BBD 02.08.22 Razzle Dazzle (Classic)
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Classic from 2004
The Burning Bush Devotional
08 December 2022
Razzle Dazzle
But what
I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those
who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which
they boast. For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder!
For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore
it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers
of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. - 2 Corinthians
2:11-15.
Michael
Schwartz has been arrested for running a con game down in the French Quarter of
New Orleans. Schwartz is a master safecracker and also has a criminal record
dating back to 1930 (Schwartz in 93 years old). The con game Schwartz has been
running is called "Razzle
Dazzle” and is also known as "Cajun Bingo”. Razzle
Dazzle is a board game and players try to roll marbles into numbered holes. If
they are able to roll the marbles correctly, they win a $1,000 jackpot.
However, winning is virtually impossible the way the board is set up. It is
described as a board game where players roll marbles into numbered holes
in hopes of winning a $1,000 jackpot. The board is set up in such as way that
winning is virtually impossible. Assistant
U.S. Attorney Al Winters said about
this, "But if you even come close to winning,
these guys talk fast, miscount numbers and everything else. It's a gambling
game and it's also a scam."
The
devil aka satan also has a "Razzle
Dazzle” game going and he has many assistants
to help him. Paul says there are, "false
apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.” Sadly, there are many who are busy trying to win people not to
Christ but to false religion. At least one false religion claiming to be
Christian has their own Bible with many words changed and deleted. This goes
beyond translation to deliberate deception. They are busy drawing the naïve and
gullible into "Bible studies” of their perverted version
of the Bible. How can they find the truth when the truth has been altered? It
is not possible, and many have and are being deceived by this "Razzle
Dazzle” game of the devil’s henchmen.
There
is a call across the United States to join together with other denominations
and religions in unity. How can we join with them when they are against
everything that we love? The apostle Paul makes it clear who we are fighting
against when he says, "For Satan
himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it
is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of
righteousness….” It is a travesty for non-Christian
chaplains to be permitted to minister to those in the armed forces of the
United States. How can someone who is a devil worshipper be made a chaplain?
There
are a lot of "Razzle Dazzle” games being run in the world
in which we live. Before you join a Bible study, you might want to ask if your
Bible is okay to use. If they insist that you have to use their special Bible -
run don’t walk to the nearest exit. If Jesus to them is just a god among many
gods - flee before it is too late. If they have predicted again and again the
exact date of the end of the world (So far we know they have not been right) -
the Bible calls that being a false prophet because their prophecy did not
happen. If someone tells you that you can become a god like Jesus, ask them
where in the Bible it says that and hand them your Bible.
The
devil’s "Razzle Dazzle” games are just like Michael
Schwartz’ games; you can never win and in the devil’s game the stakes
are your eternal soul.
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