“It would not help
if He kept us safe from one enemy but left us open to another. But Christ has
made sure that His hedge comes all the way around His beloved ones.
Solomon says,
"Prov. 22:14 (AMP) The mouth of a loose woman is
a deep pit [for ensnaring wild animals]; he with whom the Lord is indignant and who is abhorrent to Him will fall
into it. And so is the mouth of a seducer who comes with
strange doctrines and whorish opinions. If we look closely we see this pit as
Satan's design to trap the saint, for if possible he would "Matt. 24:24 (AMP) For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will
show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God’s chosen ones)..
His greatest ambition is to defile the children whom God has washed in the
blood of Christ.
But God's
intention is to punish the hypocrites and false teachers who would never
embrace Christ and His truth. He leaves these people in the pit as prey to
corrupt doctrines. "Th. 2:10 (AMP) And by unlimited seduction to
evil and with all wicked deception
for those who are perishing (going to perdition) because they did not welcome
the Truth but refused to love it that
they might be saved.11 Therefore God sends upon them
a misleading influence, a working of error and
a strong delusion to make them believe what is false,12
In order that all may be judged and
condemned who did not believe in [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely
on] the Truth, but [instead] took pleasure in unrighteousness..
These men, like
deer running across an open field, are shot down; but the ones inside the
pasture fence are safe. It is the outer court that is left to be trampled
underfoot. And although God gives up hypocrites to be deceived by false
teachers, He speaks comfort to the elect. The same decree which appointed them
to salvation provided also for them to embrace truth. And it still serves to
show them how to find it. "2Th. 2:13 (AMP) But we, brethren beloved by
the Lord, ought and are obligated [as
those who are in debt] to give thanks always to God for you, because God chose
you from the beginning as His firstfruits
(first converts) for salvation through the sanctifying work of the [Holy]
Spirit and [your] belief in (adherence to, trust in, and reliance on) the
Truth. And God has
determined to possess our mind by the power of His truth.”
Quoted material from,
”The Christian in Complete Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by
Gurnall and James S Bell. http://www.moodypublishers.com/pub_productDetail.aspx?id=41823&pid=53617
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