Isaiah 45:13 (ESV)

I have stirred him up in righteousness,
    and I will make all his ways level;
he shall build my city
    and set my exiles free,
not for price or reward,”
    says the Lord of hosts.

Inculcate is one of those words that fell from common use because of the diversity of meaning. I discovered it in researching indoctrination. I did so because I was pondering why we believe what we believe. If you know Jesus, you know truth and Satan’s lies will be seen.

While trying to find an appropriate meaning for the use of spiritual inculcate I found this verse in Isaiah. The primary difference being the stirring up rather than being told what you must believe. The key to this inculcate is righteousness. Christ abides in us. His righteousness is ours by faith. If we speak truth in righteousness, truth will do what truth does, reveal itself to be true. Righteousness recognizes righteousness and truth recognizes truth.

If you have been indoctrinated in a false religion you will not hear the truth, you will not know truth and Satan’s lies become the only thing you have heard and believe. I will not name names or point fingers. I am here to speak the truth and allow the truth to stand for itself.

What are the signs of false doctrines?

Strict adherence. No other doctrines contain truth and are not allowed to be studied.

Belief in the teacher. There is no other source of truth beyond what the teacher imparts.

Bondage. If you leave the doctrines you will die, perhaps even at the hands of those who declare they love you. If you leave you are the enemy.

These are the basic tenants of cults. Cult is defined as a different way of thinking and is not aligned with truth in any way. The Way followers were designated as a cult by the religions of their time. The Way believed in truth and made it a central figure of understanding.

John 20:26-29 English Standard Version (ESV)

²⁶ Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” ²⁸ Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

There we are in that last sentence. We have not seen His hand, we have not touched His wounds. We believe and we are blessed to believe. If anyone should ask: “Why do you believe?” Do you have an answer?

I have been asked and I have answered and I have been called a liar. That hurts beyond measure because I was honest, sincere, and kind. When you care about people and they call you a liar, it places you into that category of children of the liar, Satan.

John 8:44 (ESV) You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

There is something rather disturbing about those who accuse us of being in league with Satan. The first is that they believe there is a Satan. The second is that they do not recognize his lies.

Romans 1:25a (ESV) because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie…

2 Corinthians 11:14 (ESV) And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

How many angelic messengers where believed to be from God but were Satan in disguise?