513 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 1 Book 43 - They Will Believe the Lie!

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 43 They Will Believe the Lie! II Thessalonians 2:9-14 II Thessalonians 2:9a Now if you know your Bible you know that all the lost people of the ages will have their moment with God, and before God as they appear at the Great White Throne, but these two men don’t get that chance. Now never forget that God is Sovereign, God is still in control, and Satan can never go any further than God permits him to go. Now verse 10. II Thessalonians 2:10 All right, what does the word perish imply here. John 3:16a "For God so loved the world that whosoever believeth in him should not perish…" It’s eternal doom! It’s that eternal separation from God. "Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Here in Revelation this just fits hand and glove with what Paul is teaching in II Thessalonians. Revelation 9:20 Revelation 9:21 Now coming back to II Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 10. Well they’re not making reference to Biblical truth, but rather from the philosophical point of truth. But nevertheless, what is the truth that these people will have rejected previously? Ok, let’s chase down what the truth of the Gospel really means. Come back to Ephesians chapter 1. Also remember that these people which Paul is writing about and that Revelation describes, are people that have rejected the truth. Turn to Ephesians chapter 1 and verse 13. In fact look at the word "Christ" up in verse 12 . 13. In whom (in Christ) ye also trusted, (placed your faith) after (watch this because it’s meticulous) in whom you placed your faith (when) after you heard the word of (what) truth…." And what’s the truth. The Gospel! You placed your faith in Christ after you heard the Gospel, the word of truth. After you heard the word of truth and you believed it for your salvation: Ephesians 1:13 "In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: (that One) in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise." The Gospel! Legalism! Galatians 2:4 You talk to some of these people when they’re scared to death that if they break one of the commandments, they’re doomed. Paul now has to go to Jerusalem to defend his Gospel of Grace and not put those Gentile believers back under a bondage. Now let’s look at verse 5. Galatians 2:5a Now I know Barnabas was with him, if I remember right. Now let’s read on. Galatians 2:5 "I didn’t give in for a minute) that the truth of the gospel might continue with you." Paul says he did not give in to legalism, nor to the pressure from the 12, so that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. And he qualifies the Gospel that he’s talking about there in verse 2, that "Gospel that I preached among the Gentiles." So he’s not talking about the same gospel that Peter and John preached at Israel in Acts 2:38, but rather he’s talking about his Gospel – the Gospel of Grace. What if the Apostle Paul would have given in? What if the man would have given in to that subjection. Our Gospel of Grace would have gone down the tube. Alright, what Gospel is Paul talking about that he calls "my Gospel." Let’s go back to I Corinthians chapter 15. What Gospel does he call, "my Gospel?" What Gospel does he call, "That Gospel which I preached among the Gentiles?" What Gospel does he call "The Gospel of the Grace of God?" What Gospel does he call "The Gospel of Christ?" John 3:16 doesn’t have this gospel in it. We know that unless we’re saved, we’re going to perish. But there’s no death, burial and resurrection in John 3:16. The Gospel of the Kingdom to the Jew and the Gospel of the Grace of God that the Apostle Paul preached. I Corinthians 15, beginning at verse 1. I Corinthians 15:1-2 "Moreover, brethren, (Paul is writing to believers at Corinth) I declare unto you (what’s the article?) You know I’ve put it on the program before that our Gospel is exclusive. Our Gospel isn’t just one of many. People don’t like to admit that, but the Word of God says there’s only one and here it is. And it’s that Gospel by which you are saved. This is the Gospel that saves lost people. Now verse 4. The Gospel how that Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead." Now you all know the verse and you won’t have to look it up in John’s gospel. That grace and truth came how? By Jesus Christ! But the truth of this Gospel was not revealed until God poured it out on the Apostle Paul and sent him out into the Gentile world. That people who have heard this Gospel, that Christ died for them and rose from the dead, and they have rejected it and suddenly find themselves under the regime of the anti-Christ, they’re not going to be able to say, "Well, Mom and Dad were right. I remember that preacher was right. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible