But the [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach. 1 Timothy 4:1(AMPC)
God planned beforehand and created us to relate and walk with Him by Faith. This is the life of trusting and relying on God through what God says to us.
But Adam and consequently all of us in him turned away from the faith or trusting and relying on what God said by listening and paying attention to what the serpent or satan said which contradicted what God said.
Every thought, idea, word, doctrine, belief, practice that’s not of faith is a delusion, seduction of demons.
Faith is a result of hearing who Christ is and what He has done.
Our attention therefore should be on the teaching of Christ and His finished Redemptive Work.
Deluding and seducing spirits are behind every thought, belief, and practice of striving in our own wisdom and strength to become and do in order to be known, valued, and accepted. All the cultures, religions, and intellectualism of the world spring from and are rooted here.
On the other hand Faith teaches us that we are already known, valued and accepted by God through Christ and what He has already accomplished in the Cross.
Our attention should be on Christ as we look to Him by placing our confidence in the finished work of his suffering, death, and Resurrection.