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Originally Posted by Ohio
Yes, and this delusion affects both the Christian and not. "The god of this age has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving." - 2 Cor 4.4
"So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies. Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth." - 2 Ths 2.11-12
"Don’t be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the one who brings destruction." 2 Ths. 2.3 This shows what incredible difficulties will face God's children in the final days. They will be surrounded by those who reject all semblance of truth. Basic honesty will be abandoned. Brotherly love will be a frozen relic.
Many seem to focus on what is happening in the world, but the way the world thinks must precede that. |
This includes believers who resist simple acknowledgement that there is a day of reckoning coming. It's been a long time coming. As a result, believers, rather than paying attention as we are commanded to do, dismiss the end times as "you've been saying that for hundreds of years", and it hasn't happened yet. This is a delusion. Labeling the serious warnings as "fearmongering" is a delusion.
Matthew 24:37-39 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
What were the days of Noah like?
Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. (there's more...)
Romans 1:20 still applies today, I think. No excuses. If you believe the Bible, you have to believe all of it and not try to explain the scary parts away. No excuses.
Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: