Steer clear of snake oil salvation salesmen and even more clear of being tempted to hear their pitch. Do not let yourself become so desperate that you are willing to listen to liars. Do not be so faithless so as to entertain unfaithful solutions to your problems. This sounds easy enough, but there is always a temptation to turn to whoever will tell you what you want to hear.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
People like prophets who give them what they want. There is a free market prophecy that competes in the open market for the hearts of the people. It markets itself for a share of the market. And that would be bad enough, but then add to that people who enjoy being lied to. They prefer flattery to acclaim. Funny as it sounds, they like to be lied to.
"Tell me lies, Tell me sweet little lies"
— Fleeetwood Mac, Little Lies
There will always be a market for snake oil salvation salesmen. Itching ears will always want to have their felt needs scratched.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Story always wins. When the true story and its Author are rejected, fables and hucksters are accepted.
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