Comments on: Why America is Dying http://akagaga.com/2010/01/why-america-is-dying.html home of the Word for Wednesday and akaGaGa, a Christian and a libertarian - in that order - who blogs about both. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: akagaga http://akagaga.com/2010/01/why-america-is-dying.html/comment-page-1#comment-1182 akagaga Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:02:42 +0000 http://akagaga.com/?p=1955#comment-1182 That's an interesting concept, Jim. I'd add that I think God gives each of us the time and the opportunity to learn the truth. It's when we reject His truth, often out of pride and the accompanying unwillingness to admit we've been deceived, that we commit ourselves to the lies. "Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, <b>because they did not receive the love of the truth</b> so as to be saved. For this reason <b>God will send upon them a deluding influence</b> so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness." (2 Thessalonians 2:8-12) That’s an interesting concept, Jim. I’d add that I think God gives each of us the time and the opportunity to learn the truth. It’s when we reject His truth, often out of pride and the accompanying unwillingness to admit we’ve been deceived, that we commit ourselves to the lies.

“Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.” (2 Thessalonians 2:8-12)

]]> By: Jim Wetzel http://akagaga.com/2010/01/why-america-is-dying.html/comment-page-1#comment-1167 Jim Wetzel Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:03:47 +0000 http://akagaga.com/?p=1955#comment-1167 Great post! We spend a lot of time and effort trying to make events and issues and "things" fit into isolated compartments, when they are only fully understood in a common and connected context. "All truth is God's truth" is a sort of evangelical truism, and indeed I think it is true. But one could state a converse, something like: "Every lie is the devil's lie." And people do not, I think, become enthusiastic and efficient workers of evil until they've bought pretty thoroughly into an extensive, interlocking network of lies. Great post!

We spend a lot of time and effort trying to make events and issues and “things” fit into isolated compartments, when they are only fully understood in a common and connected context. “All truth is God’s truth” is a sort of evangelical truism, and indeed I think it is true. But one could state a converse, something like: “Every lie is the devil’s lie.” And people do not, I think, become enthusiastic and efficient workers of evil until they’ve bought pretty thoroughly into an extensive, interlocking network of lies.

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