Brothers and sisters....you are living right now the verse title of this post....and we are that...."elect!" I stand amazed at how friends of mine...who are genuinely born again Christians....even pastors....have been totally deceived by this man Donald Trump. Gone....absolutely gone are the warnings over many decades from men like Billy Graham. Gone is the need to be born again. We only have to be patriots today. Gone is the need for any kind of preparations for the Lord's return. Gone are all the admonitions of idolatry....and the call to...."Therefore, come out from among them and be separate....says the Lord." We actually think that the things that we are seeing are good....the black flag revenge....and the greed....saving money and losing one's soul...and the pride of thinking that we are better or more deserving than others! This man is everything that God's Word tells us from which to flee! There is a winnowing going on....slow but sure....as judgment has begun at the house of God. The following post is two weeks old:
The verse that I used for the title of this post is from the Olivet Discourse. If you have been a Christian for fifteen or twenty years....(I'm being generous here)....and are not familiar with the Olivet Discourse in all three synoptic gospels....then shame on you. You probably know all about the big game [s] yesterday....the Lord's Day no less....but you failed in taking adequate interest in the Second Coming of He Whom you claim to be your Lord.
As for the verse in the title....at the time of the end....it should be an easy verse to understand....there will come those who seem to be heroes or even messiahs....to rescue us out of our fears and troubles....these...."wonders"....they supposedly perform will be so convincing....that even the...."elect".....you and me and even the Billy Grahams of the church....could be taken in....if only for a short time before we see how weak and feeble that we are when we do not abide in the Word on a daily basis....when we have no preachers to warn us....and when we fail to separate from Vanity Fair.
Brothers and sisters....if you are reading the news stories on....Trump did this....and....Trump did that....and interpret this as God blessing America through Trump....then you have been deceived....and this verse is for you....and to all those who had no interest in truth or the righteousness of God....then this is that...."strong delusion....so that they may believe what is false." 2 Thessalonians 2:11
