Deceptions of False Leaders

My Bible reading last night was in the letters of Peter. Some of the scriptures really gripped me! Like 2 Peter 2:10 and 15-21, for instance.

...and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,...For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

I can't help but think of the Obama phenomenom, but actually this applies to the liberal pastors leading their congregations astray, as well. I think of Obama's speech where he almost ridiculed the Bible and Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, obviously despising God's moral authority! And does he ever speak great swelling words of emptiness! I believe he is the very definition of this scripture! While he promises freedom or "change"...he will lead them into corruption. Horrible corrupt laws that he twists to sound good and moral. He's the worst when it comes to abortion! Not only does he believe in late-term abortions, but believes in letting a baby born alive after a failed abortion, die on a shelf! He assures homosexuals he will be working for them! His terrorist ties and pattern of comments show his disdain for this country, and in his very words, he said he would stand with the Muslims should the political winds change. Calling evil, good; and good, evil. And the scary part of the scripture and what I have witnessed myself with people I know, he is alluring people who are Christians. It looks like born-again Christians who know their Lord and Savior! And I've sadly seen it myself, and seeing what this scripture says about it is scary! It also kinda blows a hole in the whole "Once saved, always saved" argument, I do believe. But that's another topic.

There doesn't seem to be anything bad enough that this guy can do that will turn his followers against him. I personally had an encounter very recently where I just forwarded an article by the Jerusalem Post. Now those guys (Israelis) are watching Obama like hawks! They report on his every terror tie and every lie that we seem to want to overlook and I found that very interesting and wanted to share it. I could not believe how I got blasted by two people just for sending an article, a third party's opinion. The responses were so ugly, and so out-of-character, that it was rather shocking. And there has been no reconciliation since then. Why on earth would saying something about just a man be so offensive? A man that cannot be questioned? Cannot be touched? I always wanted to hear all sides about the candidate I was supporting, and you would think any rational thinking person would. At least hear and decide upon the merits yourself. But none of his followers want to accept any bad news. I realized then that this is truly a spiritual battle. And those scriptures seemed to reinforce it. There is a spirit of anti-Christ at work here. I don't believe Obama is the anti-Christ, but the Bible says there are many anti-Christs, and this definitely looks like one. His arrogant attitude and belittling of scripture, but this ability to speak swelling words that sound good anyway to the blinded people who don't want to see. And they will turn back to wicked ways, and be lost. We must pray for these people, and Obama himself, who is surely being led by the wrong spirit!