The only way a person can protect himself against the delusions coming from a loss of or a lack of love for God's truth is to check in with God regularly. Your question brings to mind the problem of the unnamed man of God out of Judah [I Kings 13] sent to Jeroboam the first king of the northern 10 tribes after their separation from Judah upon the death of Solomon. That man of God prophesied accurately about King Josiah who would be born and reign about 350 years later. That same man of God failed to check in with God before taking one action and as a result was slain by a lion on his way home. He was deluded and failed to check in with God instead of acting on his own presumption as to what was God's will.And how do you know you were led by the Holy Spirit and not your own desire or demon.
Have you actually tested it against the Scriptures? No, you have not.
The apostle Paul wrote of such delusion but Jesus described the way to get past any such delusion in the parable written in Luke 14:;7-11
Even so do I test myself by returning daily to the "lowest room" effectively dropping down to the very bottom in all things of God which I have had and letting God exalt me again if and only if that is His will...
This is the test I put myself to, but it is not my test but God's...
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