Post by Les on Jun 10, 2018 21:57:17 GMT
AGE OF DELUSION
(1) Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
(2) That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
(3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
(4) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
(5) Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
(6) And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
(7) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(8) And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
(9) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
(11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
Honestly as I view the world and what modern times have developed in respect to morality. Many who say they’re Christian; live in gross sin. Years ago Pastor Rick and I were talking about end times and some of the things which would be going. The subject about the escalation of sex and violence came up. I remember saying to him that the sexual revolution would continue and that violence would be integrated into it.
We can certainly see that sex and violence are popular in society to absolute abominations against all that is morally acceptable. Child brides, homosexuality, gender identity, pedophilia, and every other kind of sinful perversion one can participate in are running rampant in our world to the absolute pleasure of the devil and his minions.
We have political poison undergirded by the same operation of error which the bible defines as strong delusion; “Energeia” is Greek for strong; and “planē” is Greek for delusion. We have a good portion of the global and national media which operate in error. It seems they love to fabricate lies and blow things out proportion to keep things stirred up on every side of the aisle.
Today many take pleasure in things which are abominations against God calling their pleasures a good thing. We see the most influential in society totally immersed in a strong delusion and are leading many to the crevice of hell fire. The spirit of Anti-Christ is alive and well and walking about like a roaring lion seeking whom it may devour. There are many false spiritual leaders which are coming in the name of Messiah or following a false Messiah leading people astray. Why would Christ himself warn us of false prophets if they did not have the power of delusion to cause his sheep to stray?
Jesus declared I am the truth, the life, and the way! There is no other way period! Today we still have the little god movement in the church and false doctrines which ensnare people into believing they have the power to command God or that they’re special and above the scrutiny of scripture. They are intoxicated and inundated with a strong delusion thinking that anything they will with words has to happen taking the will and words of God out of the equation. The bible clearly teaches that Jesus in Gethsemane declared “not my will but thy will be done”. He was the Son of God and in this world his own will did not supersede the will of the Father. Strong delusion causes people to think they can dictate their will over the will of God! Why? They do not pray to God anymore for his will to be done; they tell God what they want him to do!
Today people do not understand even the basic tenants of our faith in Christ; and many have gone astray following false dogmas and religious organizations thinking that membership in them makes them a member of the Body of Christ when nothing could be further from the truth. One can possess a thousand Doctorate Degrees in Theology and still be totally lost in a strong delusion. The Apostle Paul is a prime example; he was a man dedicated to his religious belief system that went about destroying Christians by finding them persecuting them and having them stoned to death.
God has called us to a personal relationship not a religion that contradicts his nature. We have a loving God who has graced us with the ability of speaking personally with him. The bible teaches us his ways are not our ways; he leads us by the Spirit; he gave us the gospels and many teachings for Christian living in the epistles. We have wonderful history lessons of the roots of our faith and many wonderful principles of godliness in the Old Testament. Too many today seek God for things; but not spiritual things first!
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)
God has supplied a multitude of material to enlighten us spiritually; yet we must seek his face and wait upon him in prayer. Why? It’s our personal responsibility to approach him in spirit and truth. We lay our lives down before him; he is supposed to be first and foremost in our lives. When we do this and make it habitual it develops that principle of “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. A person that seeks a kingdom should also seek the king in a personal way. There are people who do not care to have the favor of grace and only hold a title of citizenship. God has called us to a kingdom of transparency; we are welcome into the throne room at any given moment we have access to our God.
Brethren we’re living in volatile times; the deceitfulness of wickedness is evident; when so-called Christians love unrighteous living above living in the truth; we concede that there must be a great falling away. Godliness is mocked more and more in the world and even in the Church. When a person is striving to be all they can be through the power of the Holy Spirit and set an example of true godliness, humility, and obedience to the will and word of God in every aspect they’re persecuted not only by the world but by their brethren. Christianity shouldn’t be about competition but about completion. When the godly are mocked by their brethren there must be something wrong with those brethren. Maybe just maybe they’ve come under a strong delusion! It is one thing to undermine the artificial faith of a false religious zealot; but quite another thing to make light of someone who is genuinely serving God.
Brethren I ask you to pray that God keep you in the faith that has been contended for, for two thousand years plus. I ask you to ask for greater discernment; we are living in a time when good is being called evil and evil is being called good. We are living in a time of great global confusion! We are seeing the rise and fall of nations, genocide, economic collapse, radical racism, socialism, jihad, wars and rumors of wars, and many false prophets using lying signs and wonders to deceive the elect. Let us pray fervent prayers of the righteous that we do not fall from our steadfast faith in Christ alone. Brethren I love you with the love of the Lord; I want to go to heaven and see you in heaven. So I will leave you with the words of Christ; “strive to enter in at the strait gate” brethren we are on the narrow path to eternal life; it is the broad way which leads to destruction and many more on that path! Selah
Shalom, Agape, & Amen!
Ap. D.R. Ritchie (Emissary)
(1) Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
(2) That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
(3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
(4) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
(5) Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
(6) And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
(7) For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
(8) And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
(9) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
(10) And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
(11) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
(12) That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
Honestly as I view the world and what modern times have developed in respect to morality. Many who say they’re Christian; live in gross sin. Years ago Pastor Rick and I were talking about end times and some of the things which would be going. The subject about the escalation of sex and violence came up. I remember saying to him that the sexual revolution would continue and that violence would be integrated into it.
We can certainly see that sex and violence are popular in society to absolute abominations against all that is morally acceptable. Child brides, homosexuality, gender identity, pedophilia, and every other kind of sinful perversion one can participate in are running rampant in our world to the absolute pleasure of the devil and his minions.
We have political poison undergirded by the same operation of error which the bible defines as strong delusion; “Energeia” is Greek for strong; and “planē” is Greek for delusion. We have a good portion of the global and national media which operate in error. It seems they love to fabricate lies and blow things out proportion to keep things stirred up on every side of the aisle.
Today many take pleasure in things which are abominations against God calling their pleasures a good thing. We see the most influential in society totally immersed in a strong delusion and are leading many to the crevice of hell fire. The spirit of Anti-Christ is alive and well and walking about like a roaring lion seeking whom it may devour. There are many false spiritual leaders which are coming in the name of Messiah or following a false Messiah leading people astray. Why would Christ himself warn us of false prophets if they did not have the power of delusion to cause his sheep to stray?
Jesus declared I am the truth, the life, and the way! There is no other way period! Today we still have the little god movement in the church and false doctrines which ensnare people into believing they have the power to command God or that they’re special and above the scrutiny of scripture. They are intoxicated and inundated with a strong delusion thinking that anything they will with words has to happen taking the will and words of God out of the equation. The bible clearly teaches that Jesus in Gethsemane declared “not my will but thy will be done”. He was the Son of God and in this world his own will did not supersede the will of the Father. Strong delusion causes people to think they can dictate their will over the will of God! Why? They do not pray to God anymore for his will to be done; they tell God what they want him to do!
Today people do not understand even the basic tenants of our faith in Christ; and many have gone astray following false dogmas and religious organizations thinking that membership in them makes them a member of the Body of Christ when nothing could be further from the truth. One can possess a thousand Doctorate Degrees in Theology and still be totally lost in a strong delusion. The Apostle Paul is a prime example; he was a man dedicated to his religious belief system that went about destroying Christians by finding them persecuting them and having them stoned to death.
God has called us to a personal relationship not a religion that contradicts his nature. We have a loving God who has graced us with the ability of speaking personally with him. The bible teaches us his ways are not our ways; he leads us by the Spirit; he gave us the gospels and many teachings for Christian living in the epistles. We have wonderful history lessons of the roots of our faith and many wonderful principles of godliness in the Old Testament. Too many today seek God for things; but not spiritual things first!
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)
God has supplied a multitude of material to enlighten us spiritually; yet we must seek his face and wait upon him in prayer. Why? It’s our personal responsibility to approach him in spirit and truth. We lay our lives down before him; he is supposed to be first and foremost in our lives. When we do this and make it habitual it develops that principle of “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. A person that seeks a kingdom should also seek the king in a personal way. There are people who do not care to have the favor of grace and only hold a title of citizenship. God has called us to a kingdom of transparency; we are welcome into the throne room at any given moment we have access to our God.
Brethren we’re living in volatile times; the deceitfulness of wickedness is evident; when so-called Christians love unrighteous living above living in the truth; we concede that there must be a great falling away. Godliness is mocked more and more in the world and even in the Church. When a person is striving to be all they can be through the power of the Holy Spirit and set an example of true godliness, humility, and obedience to the will and word of God in every aspect they’re persecuted not only by the world but by their brethren. Christianity shouldn’t be about competition but about completion. When the godly are mocked by their brethren there must be something wrong with those brethren. Maybe just maybe they’ve come under a strong delusion! It is one thing to undermine the artificial faith of a false religious zealot; but quite another thing to make light of someone who is genuinely serving God.
Brethren I ask you to pray that God keep you in the faith that has been contended for, for two thousand years plus. I ask you to ask for greater discernment; we are living in a time when good is being called evil and evil is being called good. We are living in a time of great global confusion! We are seeing the rise and fall of nations, genocide, economic collapse, radical racism, socialism, jihad, wars and rumors of wars, and many false prophets using lying signs and wonders to deceive the elect. Let us pray fervent prayers of the righteous that we do not fall from our steadfast faith in Christ alone. Brethren I love you with the love of the Lord; I want to go to heaven and see you in heaven. So I will leave you with the words of Christ; “strive to enter in at the strait gate” brethren we are on the narrow path to eternal life; it is the broad way which leads to destruction and many more on that path! Selah
Shalom, Agape, & Amen!
Ap. D.R. Ritchie (Emissary)