The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to You.

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

We all understand that false religion is damning deception.

We know that. We also know that Satan is an angel of light. At least

he's disguised as an angel of light and his minister is disguised as well as angels of light.

And that is to say that he operates in the realm of religion.

That is why false religion is called doctrines of demons in the scripture.

And the Bible repeatedly warns about doctrines of demons.

It repeatedly warns about false religion.

It warns about its presence. It is ubiquitous. It is everywhere all the time.

It warns about its purveyors or its prophets, those who propagate it. And most specifically,

the Bible warns about its peril. Nothing is more ultimately terminally perilous than false religion.

And the world of course is easily drawn into false religion. The world readily drinks its

fatal poison.

And you might ask why false religion is so attractive to the world.

Why do people have so little resistance to false religion?

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