2:11
Now, you might think it is somewhat unfair for God to send them a “powerful delusion”, but we need to look at the order here. “They perish because they refused to love the truth”. So the powerful delusion was sent in response to this refusal to love the truth. If won’t love the truth then we open ourselves up to delusion.
There is an interesting point we should note here. People often ask about something, “Did God do it?”, “Did the devil do it?”, “Did man do it?”, and sometimes the answer is yes! We see that all this is in accordance with the works of Satan (2:9), it God who sends a powerful delusion (2:11), it happens because man preferred a lie to the truth (2:10) and delight in wickedness (2:12).
2:12
“So that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness”. The powerful delusion shows up the state of man’s heart. Note that Jesus said a similar thing in Matt 24:24. Note also that “they have delighted in wickedness”. There is no arbitrary judgement here, people are getting what they chose. They are receiving the natural consequences of their actions and their choices.
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