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“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” (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12).
This is a very serious verse, for it shows that those who hear the gospel today, and refuse it, will not have a “second chance” after the Lord comes and takes all true Christians home to be with Him. According to our verse today, God will send them “strong delusion,” which simply means that they will be deceived by Satan and believe a lie. Satan has a certain amount of power at his disposal, and he will use some “signs and lying wonders” to convince people of what he is saying. Having rejected the truth of the gospel, they will be allowed to believe these lies. The result will be that they will be forever lost, and eventually sent to hell. Again, how very solemn this is!
God has done everything possible to enable sinful men to be saved, but if they reject God’s offer of mercy, God has no other choice than to punish them for their sins. As Christians, let us be urgent in giving out the gospel, so that souls will not have this happen to them!
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