “And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch” (Mark 13:37).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Every deceiver has something going for him. Shun him totally.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
John 4-5
DCLM Daily Manna 1st April 2025 Devotional was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria
