When Does God Send People Strong Delusions To Believe Lies?

Ahab was the King of Israel at this time and he did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all before him, he walked in the ways of Jeroboam and took the daughter of the Sidonian King "Jezebel" as his wife. He served Baal and erected an altar in Samaria for Baal and also made an asherah. The bible tells us that Ahab " did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him." 1 Kings 16:33. So God sent a "deluding spirit" into the mouth of all his prophets so that he will believe the lies and perish. King Ahab thought he could disguise himself so that what Micaiah had prophesied, would not come to pass.... but he died. You can't hide from God.

 

1) Whenever He wants.
He treats sinful, unrepentant men according to the good pleasure of His will, and bestows mercy and compassion upon whomsoever He wills ( Exodus 33:19, Romans 9:14-18 ).
That's why salvation is termed as a gift ( Romans 6:23 ), and not as a reward.

2) So that His purposes are accomplished.
For example, in the passage listed, He sends them strong delusions because they do not receive the knowledge of the truth.
Judiciously, they will then believe the lie that Anti-Christ ( "that Wicked, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of His mouth", the subject of verses 3- 8 in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-13 ) is the Christ...even though he will not be.
They will all, with the exception of the elect, take the mark of the beast and God will judge them for it.

All people outside of Christ automatically reject the Lord's words, anyway ( John 8:47, Romans 1:18-32, Romans 3:10-18, Romans 8:5-9, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 2:14 ), and are blind to the truth of the Gospel ( 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 ) unless God reveals His Son to them ( Matthew 11:27 ).

3) They must be ordained to eternal life ( Acts of the Apostles 13:48 ), be one of Christ's sheep ( John 10:26 ), be foreknown, predestinated, called, justified and glorified ( Romans 8:29-30 ), be chosen to salvation ( 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ) and called by the Gospel ( 2 Thessalonians 2:14 ).

Those are the conditions that God imposes upon those who will not have strong delusion sent to them...

His mercy and grace.
In other words, eternal life ( John 17:2-3 ).

 

That will be to the lost , who will receive the doctrines of demons, and finally accept Antichrist, and reject the true Christ!

 

Needed by us in order to get and stay saved, as NONE ever had been saved apart from it!

 

1-3) God does not send people strong delusions. Your understanding of the text is incomplete because God does not induce deception. The idea behind Paul's words has to do with Hebrew cultural-language where God is thought of being involved in all things and all peoples whether for good or for evil. God is soc

In this case, the reference is made about people who refuse to accept the truth over a period of time. Once they harden their hearts beyond a certain limit, God leaves them alone to receive a strong delusion from the enemy. Case in point is Pharaoh where he hardened his heart beyond the limit God had set for him.

 

God decreed from eternity past that some of the lost sinners like you and me would be saved by that grace, in order to bring glory to Himself!

 

No, He didn't. God does not will for anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance (2Pe. 3:9). The cross is God's message of love to the whole world.

God decreed that Jesus, God the Son, would save the whole world through the eternal blood of the covenant that He shed on the cross so that whosever may believe in Him may not perish but inherit eternal life (Heb. 13:20, Jn 3:16).

This the gospel in a nutshell.

 

We have eternal life right here and now, not just after we die!

 

The Gospel perhaps of those holding to full free will, but the Gospel of Paul and Jesus would have God choosing to save out of sinful humanity a faithful flock unto Himself.
if God will is that none should perish, if Jesus died for all sinners, than who gets lost in the end?

 

Everyone has free will because we are made in the image of God. Adam freely chose to disobey God. People choose to sin and freely choose to obey satan.

As for your second point, there is no such thing as the gospel of Jesus and the gospel of Paul. There is only one gospel which means Good News, not bad news, and this is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul preached the gospel of Jesus Christ also.

As for your last point, I reaffirm that Jesus died for all sinners, but not all sinners will come to Jesus. Man chooses his own destiny which is either to receive God's salvation in Jesus Christ or to reject it.

Simple enough, isn't it?

 

Amen! John 5:24 - Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, (present tense) and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. (past tense with ongoing present results)

Also, in regards to the word "hope," this hope is not some cross your fingers I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow or I hope I get hired for the job. Unlike the english word "hope," the N.T. word contains no uncertainty; it speaks of something that is certain. - Strong's #1680 elpís (from elpō, "to anticipate, welcome") – properly, expectation of what is sure (certain); hope. Works-salvationists do not have this "certain hope" because they expect to receive eternal life based on the merits of their performance/works. They could never know for sure if they "measured up" to whatever standards they are trying to meet.

If we have saving faith in Christ, then we have this "hope." Faith is the substance of things HOPED for.. (Hebrews 11:1). So that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the HOPE of eternal life (Titus 3:7). So for the believer who has eternal life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life (John 5:24) their hope is certain, even though we do not see its fulfillment just yet in regards to receiving our glorified bodies. (Romans 8:24-25) In that sense, we are waiting for the hope of eternal life. Works-salvationists typically confuse the 3 tenses in salvation. 1. Justification 2. Ongoing Sanctification 3. Glorification

Romans 8:30 - Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. *ALL of them. *Notice how Paul uses the past tense for a future event to stress it's certainty.