Pt 1 Replaced

What this episode covers

Mayday 2026 Replaced Introduction Matthew 24:1–15 “Be Not Deceived” How many people here love being deceived? How many have been deceived? How many people are still deceived?…… Yet there is no doubt there are people here who hold to some very serious doctrinal differences. Though no one put up their hand believing they are deceived NOW, it is evident that some are….might it be you? It is fair to say that there is not a single person in the world who likes being deceived. It is humiliating to what we like to think of ourselves. The entire notion that someone has lied to us and we believed it is hurtful at best. Yet it has happened to us all….and we are still alive. There is only one thing worse than being deceived by someone else, it is when we deceive ourselves. We convince ourselves that we are right on a matter, sometimes the correction comes mercifully early and humbles us immediately, sometimes due to our pride, more rope is given us to hang our pride once and for all. PRIDE, the ONLY sin that truly keeps us wilfully blinded to the truth. Paul warns of a Strong Delusion coming in 2 Thessalonians 2, a passage we will look at shortly, Paul warns with all earnestness because once HE TOO was greatly deceived.  12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.” (1 Tim 1:13), Paul had people killed and imprisoned for beleiving contrary to himself, never suspecting that such a powerful and educated man could be deceived about anything. But, unlike other Pharisees, he received mercy… Why do you think that is? Why did Paul receive mercy and yet none of the other pharisees (except Nicodemus as far as we know) did not? There can be only ONE reason, it is contained in the word “WILFUL”. All evidence to the truth was given to the other pharisees, but they DID NOT WANT TO BELIEVE IT, and so became WILL FULLY IGNORANT. Jonah 2:8 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. Might that be you? How much are you willing to RESIST THE TRUTH to hold on to a lying vanity? The choice is yours beloved. But remember with all certainty, James 4:6 “… God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” You are not expected to believe MY WORDS beloved, but you are expected to believe the plainness of God’s words. TWO RULES OF INTERPRETATION TO MEMORISE. If the plain sense makes sense, seek no other sense, lest you end up with nonsense. A text out of context becomes a prooftext for a pretext. If you can memorise those two simple rules, you will avoid 90% of the errors people teach respecting the Bible! Remarkable Deception “Strong Delusion” we are told by Paul will define the tribulation to come, that time of Jacobs trouble, the time of the outpouring of the wrath of God upon a God forsaking world. Deception was rife in the day of Paul’s writings, and deception arises to greater levels today as the world has turned their hearts from the Lord, and iniquity abounds so greatly in the Church, that that love of many has already waxed cold. Turn to 2 Thessalonians 2 2 Thessalonians 2:7–12  7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed no