Love Series: Fake Stuff Will Kill You!

” So, act brand new if you want to”.

Don’t judge me, but I’m listening to a little secular radio. I enjoy the Steve Harvey show sometimes and there was this one song that kept running through my head called “Without me” (Fantasia, clean version). Sad I have to even mention that there is a clean version of a song. It’s more common than I realized. But that is not what this post is about.

The song is about how being fake is harmful and how this woman knows how this man really is even though he is pretending by acting “brand new”. Apparently, this man is hiding his true character. As I realized what the song meant it made me think how flattery can be used as a tool of the devil.

Depending on the personality type, some people will be sucked in hook, line and sinker, by someone flattering them all day, ever day. There is something wrong with that. The bible is clear about flattery and I’ve talked about it here on this blog before.

But the emphasis of this post is not so much flattery, in that it’s about someone being fake. So what is fake? Here is the definition:

fake

1  [feyk]  Show IPA verb, faked, fak·ing, noun, adjective

verb (used with object)

1. prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistentprofits.

2. to conceal the defects of or make appear more attractive, interesting, valuable, etc., usually in orderto deceive: The story was faked a bit to make it more sensational.

3. to pretend; simulate: to fake illness.

When you are a sincere person, it’s hard to really accept that people are pretending.  But people pretend all the time when they have something to hide. Like a man who is cheating. He has to be fake because he knows the truth will end his relationship.

So what is the point of this blog post? It’s don’t be fake!! Be honest about who you really are and what you are really doing and if someone loves you as you really are, then you will know what you have is he real deal!

Proverbs 27:6

Amplified Bible (AMP)

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are lavish and deceitful.

Lured By Words of Flattery

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Lured by words of flattery ( this is a repeat)

27NOV

We must be careful of words of flattery! I remember not to long ago  I met a gentleman and instantly after talking to me for about 15 minutes he launched into flattering words about how pretty I was and how when I listened to him my eyes penetrated his soul and how he would make me a good man and how he would treat me well. Then he started talking about meeting his mom and how she would love me and how he could tell I’m a woman of substance.

Now I want to say he was on target in his assessment of me (LOL) but honestly who says all of that in a 30 minute conversation. I kept thinking this man didn’t even know me. Well he gave me his number and I called him and talked to him…

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Lured By Words of Flattery

Lured by words of flattery ( this is a repeat)

27NOV

We must be careful of words of flattery! I remember not to long ago  I met a gentleman and instantly after talking to me for about 15 minutes he launched into flattering words about how pretty I was and how when I listened to him my eyes penetrated his soul and how he would make me a good man and how he would treat me well. Then he started talking about meeting his mom and how she would love me and how he could tell I’m a woman of substance.

Now I want to say he was on target in his assessment of me (LOL) but honestly who says all of that in a 30 minute conversation. I kept thinking this man didn’t even know me. Well he gave me his number and I called him and talked to him once, but honestly I was being lured in by words of flattery.

Be careful about words of flattery. Words from people claiming to know and love us when they haven’t even spent any time with us. Yes it makes you feel good. It made me feel good and I needed to hear that but honestly I knew I did not need to draw closer to that situation. God put a stop sign in the road and thank God I heeded it.

Some things are just a trap. They sound good, or look good or smell good, but actually it’s an occasion for the enemy to come into our lives and ensnare us further.

Beware of the trap of flattery even from Christians.

Proverbs 6:24:

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

 

Empty Words

I was chatting with someone online and I asked them about their feelings for someone and they had to admit that they used their words with the person to get a reaction. I was kind of stunned. Words carry power and they can lure people, and so it’s important that we are genuine when using them. Especially when expressing words of love.

But I remember that this person did the same thing to me. They said something to me and when I confronted them about it, they told me they only said what they said to get a reaction. Sounds like a pattern huh? lol

Be careful when people say all the right things, especially if they don’t even know you. It could just be a trap to lure you in, or just to see what you will do. Call me naive, because I really didn’t know people do that. I am a person who says what I mean and I mean what I say, but apparently not everyone is like that. Go figure!

Proverbs 7:21-27 New International Version

²¹ With persuasive words she led him astray;she seduced him with her smooth talk. ²² All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose ²³ till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life. 

²⁴ Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say. ²⁵ Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths. ²⁶ Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng. ²⁷ Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.

Lured by words of flattery

We must be careful of words of flattery! I remember not to long ago  I met a gentleman and instantly after talking to me for about 15 minutes he launched into flattering words about how pretty I was and how when I listened to him my eyes penetrated his soul and how he would make me a good man and how he would treat me well. Then he started talking about meeting his mom and how she would love me and how he could tell I’m a woman of substance.

Now I want to say he was on target in his assessment of me (LOL) but honestly who says all of that in a 30 minute conversation. I kept thinking this man didn’t even know me. Well he gave me his number and I called him and talked to him once, but honestly I was being lured in by words of flattery.

Be careful about words of flattery. Words from people claiming to know and love us when they haven’t even spent any time with us. Yes it makes you feel good. It made me feel good and I needed to hear that but honestly I knew I did not need to draw closer to that situation. God put a stop sign in the road and thank God I heeded it.

Some things are just a trap. They sound good, or look good or smell good, but actually it’s an occasion for the enemy to come into our lives and ensnare us further.

Beware of the trap of flattery even from Christians.

Proverbs 6:24:

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Beware of words of flattery

Beware of people who use words of flattery to win you.  Ten times out of ten they want something. People often flatter folks in order to get something from them. And some people are more vulnerable to that than others.

I have learned that sometimes people study and target people to get what they want whether it be a job, money, notoriety and they will say whatever they need to, in order to get to what they want. It’s a dangerous and manipulative practice.

The Bible is clear about this. I’d rather have someone to tell me the truth rather than to make me feel good.

 Psalm 12:2:

²They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

 Proverbs 7:21:

²¹With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 

Psalm 12:3:

³The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Proverbs 6 : 23-24

²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching [of the law] is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life,^(G)

²⁴To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman.

 1 Thessalonians 2 : 3-5

³For our appeal [in preaching] does not [originate] from delusion or error or impure purpose or motive, nor in fraud or deceit.

⁴But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the glad tidings (the Gospel), so we speak not to please men but to please God, Who tests our hearts [^[a]expecting them to be approved].

⁵For as you well know, we never resorted either to words of flattery or to any cloak to conceal greedy motives or pretexts for gain, [as] God is our witness.