Pawn

The definition of a pawn is a person or thing manipulated and used by others or a game piece in the game of chess. A person unwittingly used in a scheme and taken advantage of by others is an example of a pawn.

The conversation in the garden between Eve and Satan is the manipulation of a pawn. The meeting of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler in 1938 is another case in point.

A nephew in jail asking me for bail money, when I don’t have a nephew in jail, is my personal example. (It didn’t work on me.)  The constant phone scams looking for a pawn seem to have no end.

The Bible makes it clear in this game of life.

2 Corinthians 11:13

 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

Jeremiah 9:6

You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD.

These verses are just the tip of the iceberg with individuals seeking a pawn.

Don’t become one.

Give it some thought.

Gary

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