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2 Thessalonians 2:10b
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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
Who is going to perish during the Tribulation? Both believers and unbelievers. Who is going to be the target of Gods wrath during the Tribulation? Both believers and unbelievers.
But, you say, why will believers be on the receiving end of Gods wrath during this terrible time? And that answer is, that just because you have believed in Christ, does not mean that you will grow up in your spiritual life.
There are far more spiritually negative believers than spiritually positive believers, in this world. Why? Because there are believers who simply are not interested in doctrine, with regard to a daily, or any type of repetitive study.
And though they are no longer unbelievers, they continue imitating unbelievers with respect to their thoughts and attitudes, and so forth.
There are only two sources of information in this world – truth and lies. God is truth. Everything else is a lie.
It is really just that simple.
Unbelievers reject truth and even more, they reject the source of truth, and they reject the image of truth, God and Jesus Christ. They live in their lies. And they do it by choice.
We studied recently that people have a certain foundation of intuition within them. People can know and reason what is good and what is evil. However, people, when left to their own devices, will reject truth and choose evil.
How do we know this? The last part of this verse tells us, that they who are deceived, are deceived because they did not receive truth. And more than that, they did not receive the love, ‘agape.’
What is that? ‘Agape’ is the sum total of the principles mandates, teachings, instructions, in other words, the content of the scriptures. ‘Agape’ is not an emotional attachment, not a hug and a kiss, not related to emotion or feelings in any way. ‘Agape’ means the instruction, or the content of instruction.
That means that those folks who are deceived, are deceived because they have no truth in them. Truth being the information, and love being the instruction.
They did not study, did not learn, and therefore did not have an understanding or better stated, they did not have any frame of reference, they did not have any discernment in life.
And they did this by choice.
Not that they could not have learned, for all people have the opportunity to learn. Unbelievers simply choose to not learn. It is a conscious effort at rejection.
Likewise, believers who have been saved, somewhere along the line lose their interest. Or they simply get lazy.
After all, participating in a daily study means that you have to read or listen, or far worse, you have to think!!!
Wouldn’t it be more fun is we could all just share, or sing, or shout out glory and hallelujah and praise God. But these emotional bursts do not teach. Emotion is not a learning mechanism, it is a response mechanism for appreciation of something that you like or enjoy.
But the actual learning of doctrine, requires concentration and a disciplined academic environment, and more than that, it requires a serious commitment to ones spiritual life.
And why are there those who are deceived? Well first, because they want to be deceived, although they do not think of themselves as being deceived. They simply want the easy way. And second, because there are those who will not teach or communicate properly. And more than that, there are those who intentionally withhold instruction or truth, because they want their followers to be dependent on them.
The anti-christ will deceive as never before in history. People, whether believer or unbeliever, in those days, will fall into his deceptions, simply because they have no truth within them. Unbelievers lack the gospel, and believers lack doctrinal knowledge. Unbelievers lack salvation, and believers do not advance in their spiritual lives.
And why? Because they do not desire truth, and they reject anyone around them that is providing it.
They prefer the lies of the world over the truths of God. And this preference is a conscious choice for lies, over truth.
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