by Larry Rouse<\/p>\n
Good quote I just saw: …”most people don’t want the truth despite what they say. What they want is constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth…. Those who are skilled in the arts of deception will always find an audience willing to be deceived!”<\/p>\n
“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness<\/em>” (II Thessalonians 2:9-12).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Larry Rouse Good quote I just saw: …”most people don’t want the truth despite what they say. What they want is constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth…. Those who are skilled in the arts of deception will always find an audience willing to be deceived!” “The coming of the lawless one…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[34,441],"class_list":["post-87571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-false-teaching","tag-truth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17412,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-people-feel-like-they-lived-past-lives-because-of-demon-possession\/","url_meta":{"origin":87571,"position":0},"title":"Do people feel like they lived past lives because of demon possession?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Is Matthew 12:43-45 a hint that we can have spirits enter in us and cause us to feel, think, believe or even do certain things that go against God? 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