We are living now in the time of massive delusions on the parts of whole groups of people including some famous and prominent ones in positions of great responsibility. And that is so dangerous to the world and humanity at large. It is also reflective of the time in which we live. Scripture tells us that eventually God will send those who refuse to accept the truth (e.g., the truth of the gospel, the truth about Jesus) a delusion. Is that what is happening? Certainly that may be the case, although I hope some of the young obviously lost souls we see on the TV and at times in person espousing ridiculous untruths may just be confused because they have never truly heard the truth. I hope God will indeed reach some of these through us or other means.
But there is no doubt some are indeed deluded and have no excuse. The Pope for example, who in his actions is working towards a one world government and a one world religion. His actions are public and there for all to see. Surely he has read the Bible, has read the book of Revelation. Surely. Delusion. The move to bring in all these lost religions, the move to bring about one-world education, his lost comments such as Christians should not be seeking to convert others – goodness, do you think he ever read the Great Commission?
There are leaders in the Catholic Church who recognize this and speak out. I just read some words from a Cardinal who basically said what I just wrote above. Will they be heard by those who consider themselves Catholics?
One great problem of our day as far as belief and faith and being lost and deluded goes is that the majority of those who call themselves by one denomination or another for the most part have never read and studied and meditated on God’s word, let alone sought and received the guidance of the Holy Spirit on what his words mean. They just don’t know the Word. They have let and continue to let preachers and priests and others tell them what to think. And for many denominations that is a prescription for being eternally lost. In many denominations and thus many brick building churches the hired or appointed preacher or priest never gets into the true great depths of the faith, never gets into the fact that the Holy Spirit is active right now and miracles and healings happen right now today, never gets into the imminent return of the Lord, never gets into all Jesus accomplished, never gets into the true great reality of prayer. Why? Because many of them don’t know themselves? Possibly. Also because the hierarchy of their denomination is just so lost itself and thus provides poor guidance.
Look at the National Council of Churches and the many protestant churches that are members. They continually speak out against Israel and take action against Israel. Are they insane? Well, deluded to be sure.
Look at the Methodist church that is in the process of splitting into two groups because of the great demand of many churches in that denomination to have gay (LGBTQ) preachers and to perform gay marriages. Yet the Bible is clear on the subject of homosexual behavior. In Leviticus and Romans and the last page of Revelation. Clear. Clear. Clear. Not an acceptable behavior. Will keep a person out of the Kingdom. Those Methodist churches pushing to approve the things noted above are just lost. They are not churches of the Lord Jesus are they? No, but neither are so many other churches out there. And thus the great risk for all those so called Christian believers who attend church on Sundays and let the pastors tell them what to think and spend no time on their own searching out God’s truths and seeking him in prayer.
By the way, the African branch of the Methodist church has been horrified for some time by this impending support of homosexual behavior in the Methodist church. They will surely be not accepting that position. Wait….didn’t these African churches result from America and the Methodist church and other churches sending Africa missionaries so long ago? The pupil has now become the true teacher! Africa, as well as South America, is sending missionaries to America, in case you do not know. Australia also is doing that. Why? Because so many of the traditional American churches and the Sunday churchgoers in America are lost, lost, lost.
So the Pope is clearly deluded. Is that true for other famous leaders? Appears so – in Congress, in Hollywood, certainly in the media.
Let’s take a moment to talk about delusion and illusion. We all are familiar with the less serious term illusion – that word just relates to a physical condition, something which confuses the senses. Like the old optical illusion games we all have seen or played. Like maybe seeing two parallel lines that appear to intersect because of the background, like seeing two doors that appear to be of different sizes but are not because of the way they are drawn. Illusions are like that. Magician entertainers live in the world of illusions, doing things that trick us but we know they are not real.
The word delusion is deadly serious. It refers to what goes on inside a person. It is mental in nature. And therein the danger. People deep in their minds and hearts believe things that are not true and obviously are not true to those who have the gift of discernment and are not confused. Without some shaking deep in the soul of those people, change will not be forthcoming. They will not respond to simple logical discussions and arguments.
In the last days God gives those who will not accept the truth a delusion.
Frightening. Do not think these deluded people out there in positions of authority or in those random and bizarre street demonstrations are not dangerous. They are.
These are the last days. Things happen.
In the words of our Lord, Stay alert! Watch! So that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen. Pray for protection for yourself and your family and others. Cast out evil spirits in Jesus’ name. Seek the continual guidance of the Holy Spirit and apply that great gift of discernment to confusing situations.
One writer on this subject of the last days refers to those believers who know the truth and who seek to educate others as crazy uncles. In other words, those around do not accept them for what they say. They are considered crazy, but they are at least still tolerated. He suggests those crazy uncles, which would be most of us I think who are reading this, just prepare material to be used by all those to be left behind so then hopefully they will read and see the truth and be able to protect themselves in the terrible seven year tribulation. He apparently may have given up on our influencing others to believe and see now. I am not yet at that point, but I do see how hard headed and lost the mass of the people are.
May God have mercy on us all.
(January 2020)
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