What is the strong delusion that would cause people to believe a lie?

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.

Calmador

Senior Member
Jun 23, 2011
945
40
28
This answer borders on blasphemy. You need to read your bible. Start at Genesis 1 And throw away that grass you're smoking
I personally do not believe God causes evil. However, from a Calvinistic perspective... God causes everything. And I happen to take those words seriously and what you read is the results.
 
May 13, 2017
2,359
27
0
I personally do not believe God causes evil. However, from a Calvinistic perspective... God causes everything. And I happen to take those words seriously and what you read is the results.
Ok Well if Calvanism is that bad,(I know nothing about it) why are you even discussing it? Turn away from it and concentrate on the truth. Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
 

lv2ski

Senior Member
Aug 20, 2016
542
15
18
Most Christians probably have some false beliefs which they would repent of if they had the right knowledge, so I don't see why we should target individuals.
Falsely believing secondary issues like the gifts, the Sabbath, tithing is one thing. But primary doctrines like salvation, the Way to heaven, the deity of Christ ise a total other depth of wrong.

You judge a tree by its fruit. To deny Jesus as the only way, truth and life is condemnable. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. He's revealing his lack of biblical faith.
 

Zen

Senior Member
Sep 11, 2015
752
16
18
Falsely believing secondary issues like the gifts, the Sabbath, tithing is one thing. But primary doctrines like salvation, the Way to heaven, the deity of Christ ise a total other depth of wrong.

You judge a tree by its fruit. To deny Jesus as the only way, truth and life is condemnable. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. He's revealing his lack of biblical faith.
After I saw people talking about Joel in here, I started watching some Youtube videos.

I posted about it here, and it kind of set someone off, talking about how it's deception to look to other people, etc, etc.
 

Laish

Senior Member
Jul 31, 2016
1,666
448
83
57
I personally do not believe God causes evil. However, from a Calvinistic perspective... God causes everything. And I happen to take those words seriously and what you read is the results.
Guess what Calvinist don't believe that either! Please read about it before you type your embarrassing your self .
or is it that research thing that you refuse to do getting in the way .
Blessings
Bill
 

Zmouth

Senior Member
Nov 21, 2012
3,391
134
63
Wouldn't it be ironic if the strong delusion God sent was the Bible?

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 not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
2 Thess 2:10-13

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. Romans 3:4
 
Jul 11, 2017
6
0
0
The Lord told me last night what this strong delusion is. The new Quran that get people on board is it will be the New Testament Bible renamed the Quran.
Whoever reads this please spread all over the internet forums, youtube etc. Take credit if you want but spread over the whole earth,and help save God's children !!!!!!!
 

posthuman

Senior Member
Jul 31, 2013
36,688
13,141
113
so many weird hypothesis in this thread!

i read that '
strong delusion' is:


  • grace
  • works
  • literally any theological teaching that is popular, because it is popular
  • the antichrist claiming to be God
  • dinosaurs
  • that the earth is a planet
  • lasciviousness
  • accepting speaking in tongues
  • rejecting tongue-speaking
  • unitarian universalist murder-squads
  • the Bible itself
  • the Quran
  • the Bible with "the Bible" scratched out on the cover and "the Quran" written next to it
  • holograms
  • facebook

etc

:confused::confused::confused:
 
Feb 28, 2016
11,311
2,972
113
not educated in His Word and lack of Faith in believing and acting upon it...
 
May 13, 2017
2,359
27
0
The great deception will have to do with the Alien Savior....Check it out
 

Alertandawake

Senior Member
Aug 20, 2017
436
94
28
.
I would think 'political correctness' is a strong delusion (but perhaps not the delusion) - but then i think every age has it's own version of political correctness.
It is interesting you mention this, about the political correctness. To make a long story short, political correctness is communism, regulated speech.

The only conclusion I can come to, that makes any kind of sense to me, is that those who believe a lie have a mindset that has been hardwired to believe a lie. Look at a lot of these new age teachings today, and gender neutral concepts we are seeing today, so many peoples brains are hardwired into believing such nonsense, that you cannot even reason with people such as these.

Have a google of Britain's first gender fluid family, you will see what I am getting at.

Now look at the times we live in today. Are we seeing so many people today, having a mindset that has been hardwired into believing new age nonsense? But at same time are unable to accept sound and logical teachings?
 
Mar 28, 2016
15,954
1,528
113
This topic has been on the mind and heart of my wife and I lately. It is because we have been prompted to pray about this more and more. Not just for ourselves, but others.

It is simply our desire to not be deceived and we know that only God can prevent this. It is our desire that no one would fall prey to any deception and be caught off guard when it comes to God's plan for his people.

The question as to what is the lie that is warned about in 2 Thessalonians 2 has come up a lot lately.

Through prayer and meditating on this, we discovered that the answer is located right in that same chapter.

I have heard a lot of theories about what the lie is about. I just wanted to present this for others to study and discuss.

I have opened this topic as a place to discuss 2 Thessalonians 2. What is written there? What does it say not to be misled about?

Please try to refrain from debate about what you believe and stick to what is written in those scriptures. I hope that this will come to others as a blessing that might give understanding on this topic.

Grace and peace be to all of you through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2Th 2:9

I think the key is found in the word wonders as to the source.

The strong delusion to believe the lie would be in respect to those who add to the scriptures coming from another source of faith other than... as it is written called a “lying wonder”. With wonder the faith principle meaning the unseen, made know by what it seen, a sign.

In that way a clear distinction between a sign and lying wonder must be made.Its an evil generation the generation of Adam that does seek after signs used as wonders in order to bring belief, faith

The focus is on the wonder that which bring faith and not so much the sign. Signs are for observing while wonders draw to the unseen.

Today seeing what we had in part up until the last book was written giving us the perfect as in compete. It would be any one who says they have received a vision or a new revelation. That would make them a liar. The possibility of God bring any new revelation is sealed up till the end .

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, "if it were possible", they shall deceive the very elect. Mat 24:23

The elect that heed the warning will have no need to be sent a strong delusion .They try the spirits by that which God has revealed . Not looking for another source of faith because the unbelievers need more than God had intended to give us making it impossible for those who heed the warning to be deceived.. Again by assuming the Lord said this or that as a new revelation knowing the Lord has not spoken .

1Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the "word of men", but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

That which does effectually works in the believer to both will and do his good pleasure. The work of Christ's faith

2Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

In the verse above we can see how how the father of lies the god of this world blinds the mind by adding to the perfect tradition of God those of men. Now that we have the whole and dare not add to it the traditions of men and assuming together they are all one source of faith, called a wonder

The Catholic perform it boldly with what they are required to call private revelations to give the illusion God is still adding to his source of faith the scriptures. Making that which they do add a private source of faith while some others denominations more subtle.

They would be sent a strong delusion so that they can continue to add there private revelations (private interpretation as if it all all one interpretation coming from heaven .

Bottom line the scriptures of themselves (all things written in the law and the prophets (soal scriptura) are not a source of faith those who believe God is still bring new revelations . The scripture, God's perfect law to them cannot perform what it declares, a source of eternal life giving us simply ones His understanding . Its authority has been removed in exchange for the tradition of the fathers making the word of God, as the one source of Christian faith without effect,

II. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADITION AND SACRED SCRIPTURE

One common source. . .

80 "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal."40 Each of them makes present and fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ, who promised to remain with his own "always, to the close of the age".41
 

MarcR

Senior Member
Feb 12, 2015
5,486
183
63
The delusion is the Idea that the Antichrist is doing something good
 

Jackson123

Senior Member
Feb 6, 2014
11,769
1,370
113
The Lord told me last night what this strong delusion is. The new Quran that get people on board is it will be the New Testament Bible renamed the Quran.
Whoever reads this please spread all over the internet forums, youtube etc. Take credit if you want but spread over the whole earth,and help save God's children !!!!!!!
what is that, is that Arabic NT? Or NT with quran cover
 

JaumeJ

Senior Member
Jul 2, 2011
21,242
6,532
113
The response is in the quote. If you read, it is because people loved evil that the spirit of delusion
is spread over the earth so that those who loved (past tense) evil would believe lies.

I live in Spain, not biggy, but I see and hear people believing lies in all western countries. It must be so elsewhere such is in the far east because there are no protests coming from other quarters.

All is occurring in its time. Jesus Christ is in charge, amen..
 
Aug 27, 2017
521
9
0
To answer partly, if a person is not humble, sober and sometimes chooses under compulsion or impulse, God will give and allow the same and of course it's very complicated when thinking about each individual's situation. As long as they stay in that condition, they won't come to the knowledge of the truth.
 

Jackson123

Senior Member
Feb 6, 2014
11,769
1,370
113
This is strong delusion

What do we make of the fantastic claim by Putnam and Horn that the Vatican is embracing demons camouflaged as extraterrestrials as future saviors of the Church and humanity? Much of it is based on the skewed writings of UFO authors who ignore the extensive literature revealing the benign activities and intentions of many extraterrestrials visitors – far removed from the abduction phenomenon.

http://exopolitics.org/will-vatican-declaration-of-an-alien-savior-spark-a-religious-war/

 
Dec 12, 2013
46,515
20,395
113
My view....the delusion will be....

He as God, sits in the temple of God, claiming to be GOD and everyone who will not receive the love of the truth will believe this lie and receive him as God....