“For mystery of iniquity doth already work” 2 Thessalonians 2:7
In my generation, (born 1944, deceased?) I have witnessed the mystery of iniquity at work at breakneck speed. In Biblical days, it worked to agitate society to crucify Christ, even though He was declared to be innocent in two Roman courts: “And Pilate…Said unto them,…behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.” Luke 23:13-15
The reason the mystery of iniquity works is due to the author and power of it: “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience.” Ephesians 2:2 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12
This generation has gone from, “In God we trust” unto it being illegal to read the Bible, pray, or speak of Jesus in our public schools, but it is all right to portray Christ at being “gay” in a drama at a university in Texas.
Christian beware! We must not allow the mystery of iniquity to overthrow the spirit of sanctification in our churches! Willful sin, rebellion, and immorality that God required the death penalty for under the law of Moses, should not now entitle people to special favor and affection in the New Testament Church. “He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? Hebrews 10:28-29 “Now we command you, brethren, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” 2 Thessalonians 3:6,14,15.
The mystery of iniquity is all about turning everything upside down in the hearts and minds of people. BEWARE!
SHARING
