Deception: 1. the act or practice of deceiving;  2. the fact or condition of being deceived; 3. something that deceives, as an illusion, or is meant to deceive, as a fraud or impostor. (Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language Second College Edition 1970).

It seems that much of the "Religious" world today have been taught and are teaching that the way to Heaven is to only "Accept Christ as Lord and Savior".  These are words of deception!  When Eve was confronted by the serpent, he presented to her words of deception:

Genesis 3:1-7: 1.) Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the field which the Lord God had made.  And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it lest ye die. 4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5) For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6) And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her and he did eat. 7) And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

In verse 4, the serpent begins the deceptive attack of twisting words to try to make God look like a liar.  In the phrase "Ye shall not surely die" it begins to remove fear and respect for God from Eve's mind.  God had told Adam if he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil he would suffer or be punished.  That punishment was death.  The Bible does not tell of Adam or Eve suffering anything up to this point, they were in a perfect state.  They had all that they needed, but the serpent had a better way, or so he said.  In verse 5, the serpent leaves the impression that God was fearful if they ate of the tree, they would be a god, knowing good and evil like he did.  More deceptive words.  In these verses the serpent used some words that were truth and some words that were lies.  It was a woven cluster of deception.  If anyone takes a glass of pure well water, and puts oil in the glass of pure well water, and tries to mix it up, the water and the oil do not mix.  The water is still the water and the oil is still the oil, but it becomes a clouded cup of confusion.   If anyone takes the pure truth and mixes it with lies, the pure truth and the lies do not mix.  The truth is still the truth and the lies is still the lie, but it becomes a clouded cup of confusion.

Satan is the author of confusion.  In verse 6, Eve faces three of the most common attributes of mankind.  After hearing these lies, she began to look at this forbidden fruit and saw that it was good for food, and it was pleasant to her eyes, and she desired it because it would maker her wise, because she had believed the words of the serpent.  The end result was that Adam and Eve ate of the tree and their eyes were opened (truth), and they did know good and evil (truth), but they did not become as gods (the lie), and it did not profit them, but they did die on that day, not carnally, but spiritually, they and all that came after them.
The carnal body will die because of sin.  The Devil used one of God's creations, the serpent, to declare these words of deception to mankind.  Every time we see a serpent it should remind us of that day.  But since then, the Devil has upgraded and now uses mankind to declare his lies.

Previously we described the one that deceived Adam and Eve was in essence Satan.  Now days he (Satan) uses mankind to deceive mankind.  Let's look at this heresy doctrine of "Accepting Christ".  First of all there is no repentance in that statement.  "Repentance and faith are two inseparable graces, wrought in our souls by the regenerating Spirit of God; whereby being deeply convinced of our guilt, danger, and helplessness, and of the way of salvation by Christ, we turn to God with unfeigned contrition, confessions, and supplication for mercy; at the same time heartily receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as our Prophet, Priest, and King, and relying on him alone as the only and all sufficient Savior".  Taken from Declaration of Faith, article number eight, Church Manual by J.M. Pendleton 1867.  In Matthew 3:2, John the Baptist preached "Repent ye: for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand."  Matthew 4:17, "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."  Mark 1:15, "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."  Mark 6:12 "And they went out, and preached that men should repent." Luke 13:3 "I tell you, Nay: But, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."  Also Acts 2:38; 3:19; and 8:22.