The Apostle Paul warned against the craftiness of men and women:
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
The Gospel is for all of mankind, not just for the “spiritually elite”. Jesus dealt with those who exalted themselves above the average man and condemned their vanity of mind. True Love does not try to lift oneself above another but instead ministers to the needs of the other. People are up in arms about all the spying going on but if your life is an open book, what does it matter? Do you really believe Our Heavenly Father is able to overcome the craftiness of men? Of course HE can and will. Paul quoted the following:
Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.
In the final analysis, men’s systems will once again fail. Their fiat monetary system will implode just as it as many times throughout history. Men’s quest to control others will once again be exposed and they will be judged accordingly. As each of us focuses on hearing Our Heavenly Father, each will be given simple instructions to live by. We need not be moved by the craftiness of men and women in our daily walk. We must not let the joy be stolen from us by their deceitful ways. The Love of Our Heavenly Father is the one constant we can count on and those that walk in the same Love will be counted as true friends. Others will simply attempt to suck the life out of you in an attempt to feed their ego. They will use you until you have nothing else to offer them and then they will find an excuse to dispose of you. How do I know? I worked for a “Christian” man who habitually used up people in order to enrich his pocketbook. How sad.
We have all manipulated people and situations in the past. It must stop and not be counted among us. It is time to “man up” and repent of those crafty ways with all their subtleness. Quit demanding your own way but let Christ come forth in you. Manipulation corrupts the vessel. Turn from the subtleness of your flesh attempting to alienate you from the Body of Christ. The time is now. Repent and ask forgiveness. Separate yourself from those who enable acts of wickedness. Love brings forth unity but does not allow sin and wickedness to remain in it midst. There is a division required so that judgment may have its perfect work of removing the old man. When there was sin in the camp, the children of Israel lost battles. The sin must be removed. Its that simple.