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One of the tools Satan uses to impede the believer’s development, is the tool of distractions! Webester’s dictionary states “to be distracted means - anything that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else; or to be over-occupied, too busy, about a thing.”
Many times, distractions keep believers from focusing on what is true. As a child I was fascinated with courtroom television shows such as Perry Mason and Matlock. I love when the bailiff would state “all rise for the entrance of the judge” and secondly when the bailiff would give a charge to anyone who took the stand, "do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?”
This trinity of truth was key to being in harmony with an earthly judge, and in like manner it is also true for us to be in harmony with our heavenly judge and in harmony with each other. During this present information age truth is the one thing Satan despises because his power is toppled in any arena where truth abounds.
Satan uses the absence of truth as a distraction to manipulate all human situations. One of the arenas that Satan desires to stay void of the truth is the local church! Dr. Tony Evans, asked the question “are you an information seeker or a truth seeker?” Information seekers are willing to research just enough to get the answer that will prove them right. However, a truth seeker researches until he/she discovers the truth whether it proves them right or wrong.
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