2 Thessalonians 2:12. “That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
DAMNED. It started out when, under the pressure of others, one began to doubt. Snide remarks and suggestions we made, no one had to shout – “There is no God” or “Up with man” in order to turn aside the young. Teachers and friends kept up with their pressure, and soon, the bad work was done.
The Gospel message became an old tale that, to him, seemed out of date. The commitment to Christ that Christians have, he was not willing to make. To associate himself with people of faith, he thought, would cripple his life. So instead, he chose not to believe the truth and deliberately turned from the light.
It wasn’t long until forbidden pleasures beckoned, and he went to them like a moth Drawn to a fire with its flashing lights, not recognizing danger until he was caught. The heat of the flame seared his conscience; he knew what he was doing was wrong. But he kept on trying the pleasures of sin and found its temptation too strong.
Farther and farther, he went with only an occasional glance back to what he left. More and more, his unrighteous life left him empty and spiritually bereft. Day after day, he went on this dark road until he questioned if there is a God. Darker and darker his soul became, till all of sin’s paths he had trod.
On and on, he went until he finally reached the place of no return. The God he was taught of when he was younger, now God’s grace he spurned. So, when “the lie” came, he fell for it fast to fill the empty void in his soul – Thinking that what this superman says is what is needed to fill that hole.
To reject the opportunity in this life of accepting God’s great salvation – Will finally leave one alone on the shore of hell’s black condemnation. There will be no way back, for his name is not there in the book of life.
He is damned who believes not the truth, and the pleasures of sin end in night.
“O God, how awful is the end of those that refuse Thy grace. May the fear of the Christ rejecters move me to be faithful in warning people as well as in presenting the Gospel. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”