Be not deceived.
There was ground for this exhortation, and there is still. Then as now—
I. VERY MANY WERE DECEIVED.
II. APPEARANCES WERE DECEPTIVE.
III. NONE COULD CLAIM EXEMPTION FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING DECEIVED.
IV. THERE WAS A TRAITOR WITHIN THE CAMP. Their hearts wished that to be true which they therefore thought to be true.
V. TO BE DECEIVED IS TO BE PLUNGED IN THE UTTERMOST OF SORROW.
VI. WE NEED NOT BE. There is One who says, "I will guide thee with my counsel."—C.