“BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH!”

 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12                            (Geneva Study Bible)

“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.  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: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received NOT the LOVE OF THE TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.  And for this cause GOD shall send them STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE: THAT THEY ALL MIGHT BE DAMNED who “BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH”, but had PLEASURE in UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.”

When a LIE is spoken for TRUTH, it becomes the responsibility of we who KNOW TRUTH to expose the LIE!  Those who aren’t familiar with TRUTH are susceptible to being in error, with no idea they have been DECEIVED, nor that they are promoting a LIE.  LIES and DECEIT are two of the most effective tools of “the enemy”!  

We must not think that those who believe the LIE are simply terrible people, although they are doing terrible things to others.  2 Thessalonians 2:11 says “And for this cause GOD shall send them STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE”!  Whether they believe in GOD or not, if GOD sends them a STRONG DELUSION, they are going to believe that DELUSION!  Romans 9:15 states “For HE (GOD) saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”  If some can SEE things that others cannot SEE, how can the latter know what they can’t SEE?  

Exposing LIES can become tiring and monotonous!  But unless the people HEAR TRUTH, they cannot/will not know THE TRUTH (Jeremiah 6:10)!  Romans 10:17 tells us “So then FAITH cometh BY HEARING, and hearing by the WORD OF GOD”.  Lost people will generally NOT LIKE HEARING “GOOD NEWS”, but we are COMMANDED to tell them, and let the HOLY SPIRIT deal with them.  Those who don’t listen BELIEVE A LIE: THAT THEY ALL MIGHT BE DAMNED who “BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH”

It is not easy to tell people, especially people that you LOVE, that they are in danger of ETERNAL JUDGMENT.  But people deserve to know what the consequences are for their choices.  If you “BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH”, you might rethink your position on things?  Being a good person won’t get you anywhere.  People can think that you are the BEST person they have ever met.  But if you “BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH”, you will be DAMNED to eternity in hell!  If you “BELIEVED NOT THE TRUTH”; the only alternative is to believe a LIE!!!