Pauline Letters to the church.

[Godscreated]

show me the scripture in which you speak and let's put in into it's proper context.

2 Thessalonians 2:11:

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

The context is that people who don't love the truth will be further deceived by God in order that they shall never, EVER be saved: no redemption, no chance to make atonement for sins committed - God deludes them specifically to prevent any chance of salvation. This strikes me as pretty odd behavior for a God who wants ALL people to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4, in case you were wondering).

But I digress. Given the above, how can you determine if your religious beliefs are what God actually wants you to believe, or if God is making you believe a lie for the express purpose of damning you?

Boru

Satan lies to destroy the church or individuals, God causing one to believe a lie is to protect the church and He would not delude someone He knows later would have accepted Christ as savior. Deceiving someone is not always a bad thing, such as the case of protecting the church, the ones who will be in heaven, or to give others the opportunity to come to salvation through Christ.

GC