Chapter 9: Rationalization of Mankind

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What about me? Haven’t I rationalized a little in life? You’d better

believe it. And in many ways. Remember I told you earlier that I recently suffered for four days in the grief of rationalization before God released me from it? I’ll get to that event and explain it in a moment. For now you need to understand that when you walk with God, truth must reign supreme. As

you get close to God, rationalization of any kind becomes anathema to you. It is literally something that can make you spiritually and physically sick. Why? Because you recognize it for what it is. Rationalization is SIN and it is a force opposite of TRUTH. Think again about the TRUTH PROPHECY.

“The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they

refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.”

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 NIV

They Perish Because They Refused What?

Think about the words of Apostle Paul above. Paul told you that deception is coming. I tell you that deception has arrived. Paul teaches, “They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.” He

goes on by saying, “That all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.”

What or who is the truth? It is God Almighty and His Holy Word.

That is truth! The sixth definition in the dictionary on truth recognizes God as truth. As a Christian, you should love the truth of God’s Word. When you love the truth, you love God. Could Paul’s words be clearer? Have you been given understanding? Do you now seek the truth at all costs? Those

who love the truth will die for it. That is what Apostle Paul did.