ALL AROUND US - PEOPLE PERISHING IN OUR MIDST

In our day many people are perishing because they refuse to love truth and so turn and be saved. Despite God’s great patience, they just never recognize the truth of life – e.g., God and the gospel message of the Bible. So God gives them over to a depraved mind and they do what ought not to be done. He gives them over to a spirit of delusion. 

These few sentences summarize the essence of 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 and Romans 1:28-32. There is more to read in both chapters about the subject. But this certainly gives an explanation for many of those in society who seem truly lost, unable to engage in rational discussion of issues and unable to see and recognize basic truths, at times leading very bizarre lifestyles. We see these troubled people in our daily lives, in the news, in their at times violent and irrational behavior in support of dangerous ideas. God has given them over to a spirit of delusion, and that is the dark place from which they view life and the world. To the extent any of these achieve any positions of power and authority in government or other significant organizations, all people are at risk. 

Here are the core scriptures: 

… and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. – 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. – Romans 1:28-32 

Of course there are still many more who are just spiritually lost and have not yet heard or realized the truths of Jesus and the gospel. And many of these have been led astray by the deception that Jesus warned all of us of in these last days.

[This article is taken from the March 2025 John Newlin Ministries newsletter]

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* SIGN OF THE TIMES: MANY CANNOT SEE THE TRUTH

 

All of us are witness to one of the most troubling and frightening aspects of our time – the fact that many people just cannot see the truth at all.  Not only can they not see the truth, but their ideas and views are terribly irrational  and do not tie in with the history of the country or the Christian faith. It is nearly impossible to have any sort of discussion of issues with such people.

 

All this is not really surprising to any who have studied the end times, just depressing and disturbing. In 2 Thessalonians 2: 10-11, Paul says such people

 

perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

 

Who can deny that many out there just cannot seem to understand truth in any situation.  They are readily willing to believe the lie and to act on the lie. We could go further with this by citing the passage in Isaiah 5:20 that refers to calling evil good and good evil. I think we readily see that happening today as well.

 

We all pray and hope for a great last days’ awakening, for as many as possible to hear the truths of God and respond. But apparently many won't. Look at the words of the angel to Daniel in Daniel 12: 10 about our day:

 

Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.              

 

It is pretty obvious there are people who just are not going to hear the truth, will remain lost, will remain in the wicked camp. These will not be in the Kingdom of God but rather will end up in the lake of fire for eternity.

 

This makes our lives and our responsibilities difficult and challenging. We who are believers certainly want to help others become born again and become citizens of the Kingdom. And so we pray for the Father to lead specific people to Jesus. We ask the Holy Spirit for guidance in our speaking to specific people about Jesus. We ask for the Spirit to arrange encounters, to set up divine appointments.  And well we should. The Lord certainly gave us all the challenge of getting the Gospel out there.

 

But still the fact remains that there are those who will not and cannot hear. Once again we must remember the Lord's words in Matthew 7: 14:

 

…small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

 

 

 

May 2023

 

 

 

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