The Truth of the Gospel or Delusion of The Lie

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The Truth of the Gospel or Delusion of The Lie

• 2Thessalonians 28-12

Presented by Bob DeWaay November, 12 2006
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The Revelation of the Lawless One

• 2Thessalonians 28
• And then that lawless one will be revealed whom
  the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth
  and bring to an end by the appearance of His
  coming

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Messianic Prophecy

• Isaiah 111, 2
• Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse,
  And a branch from his roots will bear fruit. And
  the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The
  spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of
  counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and
  the fear of the Lord.

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Messianic Prophecy

• Isaiah 113, 4
• And He will delight in the fear of the Lord, And
  He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make
  a decision by what His ears hear But with
  righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide
  with fairness for the afflicted of the earth And
  He will strike the earth with the rod of His
  mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will
  slay the wicked.

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The Lawless One Comes with Power, Signs and
Wonders

• 2Thessalonians 29
• that is, the one whose coming is in accord with
  the activity of Satan, with all power and signs
  and false wonders,

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Power, Signs and Wonders

• 2Thessalonians 29
• that is, the one whose coming is in accord with
  the activity of Satan, with all power and signs
  and false wonders,
• Acts 222
• Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by
  God with miracles and wonders and signs which God
  performed through Him in your midst, just as you
  yourselves know

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All Who Reject the Gospel Will Be Deceived by the
Lawless One

• 2Thessalonians 210
• and with all the deception of wickedness for
  those who perish, because they did not receive
  the love of the truth so as to be saved.

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The Truth is The Gospel

• Colossians 15 (NKJV)
• because of the hope which is laid up for you in
  heaven, of which you heard before in the word of
  the truth of the gospel,

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The Truth of the Gospel

• 2Corinthians 42, 3 (NKJV)
• But we have renounced the hidden things of
  shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the
  word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of
  the truth commending ourselves to every mans
  conscience in the sight of God. But even if our
  gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are
  perishing,

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The Truth OR The Lie

• 2Thessalonians 210, 11 (NKJV)
• and with all unrighteous deception among those
  who perish, because they did not receive the love
  of the truth, that they might be saved. And for
  this reason God will send them strong delusion,
  that they should believe the lie,

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The Judgment of Hardening

• 2Thessalonians 211
• For this reason God will send upon them a
  deluding influence so that they will believe what
  is false,

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The Judgment of Hardening

• Romans 125, 26a (NKJV)
• who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and
  worshiped and served the creature rather than the
  Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this
  reason God gave them up to vile passions.

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They Were well pleased to Follow Lawlessness
for Pleasure

• 2Thessalonians 211, 12
• For this reason God will send upon them a
  deluding influence so that they will believe what
  is false, in order that they all may be judged
  who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure
  in wickedness.

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Applications

• Avoiding Being Deceived
• Receiving the Love of The Truth
• Discerning The Lie

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• Antichrist
• Revealed (2Thes2 3, 6, 8)
• Parousia (vs 9)
• Power (vs 9)
• Signs (vs 9)
• Wonders (vs 9)
• The Lie
• (2Thes. 211)
• Resurrected
• (Rev. 133)

• Christ
• Revealed (Luke 1730)
• Parousia (vs 8)
• Power (Matt. 2430)
• Signs (Matt. 2430)
• Wonders (Jn. 447)
• The Truth (2Thes.210)
• Resurrected
• (1Co. 1520)

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True Signs That Teach The Lie

• Deuteronomy 131, 2
• If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among
  you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the
  sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which
  he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other
  gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve
  them,

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God Sends End Times Delusion to Test Everyones
Love for The Truth

• Deuteronomy 133
• you shall not listen to the words of that
  prophet or that dreamer of dreams for the Lord
  your God is testing you to find out if you love
  the Lord your God with all your heart and with
  all your soul.

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God Sends Delusion to Judge Ahab

• 1Kings 2220 23
• The Lord said, Who will entice Ahab to go up
  and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said this
  while another said that. Then a spirit came
  forward and stood before the Lord and said, I
  will entice him. The Lord said to him, How?
  And he said, I will go out and be a deceiving
  spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. Then He
  said, You are to entice him and also prevail. Go
  and do so.

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To Avoid Deception Listen Only To Gods
Authoritative Words

• Deuteronomy 1815
• The Lord your God will raise up for you a
  prophet like me from among you, from your
  countrymen, you shall listen to him.

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Receiving the Love of the Truth

• John 319-21
• This is the judgment, that the Light has come
  into the world, and men loved the darkness rather
  than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For
  everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does
  not come to the Light for fear that his deeds
  will be exposed. But he who practices the truth
  comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be
  manifested as having been wrought in God.

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Discerning The Lie

• Genesis 34, 5
• The serpent said to the woman, You surely will
  not die! For God knows that in the day you eat
  from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be
  like God, knowing good and evil.

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Discerning The Lie

• Genesis 3 You shall be like God.
• Romans 1 Exchanging the truth for the lie and
  worshipping the creature rather than the Creator.
• 2Thessalonians 2 God will send a deluding
  influence so they believe the lie.

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The Only Escape from Delusion is To Believe the
Gospel

• Revelation 138
• All who dwell on the earth will worship him,
  everyone whose name has not been written from the
  foundation of the world in the book of life of
  the Lamb who has been slain.

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