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Bishop Joseph E. Strickland: The Upside-Down World: Can the Elect be Deceived? – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland: The Upside-Down World: Can the Elect be Deceived?

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Image by Grok. "For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive – if possible – even the elect” ~Matthew 24:24

By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Pillars of Faith, June 9, 2026

Bishop Joseph Edward Strickland, founder of Pillars of Faith, is a successor of the Apostles whose life and ministry are marked by a profound fidelity to Jesus Christ.

 

My dear friends in Christ,

There is a passage in Scripture that has troubled me for many years. It is a passage that becomes more unsettling the older I get and the more I watch the world around me.

Our Lord says: “For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive – if possible – even the elect” (Matthew 24:24).

Not sinners. Not unbelievers. Not those who have rejected God. The elect. Those who sincerely desire to follow Him. Those who pray. Those who go to church. Those who believe themselves faithful.

That warning should stop every one of us in our tracks. Because most of us assume that if deception comes, we will recognize it. We imagine that evil will look evil. We imagine that falsehood will announce itself as falsehood. We imagine that we would never be fooled. Yet history teaches otherwise. …

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