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10 And [kai] with [en] all [pas] deceivableness [apate] of unrighteousness [adikia] in [en] them that perish; [apollumi] because [anti][hos] they received [dechomai] not [ou] the love [agape] of the truth, [aletheia] that [eis] they [autos] might be saved. [sozo]KJV-Interlinear
10 and with
all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not
receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.NASB
The anti-christ is the absolute worst person who will ever
live.But as we have already seen, who
is behind his every move?Satan.
Satan is the father of
lies.Everything that comes out of Satan
is a lie.There is no truth whatsoever,
in him.
John 8:44
44 "You are of
your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a
murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is
no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature; for
he is a liar, and the father of lies.NASB
We have already seen
from our study of the other day, that the anti-christ
is the son of destruction.It is in his
nature.
However this verse is
not just to teach us of the absolute evil of this evil man, but to teach us of
what can and will transpire, when truth is excluded from yours or anyone's
life.
The anti-christ will use all of the powers of deception, for that is
the only strength that lies have, in order to claim the loyalty and following
of the masses of people that will populate the earth, now or in that future
time.
But even though people
in that future time will be deceived, they will not be without excuse.
There are two parties
in a deception.There is the deceiver
and there is the deceived.Both are
guilty of their mistakes.
The deceiver,
does so with the intent of gaining control or power over those of whom he
deceives.The deceived, acknowledge the
deceit because they want something for nothing.Both are fooled because they lack truth.
Satan is the leader of lies.Those who follow him,
are the disciples of lies.Those who
follow the pattern of lies, regardless of where they come from, are the
disciples of lies.
But how does planet
earth get into this fix?
Because there are many,
even now, who would prevent truth from getting to those who want it or need it.And everyone
needs truth in order to survive.
Whether a national
leader, or the administrator of a small group, or the citizens of a nation,
whenever you attempt to isolate those for whom you are responsible, or attempt
to control what your followers may have access to, or whether you prevent
others from having freedom or opportunity, then you are practicing a degree of
control which leads to evil.
If people do not have
access to truth, then they do not have access to opportunity.
A generation that lacks
truth, raises up a generation that knows nothing of
truth. And they in turn raise up a generation who is
apathetic toward truth, and they in turn raise up a generation who opposes
truth.
You do not want to be
in the chain of events that lead to this type of an outcome.
God placed people and
nations on this earth to insure that everyone will have an opportunity for
truth and therefore an opportunity to complete ones
own life.God did not place people
(including you) or nations on this earth so that you could make decisions for
everyone else.
In the spiritual life,
God gives everyone the opportunity to make their own decisions and to be free
from the controls and abuses that this world offers.
Just a week or so ago,
we studied the necessity of the believer for questioning everything.We learned that this questioning is not one
of doubt, but of an objective search for truth, so that one could find it.God provides truth to any and all who seek
it. In tomorrows
study we will see why God withholds truth.
As our dispensation
advances through the minutes, days, or years ahead of us, we know one thing for
sure.And that is, that our dispensation
will end with a great apostasy.That
kind of worldwide attitude does not come into existence overnight, but takes
the repeated bad decisions of the deceivers and the deceived, of the ones who would
control, and of the ones who would be controlled.
This will all culminate
in the worst generation and period of time in all of human history.
We have already seen
that the anti-christ arises out of this quagmire of
anti-God attitudes.Is it a wonder that
when all believers are removed at the Rapture, that the anti-christ will so easily acquire power, and those who would be
ruled, will so easily give up their freedom!