God Has Sent the Strong Delusion
Delusion leads to destruction
2 Thess 2:9-12 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
The delusion (or deluding influence as NASB version shows) has already been sent by God and the minds of “many” are blind to the truth and poised to be seduced by the man of lawlessness. The man everyone is looking for is actually already standing in the churches, the Babylon Churches of the end that were built by men. These men have followed the spirits of antichrists that were already at work in the Apostles days. If you really want to understand this, I believe my posts Jesus Walked As A Man, Liars Figure and Figures Lie and Worshipping the Image of the Beast; will show you God’s Word truthfully — and if your heart is right with God, you will see and be astonished.
The delusion spoken of is how God brings judgment on those who do not repent and continue to pursue their own sinful pleasures instead of serving Him. Anyone who does not give God their whole heart and obey His foremost commandment is subject to this delusion. This applies to both non-believers and also professing believers whose actions and behaviors contradict their expressed faith. Most of the prophets and Jesus himself directly addressed the blindness and deafness that God sends upon those who have hardened their hearts, remain unrepentant and take pleasure in their continued practice of unrighteousness. The purpose of this post is to outline the truth about the delusion and/or blindness that God Himself sends upon the wicked at heart. The deluded and blind are not saved and unless they are brought to true repentance will remain on the broad road that leads to destruction.
The Trojan Horse was a deception I chose as the picture for this post. According to Wikipedia, the ”Trojan Horse” has come to mean any trick that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or place. Many have been tricked into believing the lie about righteousness and sin. They are following the smooth flattering talk of false teachers. They have unwittingly invited the enemy to come inside, into their churches and into their hearts and lives, listening to another gospel and worshipping a different Jesus. God allows this to happen to those that rebel against His truth.
2 Tim 4:3-4 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to fables.
The situation is very ripe for the antichrist to be revealed as many now follow a watered down gospel and a powerless Christianity. Grace has been perverted into a license to sin; the power of the Cross has been negated into a one time forgiveness of all sin; faith has been pared back to mean we just acknowledge that Jesus Christ is God’s son, the need to trust, follow, fear and obey HIM has gone down the drain. This is deception my friends. We can be sure the anti Christ will be a nice pleasant humble person(s) on the outside and those under delusion will march in lock step to support him/them, thinking they are following God and doing His service when in fact they are following Satan and doing the devil’s work.
The spirit of antichrists is already here. It has been at work for hundreds of years secretly slipping to man made churches and creation “religion” that is not of the real Jesus and the real gospel. The end times do not await the coming of any man, it awaits the revealing of these evil spirits that have been at work inside what we call church. Many eyes are beginning to see this and it is all from God. My eyes see now and it is beautifully foretold in the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation but it was hidden in mystery and parable until God opens your eyes to see it. That is how it will be revealed. The abomination that makes desolate is already standing in the hearts of most Christians. They are desolate, practicing sin, walking double minded, devoid of the Holy Spirit and lacking understanding of the true Word of God. When this is revealed to the masses, all hell on earth will break loose. Time is very very short. I hope you are ready to see the Lord and that you have ears to hear this message.
What is a delusion? According to Merriam Webster a delusion is “something that is falsely believed or propagated despite indisputable evidence to the contrary”. Paul told the church that God would send a delusion, a strong one at that, to all that take pleasure in their sins. He did not say this delusion only came upon just non believers, it applies to everyone and Paul was giving more color to some words previously spoken by Jesus about the end time judgments.
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
These professing Christians think they were saved. They do works in His name, they believed in Christ or they thought they did. They played church and maybe were religious but they did not follow God and did not know the Lord. They are under the delusion sent by God. Their good works did not make up for the fact they lorded over their own life, doing their will not God’s. They were not led by the Spirit of God and because of that rebellion became sons of disobedience.
John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
Jesus told us in this verse from John that only those who love Him as demonstrated by their obedience are the ones He comes and discloses Himself to. We can’t get to know somebody without spending time with them and we do not spend time with Jesus by being religious. We spend time with Him by praying, being led by the Holy Spirit and obeying His commandments 24x7x365.
Unrighteous deception results when we do not believe the truth (Jesus) to be saved and take pleasure in our sin. Those who do not love the Lord with ALL their heart, ALL their mind and ALL their soul are subject to the delusion. Jesus said anyone who sins is a slave to sin meaning that He is not their Lord. Somebody else or thing is the Lord of those who practice sin. Isn’t this what most of the “church” is being taught today? They are being taught that trusting in Christ and obeying Him are optional things we should do and that John 3:16 is the entire council of God. Because of such lies, people live like the world does, there being no distinction between the morality and behavior of believers and non believers alike. People are taking pleasure in their sins, going to church on Sundays and are deluded into thinking they are saved by a perverted gospel of grace. This is a LIE, the one Paul references relative to the delusion and is a total perversion of grace. This lie is supported by misapplication of Jesus work on the cross which was to destroy the works of Satan and free us from the bondage of continued sin.
Paul wrote to the Thessalonians’s speaking about the end times apostasy that precedes the coming of the lawless one (the anti-Christ). We are in the thick of this apostasy right now and it has been on my heart to up the ante in proclaiming the warning while there is still time for repentance and the subsequent mercy from God. The delusion from God has ALREADY BEEN SENT. The delusion has come in the form of religious demons who have perverted the word of God and created man-made doctrines of religion that do not conform us to godliness and loving God with ALL our hearts.
The LIE that is destroying people already and will soon begin to condemn those not speaking truth, is the lie that we do not need to stop sinning. The lie says we can continue to walk in a sinful nature and at the same time have the divine nature of Christ. That is not walking as Jesus walked and this is the double minded man James wrote about. It is a lie. Man made doctrines have been turned into traditions that have lulled the people of God asleep. We will all be awakened soon and we had best have oil in our lamps and not resting on a false security taught by the apostate church of today. We must get right with God and repent and turn towards Him by loving Him with our whole hearts. We must seek to be perfect and aim for perfection out of our total love for God. If we are truly Born Again into His family, the Holy Spirit will convict us when we sin and we will immediately mourn, weep and confess that sin and ask God to forgive us. Do not be deceived my brothers and sisters; God hates sin and the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. The Apostle John laid out the truth quite clearly in his first epistle.
1 John 3:7-11 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
Sadly, the apostate church teaches the opposite of what John taught the early church, contrary to the very words of Jesus, the other Apostles and the whole of Scripture. These teachings are lies by and large sprinkled with some truth. We must put on the divine nature of Christ and walked as He walked.
The Father Must Draw You Near
Paul’s mention of a delusion sent by God was referenced throughout the bible but in the context of blindness and deafness. I believe God is going to send an extra strong delusion to facilitate the establishment of the anti Christ as a godly leader. But Scripture makes clear that God has always created blindness to the truth where men have rebelled and lived in unrepentant sin. To know Christ, the Father must draw us near. God is at the center of anyone coming to Christ and having the scales fall off their eyes and plugs come out of their ears. The same God that takes those scales off can also keep those scales on as it is Him alone who teaches us revelation of His truth.
John 6:44-45 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.
The disciples struggled at times to understand Jesus teachings. They asked Jesus why He spoke in parables. Jesus gave insight into the fact that only thru God can one receive revelation of the truth. We don’t annoint ourselves with knowledge. Sure seeking God is required, He will answer the knock we are promised but too many people seek knowledge that puffs up and do not truly seek the face of God. They are fools. Revelation of the truth only comes from God and God’s Word tells us that if we don’t love Him and obey Him, we will not understand the truth. Jesus told us this while explaining the parable of the Four Soils to the disciples.
Matthew 13:19 “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it,the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
If we don’t love God fully and seek to obey Him always, we will not see the truth and the enemy will come steal away what little truth we may have. The delusion is so bad, we now have the blind leading the blind yet the world looks to these blind teachers and calls them men of God. Evil is called good and good is called evil. God purposefully veils the truth from those that are perishing. The Bible is veiled to those who have hardened their hearts against God. This was a common theme throughout all of Scripture.
Matthew 13:10-15 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
‘ Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not perceive;
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.’
Until we are brought to repentance (turning away from sin and towards God) our hearts will remain hardened (dull) and God will keep us in blindness. We will be under a delusion if we live like this, claiming to be “followers” yet take pleasure in our continued sin. The good news is that IF WE TURN, HE WILL HEAL US. But time is getting short. Until and unless we turn (repent) from sin, we will be blinded to the truth and living in deception and the strong delusion sent by God.
The vast majority of professing believers are living in rebellion to God. No rebels will go into heaven my friend, rebels will be put into captivity and ultimately judged harshly by God. Heed the word of the Lord spoken to Ezekiel the Prophet.
Ezekiel 12:1-2 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 2 “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house. Rebels to God’s word and His commandments are blinded to the truth. They cannot know Christ because you cannot even see the kingdom here on earth without true repentance.
The prophet Jeremiah lived in a day of great rebellion against God and His commandments. The Lord told Jeremiah to speak the following words which should be an additional warning to those of us living in the end times. False teachers and the apostate church are scattering the flock and creating tares that will be burnt up on the last day. We have forgotten the fear of God.
Jeremiah 5:20-26
“ Declare this in the house of Jacob
And proclaim it in Judah, saying,
21 ‘ Hear this now, O foolish people,
Without understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:
22 Do you not fear Me?’ says the LORD.
‘ Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
23 But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart;
They have revolted and departed.
24 They do not say in their heart,
“ Let us now fear the LORD our God,
Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season.
He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
25 Your iniquities have turned these things away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.
26 ‘ For among My people are found wicked men;
They lie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
Most Christians are living in the world. They have been caught and ensnared by wicked men that have led them astray. This delusion from God reminds me of the frog in boiling water metaphor. The delusion does not come all at once, it is slowly turned on and ratcheted up ensuring the person under the delusion does not know they are deluded. In a similar way, the frog would immediately hop out if thrown into boiling water, yet if placed in water that is slowly heated, the frog will sit there and be boiled to death unknowingly. That is what is happening to very many professing Christians. They love not the truth to be saved.
If we do not love the truth we cannot be true followers of Jesus. We are fakes. Tares amongst the wheat. Goats amongst the sheep. Hypocrites amongst the true body of Christ. Jesus Himself is the TRUTH. Everything apart from Him is deception. Jesus said if you love Him (the TRUTH) you WILL obey His commandments. He did not say you might or you should and He never mentioned a simple belief in Him as a requirement to be His. He mentioned obeying His commandments, over and over and over again. The Apostles confirmed all of this but sadly the TRUTH is hard to find in this day of apostasy.
I see God calling many in the end times to rise up and proclaim the truth. To teach and preach the truth. This message is not popular, people don’t want to hear it, instead they want to sit in church and hear some pastor tell them they are saved by grace and they can’t stop sinning so quit trying as that is works. These are under the strongest delusion, it is very difficult to get the truth into a person that is under this delusion.
We need to risk persecution and rejection and seek to please God and not men. Jesus told us that blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake (Matt 5). Paul told us that everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted (2 Tim 3:12). Preaching righteousness and repentance from sin will not win you many friends but it may well win a few souls for God. This indeed is the most noble purpose we can serve here on earth. But we must walk the talk, we cannot be hypocrites. My own ministry has been burdened by my lack of purity at times and it has indeed held me back. But God continues to do an amazing work in me and has recently opened my eyes further to see the truth. I pray I will step out even more boldly in the days ahead as time is growing short. Here is a video about the warnings to the church about not becoming victim to the deceptions and delusion that would come to those who love sin moret than God.
Remember to heed Paul’s instructions to Timothy, the same one I ignored for most of my life.
2 Tim 2:20-21 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. 21IF a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. Until we clean ourselves from the ignoble (worldly pursuits, lusts of our flesh), we cannot be used for the noble purposes by the Master and our service to God will be hindered.
Jesus keeps all His children close to His heart. He will not leave them alone.
Love and Truth
Sister, I am overjoyed to hear your story or rebirth and ultimate rejection by those in the world. The rejection is confirmation, as painful as it may have been and when someone tells you they want the old person back, you know you have been changed by the power of the Lord. Keep praying that the Father will show them the same mercy and grace shown us, as we were one of them in our prior ignorance. Thanks for your comments, my situation is different yet similar and since I have left man’s “church” my popularity has plummetted.
Pete,
Thank you and thanks to all the others that have posted edifying comments.
I can relate to what you say about family. My husband and I were of the charismatic movement and very involved in our local church.
However, I became aware of my unsaved condition even after believing I was a christian for years and years. I left the church and in time became truly born again.
Like you, at first, I tried to “push the light” on him. I was doing more damage than good and I was convicted of it and, again, like you I was led to silence. When a door opened I went in cautiously and tried to speak only what the Holy Spirit led me to speak and always with love and kindness. He purified my motives of speaking of Him. Where, at first, I was motivated by the desire to be joined in my faith, my motivation was changed to a true desire to see my husband come to a true and saving knowledge of Christ.
Nearly 3 months ago my husband moved out having admitted to being in an affair beginning about a year after I was born again (6 years ago). He told me I was not what he wanted or needed – not being the woman he married. This affair went on while he all along claimed to be a christian and while being involved in church.
While what he did is not excusable he is actually quite right in how he summed it all up. He would never have married the person I am now. I’m truly not what he wants nor can I be.
The funny thing is when we were first married I was worldly, vain, hot tempered, sharp tongued, belittling, selfish and demanding. When these things began to drop away from me as Christ manifested in me to greater degrees I expected our marriage to improve as I treated him better and with greater respect.
I think the thing that breaks my heart the most is that my husband truly believes he is a christian. I am, after all, the one that has “fallen away” from the church.
i think its awesome that you are trying to help people not be deceived…i can tell you are very sincere but i do have to say i disagree with one part of your video…i know you didn’t mention the trinity then but i used to be trinity so i know where you were heading…i just want the same exact thing you do…to be saved and to help others be saved…Matt 28:19 is not endorsing the trinity…god is one…always has been always will be…in around 325 AD the Nicene Creed formed the Catholic church the official church (not of God)which began the trinity…was never from God…the apostles only baptized IN JESUS NAME…read the whole book of acts to see how the first church was actually started…the reformation didn’t change a whole lot especially since they will all go back to mother church in the ecumenical movement anyway…everything else you said was very true but we must be born again of the water and the spirit…Acts 2:38 tells us how and all the epistles (letters) after that tell us how to STAY saved…go figure…takes one book to get us saved and 14 books to keep us saved…i believe we are in the strong delusion and have been but the delusion is seriously getting stronger and stronger…emergent churches… Christian yoga…what a joke yet people are falling deeper and deeper…humanism (lovers of self) everywhere you turn it’s all about self…God help us…we are surely living in the very last days but it’s almost over…I would hate to see sincere people not make it because they didn’t read the entire book.
AWESOME BOOK!
Christians.
Christ died on the cross for your sins. How do you repay him? By wearing crosses around your neck. Why would he want to come back to a world where there are a couple of 2 BILLION people sporting a reminder of the worst experience of his life. AMDG
Amen to this. We are indeed called to come out of and FLEE from Babylon.
“I have hated the assembly of evil doers and will not sit with the wicked.” Psalm 26:5
Like John said…
We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but
whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how
we recognise the Spirit [Or spirit] of truth and the spirit of
falsehood.(1Jn. 4:6)
Pete
It so nice to hear that someone is talking with the same understanding like you. You are right that the powerful delusion is already working since the early churches. Just as Peter prophesied, “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them — bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. (2Pe. 2:1-3).
But I must add this if you will accept… it’s about faith and righteousness.
About the faith, What does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” (Gen. 15:6); Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. (Ps 1:5) “but the righteous to eternal life” (Mt 25:46).
Let us then pursue righteousness which comes from faith. Learned from the people of the past by obeying God attained righteousness. For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (Ro. 15:4)
Therefore our righteousness will come from faith in God giving us the example of Abraham. This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” (Ro. 4:23) The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness — for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead(Ro. 4:24). The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” (Ga. 3:8) Also, But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” [Deut. 30:14] that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth,“Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (Ro. 10:8-10)
Does it mean that being righteous is enough? Here what it says, “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation — but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,” (Ro. 8:11-13) Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? (2Co. 6:14) “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” [Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41] (2Co. 6:17) “Be holy, because I am holy.” [Lev.11:44,45; 19:2; 20:7] Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. (1Pe. 1:17-21) You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred towards God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. (Ja. 4:4) Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world — the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does —comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives for ever. (1Jn. 2:15-17) Also, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. , (1Co. 9:27) It states that we have to keep ourselves from all kind of impurities, blameless and spotless until the appearance of the Lord. Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them. (De. 28:14) “I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.” (Je. 17:10) “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling-block before him, he will die. (Ez. 3:20)
Concerning with the other gospels that are preaching today he said; “It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.” (Ro 15:20-21) Think about this, at this present time before every one of us came into the world the deceivers are already there. There are different doctrines today that are based on the knowledge of this world and human teaching and not with Christ. That is why he said he wanted to preach the gospel where Christ is not known. False doctrines are like idols that led people astray. They are teaching things only in the present life and no hope of the real life. Paul also said, and even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2Co. 4:3-4) and “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel —which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! (Gal 1:6-9) and, “So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings [Or traditions] we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter”.(2Th. 2:15) These teaches that we should stay with the teachings of Paul that the Lord revealed to him the way of righteousness to the gentiles. As written, “Go! This man is my chose instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel. (Ac. 9:15). But what is Paul you will ask? “What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe — as the Lord has assigned to each his task.” (1Co. 3:5)As the Lord said, “I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”( Jn. 13:20) Also, And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle— I am telling the truth, I am not lying — and a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles.(1Ti. 2:8) Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. (1Co. 9:2)
Paul as the teacher of true faith of the Gentiles sent by Jesus Christ by the will of God still speaks to us through the scripture with pure love.
May God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ pour us the knowledge abundantly. All honor be with Him forever and ever.
keep publishing truth for the church is so unprepared for the soon tribulation.
I know about the World System and how destructive it can be to a person. Years ago my short-lived career was in Investment Banking, I sowed to the wind and reaped a whirlwind. David said, “It was good for me to be afflicted…” Psalm 119:71 and I too say the same. Praise you Lord God for picking me up from the hog pin and giving me a new life with new meaning…and pening my Eyes! In Luke, on the road to Emmaus, Jesus opened the eyes of the two that had been seeking Him. Only our Lord can open the eyes of the blind (again, as he did me). He deserves and will receive ALL the honor and glory! Praise be to Him.
Lyn, Thank you for your comment. I am thrilled to hear from others that see the truth. I was beginning to feel like Elijah but I know there are many others, just relatively few. Since I wrote this article God has shown me so much more. I am joyful but horrified as I now weep over the truth when I look and see how deceived the Babylon Church is. I see the spirits of antichrist running the churches. Look like a lamb and speak like a dragon!! Now I read the Prophets, or even Proverbs, which I never really did and every single line speaks to me today. They are no ancient longer stories to me. I see hidden meaning that was not there when God did not have my whole heart. The judgment does not sleep. So I believe I need to speak out but only in love and only when God leads me. I tried at first to just push the light gave me onto people but they did not see it and I came across as judgmental. I have been guilty of that and God is working in me and in you. I will pray for you and look forward to continued fellowship. None of us have all the light but praise God for His awakening us to the truth. I didn’t deserve it but I know God has a plan for it and I await His direction. Jesus Bless You.
Excellent article. I could have written this myself, word for word! It’s rare that I find anyone speaking the same “Word” that I’ve gotten from God’s Word. And yes, the organized church’s hate this “Word” because it’s not the candy coated, “once saved, always saved Jesus” they are accustomed to. And I can relate to your having family members who believe in that long haired, blue eyed, European imposter “christ” because mine are the same way, except my Dad, a Mason, believes in the Freemason “God” (Lucifer). Luke 12:53 has been a reality for me know for the past 2 years. I’ve had to separate from my parents and sibling because they only see me through the eyes of the flesh. They refuse to acknowledge the REAL Jesus Christ who dwells in me in favor of the old me who died when I repented and turned to Him and became a NEW creature. They only want to acknowledge the old me and reject the written Word of God when I try to correct them. So, now, I’m like you, just remaining “silent” by being separated and refusing to be around them. If they reject Jesus, then I have to reject them. And yes, it’s hard, and it hurts but I’ve chosen the way of Truth and He did say that whoever loves “father or mother, wife or children, brother or sisters more than Me is not worthy of Me.” Thank you for your article and I look forward to reading more of your website in hopes of finding more of the Truth that I love(Jesus, the Word of God, John 14:6&1:1).
Thank you Brian. All praise and Honor to the LORD. I am struggling as my family is blind, they are following the false Jesus and the false gospel I write about. I know only a few that see what I see. I have learned that I cannot in my flesh get people to see the truth. God must reveal it to them just as He did to me. All we can do is pray and where the Spirit leads us, then and only then speak out but not to respond with our flesh. I have exhausted myself doing that and I can show you in the WORD where it says that is futility and we are to keep quiet.
Pete,
What an awesome post. I have been and am a TRUTH Seeker (past 3 1/2 years). I love Jesus and I am willing to foresake mother, father, sister for Him. Jesus is my Lord, My saviour my Shepherd, my Rock! Please join me on facebook as a friend (Brian Hunter with a photo of my sisters black lab. God bless you my brother in declaring the Truth!
Yours in Christ,
Brian
Ben, Overcoming our flesh is a life long work. Once we put it aside, that flesh can spring back at any time via temptations, so a Christian must choose to sow to the Spirit every day and in every moment. We must be on guard and alert always. The choice to do unrighteousness always presents itself. If we are walking in the Spirit, we of course will choose to follow that Spirit and choose righteousness. I see justification as forgiving us our past sins and allowing us to be reconciled to God and be declared not guilty. This is the imputed righteousness of Christ that pronounces us not guilty and comes soley from faith. We have done nothing to earn that it is simply given to us for true faith. We then must walk forward and heed the Spirit who sanctifies us as we follow the Spirit and put to death the deeds of the flesh. Some stumble, some get it a lot quicker but for most it is a lifelone pursuit of purifying themselves and growing in Christian maturity. God knows our heart and whether we are sincerly following HIm and stumbling out of lack of maturity or if we are using Grace as license to sin, taking pleasure in that sin and lacking of true repentance. That is my view. I have studied the sinless perfection doctrine and while I agree and know it is possible to attain to (1 cor 10:13) looking at the whole counsel of God, believe that thru His great mercy, those us truly confess when they stumble as the they are convicted by the Spirit are forgiven. 1 John 1:8.
If we stumble we are told to stay in the race, get back up and keep running towards the prize. We must be careful not the shut up the kingdom of God and discourage people when they stumble yet we must clearly understand that true repentance that leads to godly sorrow for sin is an absolute requirement.
Question Pete…..if a person in Christ HAS crucified the flesh, its passion and desires. How is then sanctification seen by many as a process where one sin less and less,,,, Instead of growing more in Grace of righteousness?……. I believe that justification and sanctification are one and same…….because no one is justify in their sins, or is sanctify in sin.
Wendy, Thank you for your kind comments. I don’t know what you are praying for but I believe God is calling his true sheep to step out in faith as the world becomes increasingly evil and rebellious to His commandments. Many feel the tug in their hearts to turn away from the status quo of the world we live in and follow Him in all sincerity with all their heart, mind and soul. He promises that if we earnestly seek Him, He will answer our knock. Keep the faith and believe in His promises and your prayers will be answered. He is beginning to shake all that can be shaken, just as He said He would and many are experiencing trials that will shake out the wheat from the tares. Tell Dana hello, I am praying earnestly for her that she will come to a full knowledge of the truth. Jesus bless you and your family.
Pete,
Your sister Dana is my and my families neighbor (and friend) at the beach in Surf City. We visited them a few minutes ago and because of our conversation Dana told me about your site. I have just been on it a few minutes but wanted to thank you for this…..it may be or be a part of what I have been praying for lately.
Wendy Price