DISCERNMENT FOR END-TIME DECEPTION

At a time when churches are being infiltrated by new age and occult practitioners, and governments and elites want to control our speech, God's people need discernment to recognise truth from error.
Jesus warned a sign of the end-times is a deception so strong that even the elect or chosen of God could be fooled. Are there red-flags we should pay attention to that can warn us? How do we receive or develop strong discernment to help us counteract deliberate misinformation and fraudsters - even within the church?