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11 And [kai] for this [touto] cause [dia] God [theos] shall send [pempo] them [autos] strong [energeia] delusion, [plane] that [eis] they [autos] should believe [pisteuo] a lie: [pseudos]KJV-Interlinear
11 And for this reason God will
send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false, NASB
There are only two
views in existence Gods truth, and everything else.There is only one truth, and everything else
is a lie.
Why is that? Because in
everything else, people misinterpret or misapply the meaning, and misuse the
facts that are before them.
That is why we have so
many religions, so many philosophies, so many beliefs, and so many attitudes in
existence in this world.People who
adopt them for their own beliefs are adopting lies, and therein is your strong
delusion.
The power of non-truth
is tremendous, but it gains its power only because people allow it to have
power over their lives.
Bible doctrine is like
a light in ones soul.It shines and lets
you see what is really around you. If you do not have Bible doctrine in your
soul, then you cannot see, because you are living your life in the dark. And
that means an absolute darkness in which there is no light. Not even so much as the light from a candle, not even so much as the
light from a distant star on a very dark night.Zero light, in which you cannot even see your hand when held in front of
your nose.Total
blackness of sight.
That is strong
delusion.
And how is it allowed
to affect people?Because they reject,
they refuse, to allow the light of the Word of God
into their soul.
They see with their
eyes.They see the world around
them.They see their school and work and
social activities.But that is not
really seeing.It is the delusion of
sight without seeing the ultimate repercussion of the thoughts in your life, on
your life.
With strong delusion comes absurd ideas.For example, vast forests, vast coal deposits, vast reservoirs of oil,
vast wealth, vast prosperity through liberty, even common sense, and similar
concepts such as these, are rejected, even though God created them all, gave
them all to us for our use.
Instead people embrace
socialism, isolationism, pursuit of resources that do not exist, restriction of
production in order to get more, ancestry from mush, and similar concepts like
these which are absolutely absurd.This
is the strong delusion into which God allows people to fall.
Why?Because, God is a
gentleman.God does not
intimidate people into thinking His way, but gives everyone the freedom to make
up their own minds, even if their own decisions are wrong.
People walk out into
the dark jungle of life, thinking that they are safe.
They are not.
Your life is the sum
total of the decisions you make during your life.If you allow darkness into your life, then
you go your way, totally lost.And you
mock and laugh at everyone else.
If you bring light
(Bible doctrine) into your soul, then you can see everything clearly.And more important, you can see that your
life, now, is only the very beginning of an eternal existence, for which God
has given you but a moment to prepare for.Your lifespan, whether it be a few years or
several decades, in the timeline of eternity, is but a moment, or a blink on
that timeline.
Why make bad decisions
that will ruin your forever, when you can make good decisions that will
guarantee you a life in eternity, and even now, that will be far beyond your
dreams and desires and imaginations?
Col 1:5
5 because of the hope
laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth,
the gospel, NASB
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him,
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father,
but through Me. NASB
John 1:17
17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized
through Jesus Christ. NASB
Eph 4:21
21 if indeed you have
heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, NASB
Bible doctrine is
truth.You must learn it before you can
possess it.You must study it by means
of a disciplined study approach, before you can learn it.
Study
to show thyself approved [mature] unto God.
There is only one way
to grow up to spiritual maturity, and that is through a daily study of the Word
of God.There are no shortcuts.
The sum total of your
life does not come to you until you learn doctrine and advance to spiritual
maturity.But like so many things in
life, you won t know what you have, until you have it, or until you lose it.And never knowing a better life should not
even be a consideration.Only a negative
attitude toward God, Christ, doctrine and your spiritual life can prevent you
from a better life.In short, you are
only barrier to something better for yourself.
The world will throw
many obstacles at you, but with doctrine in your soul, then you have God to
help you around them.