27 Oct 2015

Matthew 24:24

Posted by joncooper

Matthew 24:24: “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”

Revelation speaks of the great wonders and miracles that will be done (which include things like raising the antichrist from the dead), so I will not dwell on that here.

Notice, however, the word “elect”. Christ divides mankind into two groups: the elect, which cannot be deceived, and the non-elect, which can and will be deceived. This goes back to predestination. It’s something that the Bible teaches, and which people reject because they don’t like it. A God who picks and chooses is not a God they are comfortable with; it doesn’t match up with their own ideas about what God is like, so they come up with another idea instead and stick to that. Then what God’s Word says about the real God gets ignored or swept under the rug.

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