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MAN OF LAWLESSNESS The Antichrist will come with power, with signs, and with lying wonders. But all of this is according to the working of Satan, as described in 📖 Revelation 13:13-17. If someone has spiritual power, signs, or wonders, those are not enough to prove they are from God. Satan can perform his own powerful works, either through deception or through his own resources of power. “He is Satan’s messiah, an infernal caricature of the true messiah.” However, the deception can only take root in those who do not receive the love of the truth. These people are ready for the deception of the Antichrist, because they want a lie, and God will send them a strong delusion. 💁🏽‍♀️ They were first deluded, which was their sin; and God sends them strong delusion, and that is their punishment.” "That they should believe the lie": Specifically, God sends them the lie. This isn’t just any lie, but the lie, that has enthralled the human race since Adam. 🤦🏽‍♀️ This is the lie that God is not God, and that we are or can be gods. 👉🏾 God's point is that the anti-Christ will embody all that is profane and blasphemous, every conceivable element of impiety; and that, instead of being rejected, he will be welcome by Jews as well as pagans. That they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness: As God gives rebellious man the lie he desires, it isn’t out of His generosity. Instead, it shows God’s judgment on those who reject the truth. As 📖 Romans 1 points out, in judgment God may give a man up to the depravity of his heart, to his pleasure in unrighteousness. They think that they are acting in defiance of God. But in the end, they find that those very acts in which they expressed their defiance were the vehicle of their punishment. #abidinginchrist #antichrist #eduringwisdom #2thessalonian2 #scripturewithpatu #thefall #manoflawlessness #followingjesus https://www.instagram.com/p/Co4sQ-POHpI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Scripture says that by the power of the Holy Spirit, we can understand what God has prepared for those who love Him. The Holy Spirit does bring us closer to God because we have God's spirit. And by the power of the Holy Spirit, we can know God, and we can know the wonderful things that God has prepared for us. Also when we worship God we receive insight into the character of God and His works. 🙌🏾 The Spirit Will Bring Us Closer To God #abidinginchrist #wherethespiritofthelordisthereisfreedom #godswillistorevealhimselftous #scripturewithpatu https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhPNjTOjfu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

WHAT SEEDS ARE Y🤔U PLANTING Paul has been encouraging Christians to live a life marked by the fruit of the Spirit (📖 Galatians 5:19–25) and to support each other in the struggles of life (📖 Galatians 6:1–5). Christianity is all about the grace of God. He gives us good things which we could never have earned on our own. In our sin, we deserve death and suffering. Instead, in Christ, God gives us life and purpose. Still, as Paul states clearly in this verse, the grace of God does not eliminate the principles of choice and consequence. In this life, our decisions will bring with them natural results. We must not lie to ourselves, that because of God's grace and forgiveness of our sins, we will not suffer any harm if we continue to choose sin. To believe such a thing is to mock God, to make light of Jesus' sacrifice for our sin on the cross. 💁🏽‍♀️ What we do in this life does matter, beyond even the question of whether or not we will see heaven. In eternity, our choices will be reflected in our heavenly rewards, for those who are saved (📖 1 Corinthians 3:12–15; 📖 2 Corinthians 5:10), or our eternal punishment, for those who are not (📖 Revelation 20:11–14). Until then, the "crop" we produce between now and the moment of our death is also determined by the "seeds" we plant along the way. God's natural laws of cause and effect still apply, to believers and unbelievers alike. Paul will expand on this idea in the following verses. 🤲🏾 Harvesting Seasonings #abidinginchrist #plantingseason #harvestingforthelord #bibleref #scripturewithpatu #jesusislord https://www.instagram.com/p/CggGh8ENzgA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

POSITIONED FOR TRANSITION 🙌🏾 Letting Go can allow us to move forward, for God to work new miracles in our lives today and in the future. We must let go of the things keeping us from moving forward, we must be positioned for transition. Letting Go & Let God 🙌🏾 #jesuschrist #godtheauthorofourlives #godsplan #abidinginchrist #scripturewithpatu https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXb46YLZB5/?utm_medium=tumblr

AGAPE L♥VE 📖 1 Corinthians 13:4–7 is much loved the world over. Even unbelievers are attracted to Paul's eloquent description of love in these verses. These words are often quoted at weddings or in romantic settings and featured prominently in artwork and merchandise. It's important to remember that Paul is not writing inspirational poetry. Nor is he penning something meant to be a simple starry-eyed mantra. He is driving home a pointed message to the divided, often selfish Christians in Corinth: This is how God expects believers to treat each other. Lack of Christ-like love was at the heart of every one of the problems described in 📖 1 Corinthians so far. The "love" Paul speaks of in these verses is from the Greek term agape. This is a selfless love, distinguished from sexual desire—eros—and from brotherly love—phileo. These verses include 14 descriptors of agape, all of them verbs. Godly love, from a godly perspective, is defined by what Christians do or do not do. It is not primarily about feelings; nor is it mostly the words which describe them. Love is action: the choice to do or not do in relationships with all other Christians. ♥ Love is patient. Love actively waits for others without resentment. This would include being patient in the face of being hurt or mistreated. ♥ Love is kind. Beyond mere politeness, kindness involves acting for the good of others even when it does not benefit ourselves. ♥ Love does not envy. Envy was alive and active in the Corinthian church, perhaps including the envy of the spiritual gifts and financial success of others. Love sets self aside and celebrates the successes of Christian brothers and sisters. ♥ Love does not boast. Boasting is the work of self-promotion in obvious and subtle ways. Love quits that job and goes to work praising God and other believers, instead. ♥ Love is not arrogant or "puffed up." Arrogance involves confidence in oneself above all others and the expectation that everyone else should feel the same way. Love removes the obstacle of self from the purpose of serving others well. God Is L♥ve 🙌🏾 #agapelove #Godislove #GodsPlan # #scripturewithpatu #bibleref #GodlyLove #abidingingodslove https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ9GMgDuxZ_/?utm_medium=tumblr

I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL 📖 Romans 1:16–17 is often used as the key verses to summarize the book of Romans. Paul declares boldly why he is not ashamed of the gospel about Jesus that he preaches around the world. This message is nothing less than the power of God for everyone who believes, both Jews and Gentiles. It is about being declared righteous by God because of our faith in Him 🙌🏾 The great truths about Christ seemed new and absurd to many people. Christians were being persecuted. It's one thing to believe the gospel; it's another thing to take the risk of preaching it to strangers. Yet, Paul will have none of that. The gospel message is nothing less than power from God, for anyone who believes it, to be saved. Everyone, who puts their faith in Christ, and his death for their sin on the cross will be justified—will be made right with God—and welcomed into God's family. If that is all true, and Paul had risked his life on it, then what is there to be ashamed of? Keep Spreading The Good News 🙌🏾 #Godsgoodnews #godsplan #bibleref #scripturewithpatu #godsinfiniteways #ImFollowingJesus #Iamnotashamedofthegospel https://www.instagram.com/p/CZzCOksLc0w/?utm_medium=tumblr

DWELL IN FREEDOM 🙌🏾 Separate yourself from the sins that used to enslave you and move closer to Christ instead. #JesusIsTheWayTheTruthAndTheLife #GodsPlan #scripturewithpatu #jesuschrist #abideapp #abidinginjesuschrist https://www.instagram.com/p/CZuPqwZrVnD/?utm_medium=tumblr

Keep Walking God Will See You Through 🙌🏾 God promises us abundant life, not a problem-free life. The suffering that you endure today will be the motivation that increases our faith tomorrow. Trust and know that God will use all things even your suffering for good keep walking in the ways of God. Your suffering is never in vain the Bible promises that there is a Highway of Holiness, keep walking. #godsplan #kingdomprinciples #manofHisword #highwaytoholiness #scripturewithpatu #waymaker #keepwalkingwithjesus #keepraying #abideapp https://www.instagram.com/p/CZW2kWJrL-W/?utm_medium=tumblr