Remember, Satan quoted Scripture too!

Just because someone can quote Scripture doesn't mean they are a Christian.  Remember, Satan quoted Scripture too!

Matthew 4:1-10(NKJV)

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 

And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 

Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”

Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 

and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:      ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and,      ‘In their hands they shall bear you up,     Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”

Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’”

Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 

And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”

In society today we see a lot of people try to use Scripture to back up their position.  Jesus warns us that we better be able to discern when someone is using and quoting Scripture truthfully vs. when they are trying to deceive with Scripture.  Jesus tells us that we will be held accountable if we allow ourselves to be deceived. 

The other thing that I see reaffirmed here is the example Jesus sets on how to deal with those who are not honestly seeking.  In other words those who you can tell are trying to deceive with Scripture.  Jesus tells them to take a hike, to pound sand.  He doesn't sit around and try to convince those who are not honestly seeking the truth.  I think we could learn from that.

It's that whole pearls before swine thing!