Do You Know The Truth?

 August 20

"The coming of the Lawless one (the Antichrist)
is according to the working of Satan,
with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
and with all unrighteous DECEPTION among those who perish,
BECAUSE they did not receive the love of the truth,
that they might be saved."
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10

The Antichrist is not going to appear as an evil tyrant. Who he is will not be obvious at first because he comes in peacefully and he will be accepted and even loved by all who did not love one thing --- "the truth."

BECAUSE they did not love the truth, God will give them over to STRONG DELUSION and they "will believe the lie."

vs 11-12:
"And for this reason God will send them strong delusion,
THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE THE LIE,
that they all may be condemned
who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."

This is a very special generation, the period of time when the prophesied and terrible seven-year Tribulation is imminent. It seems that the strong delusion has already been sent because what we see by those who "did not receive the love of the truth" is almost unbelievable. They are behaving in ways that would have been called insane just a generation ago.

It's all about truth, and truth might not be what you think it is. Obviously those who are deceived aren't aware that they're deceived.

Each person must question whether what he believes is the truth. In many cases, he'll find that it isn't, and then he'll have some very hard decisions to make.

Question: If the truth is not what you were raised to believe, would you want to remain with the traditions of your forefathers, or would you want to know the truth?

“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
worthlessness and unprofitable things.”
Jeremiah 16:19