2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
9 When that Man of Evil comes, it will be the work of Satan. He will come with great power, and he will do all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders. 10 The Man of Evil will use every kind of evil to fool those who are lost. They are lost because they refused to love the truth and be saved. 11 So God will send them something powerful that leads them away from the truth and causes them to believe a lie. 12 They will all be condemned because they did not believe the truth and because they enjoyed doing evil.
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(1. Man of Evil = Who? Adolf Hitler 1933-1945
(2. False miracles, signs, and wonders
- great power over people through their sins, Romans 5:14
- fool people into thinking he loves and wants to help them, Romans 12:2
- make people believe he is strong and bold by falsely using miracles that are hard to conquer, Hebrews 5:11–14
- using people by trying to control them
- and their lives by following him will be safe
- isolate people into being alone to corner them without help
- using embarrassment of problems to keep people from getting help
(3. Fool those who are lost
- lost or confused over issues that seem important but are not, deceit, Col 3:5–11
- believe evil and mean things about others fooled into bad habits
- jealousy
- hatred
- competition
- refused to change love truth get saved
- wicked hearts
- bullies
- making fun of people
- cowards
- weak can not conquer become strong
- forming bad habits
- uncleanness, dirty, filthy
(4. God leads them away from the truth
- Tests people hearts and minds exposed, Acts 28:25–27
- see if reject true teaching Jesus Christ
- refuse follow of right ways
- refuse of keeping clean habits
- refusing to reject wrong ways accept it
- refuse to safeguard faith permit influence filthy habits
- refuse of help embarrass sit alone hide
