Power with Purpose!

(1-3) As long as there has been opposition to God there have been false prophets and teachers. Antichristian influences and greed for money and power have been; and still are, the chief motivators for fals teaching.
Many however, think of false teaching and prophecy only in terms of obvious displays of untruth: those claiming to be Christ, or those that have been caught in flagrant acts of dishonesty. These events have always served to capture our attention so that it is focused on obvious things that are easy to judge as false but, the devil is a subtle creature. He likes to work behind the scenes, under the radar, etc... By not calling attention to himself, satan has successfully infiltrated virtually all places of earthly power, including the leadership of nations and those that control the world's wealth and resources.
The devil's influence over Christian doctrine and teaching is arguably, the most subtle and successful of all his ambitions. We live in a day of easy grace; where all you have to do is 'believe in Jesus' or, 'accept Jesus as your savior.' These statements have led innumerable people straight to hell. Why? Because America is a nation that seeks leisure at any expense. Having what we want, when we want it has become the end-all/be-all of American life, and belief in God is no different. To most American Christians, we keep God in a box and bring him out only when we want to look holy in front of others.
The Bible is clear that a life lived for Christ is a life that shuns the world and its ways. Obvious biblical statements like becoming a new creature, the fact that devils believe in one God, and the flesh being emnity against God are glossed over in the vast majority of churches today all for the sake of the earthly quantities of money and masses.
We had better start embracing truth. The end is closer than ever before.