What other scriptures warn about the dangers of rejecting God's truth? The anchor verse “...and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.” (2 Thessalonians 2:10) When people push truth away, Scripture sounds the alarm Below are key passages—Old Testament through Revelation—that echo the same sobering theme. Old Testament spotlights • Proverbs 29:1 – “A man who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.” • Isaiah 5:20 – “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…” • Zechariah 7:11-13 – “They refused to pay attention… ‘Just as I called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,’ says the LORD.” • Deuteronomy 30:17-18 – “If your heart turns away… I declare to you today that you shall surely perish.” • Hosea 4:6 – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you…” Warnings from Jesus and the Gospels • John 3:18-19 – “Whoever does not believe has already been condemned… men loved darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.” • Matthew 7:26-27 – “Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man… great was its fall.” • Matthew 13:15 – “For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes…” Paul’s continued cautions • Romans 1:18, 21, 25 – “They suppress the truth… their foolish hearts were darkened… exchanged the truth of God for a lie.” • Acts 13:46 – “Since you reject [the word] and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.” • 2 Timothy 4:3-4 – “They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” • 1 Timothy 4:1-2 – “The Spirit explicitly states that in later times some will abandon the faith… their consciences seared as with a hot iron.” • Hebrews 3:12-13 – “See to it… that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief… so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” • Hebrews 10:26-27 – “If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth… only a fearful expectation of judgment remains.” Peter, Jude, and Revelation add their voice • 2 Peter 2:1-2 – “False teachers… denying the Master… bringing swift destruction on themselves.” • Jude 4 – “Certain men have crept in… who turn the grace of our God into license for immorality and deny our only Master and Lord.” • Revelation 21:8 – “The unbelieving… and all liars—their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur.” • Revelation 22:18-19 – “If anyone adds to or takes away from the words of this book, God will add to him the plagues described…” Common threads to notice • Deliberate refusal → hardening of heart. • Suppressing truth → spiritual blindness and moral confusion. • Persistent rejection → inevitable judgment—often described as sudden, irreversible, and severe. • False teaching is a chief conduit for rejecting truth; vigilance is essential. • God’s warnings are acts of mercy—He speaks before He strikes. Living in the light of truth today • Treasure Scripture as flawless and final; measure every idea against it. • Respond quickly when the Word convicts—delay breeds hardness. • Encourage one another daily so no one is “hardened by sin’s deceitfulness” (Hebrews 3:13). • Stay alert for teaching that reshapes or dilutes clear biblical doctrine. • Remember: loving the truth is not merely intellectual; it is lifesaving. |
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