Msg #24027 Punishment of Deceived Deceivers
What The Bible Says
Good Samaritan’s Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice
“Thus saith the LORD; for three transgressions of Damascus, Gazza, Tyrus, Edom, Ammon, Moab, Judah, Israel and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof” (Amos.1:3,6,9,11,13, 2:4,6). God will bring punishment on a nation that continues in iniquity. Twice, Amos prayed for his nation, and God repented of the punishment already started (Amos.7:1–6). Then, God held out his plum line saying, “I will not again pass by (Israel) anymore!” Israel was then invaded, destroyed, and sent into captivity. So to, twice now for America, 911 and in 2016, God stopped the judgment and punishment, and for a season, blessed America. His plum line now shows America in full rejection of God as Creator, embracing evolution; she sanctions gay pride parades rejecting God as her lawgiver; she rejects Jesus as the Christ (Messiah) making her antichrist (1Jhn.4:3). God will only bless America when America glorifies him as God (Rev.4:11, Ps.2:10-12).
So what’s a believer to do? Three things comes to mind: 1) Paul commends Thessalonians for their patience and faith through all their persecution and tribulations, then assures them “seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you” (2Thes.1:4,6); 2) The apostle John reveals “Ye are of God,… And have overcome them (the false-prophets, the deceived-deceivers, and antichrists) because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1Jhn.4:1,3-4); And 3) Peter warns that pernicious false teachers, with feigned words will make the way of truth evil spoken of, beguiling unstable souls; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever (2Pet.2). Don’t be overcome or deceived, be faithful, and “let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father (Matt.5:16). We are still his witnesses.
An Essay for week #27, Jul 7, 2024
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