Loving Unrighteousness.

Blinded to truth because-- we don't want truth.  If you're reading this then the chances are you may be seeking the truth of our Lord and Savior and His salvation. However you may have just stumbled across this message and are reading it out of curiosity, with no thought for the truth of the matter. Truth is offered to all, but not all desire truth. Why wouldn't a person want the truth?

2Th 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Having pleasure in unrighteousness.

Pleasure seekers, this is a term coined by society and accepted by society. Who doesn't want pleasure in their life? Isn't pleasure something we are taught to seek out. We are told to find pleasure where we can because life is hard.  And the truth is, the majority of unrighteousness can be pleasurable. If truth interferes in the things we find pleasurable, the chances are we may turn from the truth so we can keep our pleasures.

Psa 11:5  The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that LOVETH VIOLENCE his soul hateth. 

Psa 50:16  But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 

Psa 50:17  Seeing thou HATEST INSTRUCTION, and CASTEST MY WORD BEHIND THEE. 

Psa 50:18  When thou SAWEST A THIEF, then THOU CONSENTEDST WITH HIM, and hast been PARTAKERS WITH ADULTERERS. 

Psa 50:19  Thou givest thy MOUTH TO EVIL, and thy TONGUE FRAMETH DECEIT. 

Psa 50:20  Thou sittest and SPEAKEST AGAINST THY BROTHER; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 

Psa 50:21  These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 

Psa 52:3  Thou LOVEST EVIL MORE THAN GOOD AND LYING RATHER THAN TO SPEAK RIGHTEOUSNESS. Selah. 

Psa 52:4  Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 

Joh 3:19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. 

Joh 3:20  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 

Joh 3:21  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Rom 1:21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 

Rom 1:22  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 

Rom 1:23  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 

Rom 1:24  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 

Rom 1:25  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 

Rom 1:26  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 

Rom 1:27  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 

Rom 1:28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 

Rom 1:29  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 

Rom 1:30  Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 

Rom 1:31  Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 

Rom 1:32  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. 

Rom 2:8  But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath

Rom 8:7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 

Rom 8:8  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 

Rom 12:9  Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 

2Pe 2:13  And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; 

2Pe 2:14  Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 

2Pe 2:15  Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness

3Jn 1:11  Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 

When we do not want truth, we need to ask ourselves why. When others do not want truth we can comprehend why, God tells us why.

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Rom 11:5  Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 

Rom 11:6  And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. 

Rom 11:7  What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded 

Rom 11:8  (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 

Rom 11:9  And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 

Rom 11:10  Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 

The rest were blinded. WE are allowed to remain blind because we DESIRE blindness. God does not take a truthseeker and blind him to the truth, but God will allow one who loves  unrighteousness and all that entails to be blinded. If God is allowing blindness, it is because it is desired. If we, want to be among the elect remnant of God we need to desire the truth and to desire it above all else. If we note the unrighteousness in ourselves and desire to keep that righteousness, then we are inviting deception and seeking to be blinded to the truth.  We can't allow ourselves to pretend we want truth, when secretly we only want unrighteousness, God knows our hearts.  If we want truth it will be given to us and once we have the truth, we will tend to stand out from others because unrighteousness has become acceptable and we will not join ourselves to the unrighteous that is now called good.

Isa_5:20  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

We live in a world of evil and yet we can't asked to be taken out of this world, but rather that we are kept from evil.

Joh 17:15  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 

May this prayer of Jesus for us to the Heavenly Father be granted! May we be kept from the evil.

All in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, now and forever!