The Strong Delusion

What do you think the “strong delusion” in 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 may be? How convincing would it be?

Q. What do you think the “strong delusion” in 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 may be? How convincing would it be?

A. I think the lie of 2 Thes. 2:11 is that Satan is their savior and God is their enemy. The context of the passage is that they’ll see signs and miracles from Satan and they will have previously refused to believe the truth about God. Notice it doesn’t say they didn’t know the truth. It says that they refused to love it and so be saved. So in effect God will say, “You won’t accept me as your savior? Fine, then you can have him, since that’s who you want.”

How strong is the delusion? Rev. 13:3-4 says that the whole world will follow the anti-Christ and worship Satan. Rev. 16:11 says that they’ll know God is calling them through the judgments they’re experiencing but will curse Him and refuse to repent (change their minds). Pretty strong.

God will always take the desire of your heart and help you follow it to its ultimate extreme. Desire to know God? He’ll save you from your sins, make you as righteous as He is, and grant you an eternal destiny with Him filled with unimaginable blessing. Want Him out of your life? You’ll get it forever, and everything that goes with it.

The believer says to God, “Lord, not my will but thine be done in my life.” But God says to the unbeliever, “Human, not My will but thine be done in your life.” Everybody gets what they want. Everybody except God, who doesn’t want anyone to perish but for all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9) The problem is, He places our will above His own.