Apologetics · False Religions · World View

Disproving Paganism and Wicca

They Cannot Ground Objective Good and Evil. A Presuppositional Take-Down

Friends, let us cut straight to the point. Paganism and Wicca claim to deliver spiritual truth, harmony with nature, and a reliable moral path. They speak of “harm none,” the Threefold Law, cosmic balance, and reverence for the Goddess and God or multiple deities. These ideas appear appealing at first glance. When examined closely on the question of objective good and evil, however, the entire framework collapses into incoherence.

This approach follows presuppositional apologetics. Neutral ground does not exist. Only the triune God of Scripture supplies the necessary foundation for logic, morality, and intelligible human experience. Every non-Christian worldview borrows from Christianity to function. It then disintegrates under its own terms when scrutinized. Paganism and Wicca demonstrate this failure precisely in the realm of morality.

1. Objective Morality Requires a Transcendent, Unchanging Standard

Everyone presupposes objective good and evil. No advanced degree is needed to recognize that torturing the innocent is evil in itself. Such acts are not merely distasteful according to personal or cultural preference. Without an absolute foundation, morality dissolves into subjective tastes, power struggles, or biological byproducts. No genuine obligation remains.

Scripture provides the sole consistent basis. God declares, “For I the Lord do not change” (Malachi 3:6). His holy nature defines goodness (Psalm 119:68 – “You are good and do good”). Evil consists of rebellion against that immutable standard. The explanation remains straightforward, consistent, and universal.

Paganism and Wicca offer no such transcendent anchor. Their deities are finite beings. These gods form part of the cosmos, operate in cycles, or emerge from primordial chaos. The Goddess ebbs and flows with lunar phases. Odin displays wisdom alongside deception. Zeus exercises justice while indulging in repeated adultery. When gods remain as mutable and imperfect as the universe they inhabit, they cannot establish eternal, objective moral norms. Any standard they propose stays contingent rather than absolute.

2. The Wiccan Rede and Threefold Law – Subjective at Best, Incoherent at Worst

The well-known Rede states, “An it harm none, do what ye will.” The principle appears peaceful and permissive. The critical question persists. Who determines what constitutes harm? One coven permits a love spell as harmless. Another labels it psychic violation. The criterion remains subjective. The Threefold Law asserts that actions return threefold, whether good or ill. This mechanism functions as an impersonal cosmic reflex rather than the decree of a personal Judge. No mind directs it. No justice truly operates. The process resembles gravity applied to morality. Such a concept proves incoherent.

Observe the borrowing here. Pagan systems adopt the notion of cosmic justice, which echoes divine judgment in Scripture. They then remove the personal, holy God who actually enforces it. The result becomes mere sentimental assertion without foundation.

You end up basing good, and evil, solely on your own preferences. You’d prefer nobody rob you, or murder you, but you couldn’t say it was morally wrong. Imagine one tribe thinks that it is morally wrong to murder the children of your enemy, and eat them. The other neighboring tribe thinks that it is morally good to do so. They believe it gives them power. Without the God of the Bible, there is no absolute good, or evil. Only human preference. This can lead to a secular consensus, that has no firm foundation, and swings back and forth with their fickle minds.

3. Mutually Exclusive Claims – Polytheism’s Inherent Contradictions

Polytheism inevitably produces conflict. Multiple gods possess opposing wills. No single authority can define objective morality.

A war deity such as Ares or Mars endorses violence. A peace goddess denounces it. Which position represents objective good? Certain Pagan traditions revive historical practices including animal sacrifice or fertility rites. Modern Wicca insists on “harm none.” These positions stand in direct contradiction. Nature receives worship as sacred and inherently good. Nature also encompasses predation, disease, and indiscriminate natural disasters. Tsunamis kill without moral intent. Pagans nevertheless condemn human interference with nature as evil. The condemnation requires a transcendent norm that their system explicitly rejects.

The Threefold Law claims inevitable, objective consequences for actions. The Rede simultaneously exalts personal will as supreme. These principles clash. If cosmic returns operate as unavoidable law, free will becomes illusory. Actions fall under the control of an impersonal force. If will reigns sovereign, the Law reduces to an optional guideline. No coherent synthesis exists.

Modern Paganism frequently blends Celtic, Norse, Hindu, and New Age elements. Practitioners declare that all paths hold validity. When every path qualifies as true, no path possesses objective truth. Relativism masquerades as broad-mindedness. The same voices then denounce intolerance as evil. The critique depends on a standard their worldview cannot supply.

4. The Impossibility of the Contrary

Paganism and Wicca rely on objective morality to operate. They denounce oppression, environmental destruction, and patriarchal harm as universal wrongs. Their own presuppositions provide no grounding for such judgments. No unchanging God exists in their system. No absolute standard endures. Feelings, group consensus, or vague “energy” serve as substitutes. The foundation remains arbitrary, inconsistent, and ultimately absurd.

Adherents live as though Christianity were true. They assume objective moral norms exist. They simultaneously reject the only worldview capable of accounting for those norms. This pattern constitutes intellectual theft.

The triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—reveals Himself in Scripture as the necessary precondition for all truth, moral truth included. Without Him, outrage over evil loses rational coherence.

Final Word – Repent and Believe the Gospel

Pagans and Wiccans, your system cannot withstand examination. It contradicts itself repeatedly on the very issue required for coherence: objective good and evil.

Turn from these false deities. Scripture identifies them as demons in disguise (1 Corinthians 10:20). Repent of your sins, including the idolatry of self-will and nature-worship. Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ alone. He died for sinners and rose again. He offers justification through faith alone. “For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

Christ stands as the only way. Look to Him on the cross. He bore the full wrath deserved for objective evil, including yours. Believe and be saved.

Soli Deo Gloria

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The Depraved Mind: Sin’s Vicious Grip and Christ’s Glorious Liberation

The Depraved Mind: Sin’s Vicious Grip and Christ’s Glorious Liberation

Greetings, sinners redeemed by grace! In a world gone mad with “woke” nonsense and self-deifying philosophies, it’s high time we confront the ugly reality of the human mind enslaved to sin. You know, that twisted, rebellious spirit that leads straight to hell if left unchanged. But praise God, there’s hope! Today, we’re diving into God’s Word to expose the chains of sin, the judicial handover to depravity, and the sweet freedom found only in Jesus Christ.

The Sin-Enslaved Mind: Captive to the Flesh’s Tyranny

Let’s start with the bad news, because without it, the good news is just cotton candy theology. The Apostle Paul nails it in Romans 7:23 (LSB): “but I see a different law in my members, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a captive to the law of sin which is in my members.” Oh man, can you feel that? It’s like your brain’s got a civil war raging. One side screaming for righteousness, the other dragging you into the mud of lust, pride, and every other filthy vice. Paul ain’t sugarcoating it; he’s confessing the brutal truth that sin had enslaved us before our conversion, but the lost are still enslaved. The Christian fights against his sin, and loses. We rely solely on the grace, and mercy of Jesus.

Look at Romans 7:25: “So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.” Bam! Your spirit/mind wants God as a Christian, but your flesh is a traitor, sold out to the enemy. This isn’t some modern psychobabble about “inner conflicts”—it’s spiritual bondage. Romans 7:14 drives it home: the Law is spiritual, “but I am fleshly, having been sold into bondage under sin.” Sold like a cheap commodity at a flea market! And Jesus Himself warns in John 8:34: “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.” If you’re living in habitual rebellion; porn, greed, gossip, whatever, you’re not “free-spirited”; you’re shackled, or double minded. Remember, all Christians sin, but we don’t practice it. We practice righteousness.

Don’t get me started on the “progressive” crowd who call this outdated. They twist Scripture to justify their perversions, but God’s Word stands firm. Romans 8:5-7 exposes the carnal mind: those according to the flesh “set their minds on the things of the flesh… For the mind set on the flesh is death… because the mind set on the flesh is at enmity toward God.” Enmity! That’s outright hatred toward the Creator. Romans 6:16-18 spells it out: present yourself to sin, and you’re its obedient lapdog, heading for death. This enslaved spirit isn’t just a bad habit; it’s a death sentence, a hostile takeover by the enemy himself.

Given Over to Depravity: God’s Judgment on the Rebellious

Now, if that slavery wasn’t bad enough, Scripture shows what happens when you double down on stupidity and reject God outright. Romans 1:28 (LSB) drops the hammer: “And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do those things which are not proper.” Gave them over! That’s divine judgment, folks, not some passive “letting go,” but God actively handing rebels to their own devices. The context in Romans 1:18-32 is chilling: suppressing truth leads to futile thinking, darkened hearts, and boom! God says, “Fine, wallow in your filth.” Idolatry, homosexuality, greed, malice. It’s all there as the fruit of a depraved mind.

Ephesians 4:17-18 echoes this: Gentiles walk “in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their mind, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart.” Hard-hearted ignorance? That’s the “enlightened” atheists and liberals of today, prancing around with their rainbow flags and evolution fairy tales, blind as bats to God’s glory. 2 Timothy 3:8 talks of “men of depraved mind,” disqualified from truth because they’ve rejected the Savior. 1 Timothy 6:5 hits false teachers as depraved, deprived of the gospel’s light.

This isn’t God being mean; it’s justice. You spit on His revelation in creation and conscience? He lets your mind rot in its own rebellion. We’ve seen it in history. Think Rome’s debauchery or today’s cultural sewer. But here’s the sarcasm for the skeptics: Sure, keep pretending your “free thinking” is liberated. It’s just chains disguised as choice, leading to eternal torment. Wake up!

Freedom from Enslavement: Christ’s Victory Over Sin’s Chains

Alright, enough doom and gloom. The Bible doesn’t leave us in the pit; it points to the Rescuer. Romans 8:2 (LSB) proclaims: “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.” Set free! That’s not self-help; that’s supernatural liberation through the cross. Romans 6:18: “…and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” From sin’s slave to righteousness’ slave, what a trade-up!

Jesus declares in John 8:36: “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.” Indeed! No halfway measures. Romans 6:22: “But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit, leading to sanctification…” And 2 Corinthians 3:17: “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” This freedom removes the veil over hardened minds, as Paul says. Romans 8:15 assures believers: we “have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again…” No more cowering under sin’s whip!

How? Through Christ’s death and resurrection. He bore our sins, satisfied God’s wrath, and rose victorious. Romans 6:16-18 thanks God that though we were slaves, we can obey from the heart the gospel. This isn’t earned. It’s grace! But don’t cheapen it with antinomian slop; true freedom leads to holy living.

The Renewed Mind: Transformed by the Spirit’s Power

Finally, the capstone: not just freedom, but renewal. Romans 12:2 (LSB): “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may approve what the will of God is, that which is good and pleasing and perfect.” Transformed! Like a caterpillar to a butterfly, but spiritual. Ephesians 4:23: “and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,” putting off the old self’s corruption and donning the new, created in God’s likeness.

Titus 3:5: Saved “through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.” Ezekiel 36:26 promises: “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Fulfilled in Christ! Colossians 3:10 speaks of being renewed in knowledge after God’s image, and 1 Corinthians 2:16: “we have the mind of Christ.”

This renewed spirit sets our minds on things above, not fleshly junk (Romans 8:5-7 contrast). It’s daily, walking by the Spirit, crucifying the flesh. No more enmity; now peace with God.

Conclusion: Repent and Be Renewed!

So there you have it, straight from Scripture: sin enslaves the mind, God hands over the unrepentant to depravity, but Christ offers freedom and renewal. This world peddles lies like, “follow your heart,” “live your truth,” but that’s depraved drivel leading to destruction. If you’re reading this in bondage, hear me: Repent of your sins! Turn from that enslaved, unfit mind and trust solely in Jesus Christ, who died for sinners and rose to justify you before God. Do it now! Convert to Christ! His grace is sufficient, His renewal transforming.

If you’re already in Him, stand firm. Renew your mind daily in the Word, expose the darkness, and proclaim this gospel. No compromise with the world’s filth. Until next time, stay based in biblical truth. God bless.

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Islam is the Most Obvious Fake Religion.

Islam makes these assertions; Allah is omniscient. (knows everything) The quran is factually without fault, or error. Muhammad did not make any errors in the recitation of it to the scribes. In the quran, allah says that the people of the book (Christians) are polytheists. The quran, hadith, and Muhammad say that Christians worship three gods, and in their misunderstanding of the Christian trinity claim that they worship God, Jesus, and Mary.

According to the Quran and Hadith/Islamic theology, Allah is fully omniscient (Al-ʿAlīm – “The All-Knowing”).
This is affirmed repeatedly as one of His eternal attributes with no possibility of ignorance or mistake (e.g., Quran 2:255, 6:59, 34:3, 16:19, etc.).

Yes, according to Islam, what Allah revealed and what Muhammad recited (the Quran) is factually true and completely without error.
The Quran is the literal, eternal, uncreated Word of Allah, perfectly preserved and transmitted verbatim (Quran 15:9, 53:3-4, 85:21-22).

Yes, the Quran (Allah’s revelation) and Muhammad’s teaching present Christians as committing shirk (associating partners with God) – i.e., polytheists.
Specific verses directly address Christian beliefs:

  • Quran 5:116: “And [beware the Day] when Allah will say, ‘O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, “Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?”’ He will say, ‘Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right…’”
  • Quran 5:73: “They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allah is the third of three.’ And there is no god except one God.”
  • Quran 4:171: “O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion… The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah… So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, ‘Three’; desist – it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God.”

These verses (and 5:72, 9:30-31) accuse Christians of taking Jesus and Mary as deities/gods alongside or instead of the one true God, portraying their doctrine as polytheism.

According to the Bible and all historic Christian teaching, God is one God in three Persons – and Mary is explicitly NOT part of the Trinity, nor divine, nor a deity in any sense.

Biblical demonstration – the Trinity has always been taught as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit only:

  • Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name [singular] of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
  • 2 Corinthians 13:14: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
  • Matthew 3:16-17 (Jesus’ baptism): The Son is in the water, the Holy Spirit descends as a dove, the Father speaks from heaven – three distinct Persons, one God.
  • John 1:1-3, 14; John 10:30; John 14:26; 15:26; 16:13-15; Isaiah 48:16, etc.

Every passage that defines God’s nature lists exactly these three Persons. The word “Trinity” is not in the Bible, but the doctrine is clearly taught from Genesis 1:26 onward and was the universal belief of the Church from the apostles.

Biblical demonstration – Mary is a created human, not divine, and never part of the Godhead:

  • Luke 1:38: Mary herself says, “Behold, I am the servant [handmaid] of the Lord.”
  • Luke 1:46-47: “And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.’” (She calls God her Savior – proving she needed salvation and is not divine.)
  • John 2:4: Jesus addresses her as “Woman” (not as co-equal deity).
  • Acts 1:14: Mary is listed among the disciples praying – she receives no worship.
  • No verse anywhere in the Bible presents Mary as God, part of the Trinity, or a deity to be worshipped. She is honored as the virgin mother of the incarnate Son, but she is fully human.

Historical demonstration – no Christians, in any era or region, have ever believed or taught that Mary is part of the Trinity or a deity:

  • From the very beginning (1st–4th centuries): All Church Fathers (Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Athanasius, etc.) taught the Trinity exclusively as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • Nicene Creed (325 AD, confirmed 381 AD) – the universal statement of Christian faith used by Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants to this day: “We believe in one God, the Father Almighty… And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God… And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life…” Mary is mentioned only once: “incarnate of the Virgin Mary” – to affirm Christ’s full humanity and divinity, not to include her in the Godhead.
  • Athanasian Creed (early 6th century, but reflecting earlier belief): Explicitly defines the Trinity as one God in three co-equal Persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – with zero mention of Mary as divine.
  • Council of Ephesus (431 AD): Gave Mary the title Theotokos (“God-bearer” / Mother of God) only to protect the truth that Jesus is fully God from the moment of conception. The council and all orthodox Christians explicitly rejected any worship of Mary as God.
  • Christians in Arabia in the 7th century (the time of Muhammad) were mainly Miaphysite (Jacobite) and Nestorian – both groups held the exact same Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) and venerated Mary highly but never as divine or as a fourth member of the Godhead.

The only possible exception ever cited is the tiny, obscure, and condemned heretical group called the Collyridians (mentioned only by Epiphanius of Salamis around 375 AD – a source whose very existence many historians doubt). They were a fringe sect of women in Arabia who allegedly offered cakes to Mary in a pagan-syncretistic way. Epiphanius himself called it idolatry, insisted the Trinity alone is to be worshipped, and said Mary must not be worshipped. They were never mainstream, never represented what Christians believed, and did not teach that the Trinity consists of Father, Son, and Mary. They were rejected as heretics by the universal Church.

Therefore, the Quran’s portrayal is factually incorrect about Christian belief.

The Quran states that Christians (and even Jesus himself, according to 5:116) taught people to take Jesus and Mary as deities/gods besides Allah – something no Christian group in history has ever taught or believed. Christians have always taught, from the 1st century to today, that the Trinity is the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit – three Persons, one God – and that Mary is a redeemed human servant of God who needs a Savior.

Conclusion:
If Allah is truly omniscient and the Quran is His perfect, error-free revelation (as Islam claims), then this factual error about what Christians actually believe cannot exist. The revelation contains a clear mistake about Christian doctrine. Therefore:

  • Muhammad either misunderstood or lied about what Christians taught, or
  • the revelation he received contains error, or
  • Allah (being omniscient) would not have allowed such an error in His final, guarded Book (15:9).

This directly contradicts Islam’s own foundational claims about Allah and the Quran. Hence, by Islam’s own standards of divine omniscience and scriptural inerrancy, the revelation is in error – proving Islam false.

MooHamHead was a rapist, child molester, thief, murderer, torturer, slaver, liar, and engaged in homosexual behavior. He, and those who followed him, for the last 1400 years, have been doing the same things. They wage battles against those who don’t believe in Allah, or MooHamHead. When they kill their enemies, they enslave their wives, daughters, and sons. They rape the women, and boys. Sometimes to death. They enslave, and torture those whom they let live. They take all your land, and valuables. They burn the Churches down, and build mosques. They are the most evil, and vile, of people. Islam is a satanic death, and pervert cult. MooHamHead was a servant of satan. Cursed be his name. May pork be upon him.

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Jesus, or MooHamHead?

Christ offers you justification to God, a sin propitiating, and expiating, marvel of mercy, and grace.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

not of works, so that no one may boast.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 LSB

What does allah offer? Die as a martyr, and you’ll have houris to have sex with in paradise. Kill all the unbelievers, and you can rape their wives, and daughters, to breed them out. Make slaves of their sons. Kill their old people. Take their property as loot. Burn their Churches, and build mosques on the site. They wipe their butts with the cross. They dig up the graves of Christians, and pour their bodies out on the ground. These things they have done, and are doing. They never stopped. You just don’t hear about it on the news. This is what being a good muslim is. Allah is a monster. MooHamHead is a devil. They are antichrist. MooHamHead was a liar, thief, rapist, child molester, pervert who did homosexual acts, he tortured and murdered people, and instructed his followers to do the same in order to serve islam, and go to paradise for the eternal orgy. Cursed by his name. May pork be upon him.

Compare him to Jesus. Jesus is God incarnate. We have one God, the true, and living God. One God, three persons. Muslims can’t even comprehend Him. They call us polytheists, and it is haram(is an Arabic term meaning ‘taboo’.) for them to even get the truth of this from us. Their god is supposed to be omniscient, but he doesn’t even understand the trinity. Neither did MooHamHead the liar false prophet of islam. Jesus offers you eternal life, adoption as His child, His perfect love, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit giving us communion with Him, for all eternity. He offers to make us whole, and healthy, in Jesus Christ. He offers us an eternity with no sin. Look to Christ on the cross. See how ugly a death He died. See the effect of your sins, and my sins, on Him. He who knew no sin became sin on our behalf. He took the wrath of God that we deserve, and paid the debt we owed. If you would simply repent of your sins, and trust solely in Him, you can have that eternal life, and sonship, in Christ.

Theology

Jesus is Our Priest.


There is no New Testament prescription for the office of Priest that is in keeping with the Roman Catholic, or Orthodox churches. To the contrary, the teaching is that there is only one Who fulfilled the office of Priest, it is the Lord Jesus Christ. The New Testament priesthood is made up of all Christians. It isn’t an office reserved for individual men. Those Old Testament Priests were of the tribe of Levi, and had very specific, God ordained duties to perform in the tabernacle, and later in the temple. All of those duties were pointing forward to the incarnate Lord’s sacrifice as the spotless Passover lamb. There is no efficacious works for a human priest to perform that have not been perfectly completed by Christ during the crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection.

14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us take hold of our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things like we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
​1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, 2 being able to deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; 3 and because of it, he is obligated, just as for the people, to also offer sacrifices for sins in the same way for himself. 4 And no one takes this honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was.
5 In this way also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him,
“YOU ARE MY SON,
TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”;
6 just as He says also in another passage,
“YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER
ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.”
7 He, in the days of His flesh, offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, 10 being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 4:14 – 5:10 (LSB Strong’s)

23 And the former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing, 24 but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently. 25 Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, who has been made perfect forever.
Jesus, High Priest of a New Covenant
​1 Now the main point in what is being said is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a minister in the holy places and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “SEE,” He says, “THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. Hebrews 7:23 – 8:6 (LSB Strong’s)

5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture:
“BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER stone,
AND HE WHO BELIEVES UPON HIM WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME.”
7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
“THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,
THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone,”
8 and,
“A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE.”
They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this stumbling they were also appointed.
9 But you are A CHOSEN FAMILY, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY. 1 Peter 2:5-10 (LSB Strong’s)

5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the witness for this proper time. 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 1 Timothy 2:5-7 (LSB Strong’s)

creation · marriage · Theology

Lessons from the Wild: Animals’ Monogamous Bonds as a Shadow of God’s Design for Marriage

In the vast tapestry of God’s creation, where the roar of lions mingles with the whisper of windswept plains, there lies a quiet testimony to fidelity that stirs the soul. From the elegant arch of a swan’s neck to the steadfast howl of a wolf pack, certain animals form bonds that endure a lifetime. But from a Biblical vantage, rooted in the unyielding authority of Scripture, these pairings are no mere quirk of nature. They are divinely etched parables, faint glimmers of the profound glory entrusted to humanity as the pinnacle of creation.

As we peer into the wild, let us allow these creatures to demonstrate words, illuminating the covenantal mystery of marriage that God ordained from the dawn of time.

The Created Echo: Monogamy in the Animal Kingdom

Scripture declares that the heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork (Psalm 19:1). So too do the beasts of the field and the birds of the air bear witness to His wise and good design (Romans 1:20). Consider the swan, gliding in perfect symmetry with its mate, performing courtship dances that span decades. Or the albatross, traversing vast oceans only to reunite with its lifelong partner in an aerial ballet of devotion. Gibbons swing through the canopy, their duets a symphony of territorial love, while wolves—fierce guardians of the pack—stand as alpha pairs, unyielding in loyalty until death claims one.

These are not anomalies; they are echoes. In a world marred by the Fall, where entropy pulls at every thread, God has preserved these instincts as signposts. The beaver dams its family fortress with tireless labor alongside its mate; the prairie vole clings with a hormonal tenacity studied by scientists yet ordained by the Creator. Even the humble French angelfish patrols coral realms in exclusive tandem.

Yet these bonds, beautiful as they are, remain creaturely—instinctual, not intentional. The animals do not utter vows; they do not grasp the weight of covenant. They simply are, displaying a shadow of permanence and exclusivity that whispers of something higher.

Humanity’s High Calling: The Imago Dei in One-Flesh Union

Here the glory ascends from shadow to substance, for man alone wears the crown of creation. “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness… male and female he created them'” (Genesis 1:26–27, ESV). In this divine pronouncement, we find the blueprint: humanity, differentiated yet unified, reflecting the relational Trinity itself—Father, Son, and Spirit in eternal, perfect communion.

Marriage, then, is no human invention but a sacred ordinance, the “one-flesh” union that crowns Eden’s garden (Genesis 2:24). Jesus Himself harks back to this foundation, declaring it indissoluble save for the grave (Matthew 19:4–6). And in the New Testament, Paul unveils its deepest mystery: “This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church” (Ephesians 5:32).

The animals’ fidelity is a prelude; human marriage is the symphony. Where the wolf models loyalty without words, the Christian husband and wife proclaim it—with vows spoken before God and witnesses, with forgiveness extended in the shadow of the cross, with children raised as arrows in the hand of the Almighty (Psalm 127:3–5). This is glory: not mere survival, but an institutional witness. The self-sacrificial love of spouses images the Bridegroom who “loved the church and gave himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25).

A Rebuke and a Redemption: Shamed by Swans, Saved by the Savior

Oh, how these creatures indict us! In an age of no-fault divorce and fleeting affections, the swan does not abandon its mate for a newer pond; the albatross does not “trade up” after half a century; the gibbon sings no dirge of regret over infidelity. Their unthinking faithfulness shames our calculated betrayals, reminding us that lifelong monogamy is etched into the created order—a common grace that testifies against every heart grown callous (Jeremiah 17:9).

But praise God, the story does not end in shame. For those in Christ, marriage becomes a theater of redemption. The Spirit empowers what the flesh weakens; grace transforms stumbling fidelity into radiant gospel display. A couple who cleaves through trials, who serves without tallying score, who bears fruit in holiness—these are not just surviving Eden’s curse; they are previewing the wedding feast of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7–9).

The Pinnacle’s Privilege: Worship in Wedlock

Thus, the monogamous menagerie serves as a divine object lesson—a whisper from pre-Fall Eden, a call to reclaim what sin has fractured. Yet the full splendor belongs to us, image-bearers called to higher things. To whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48). Let us, then, steward this glory with fear and wonder: husbands loving as Christ, wives submitting as the Church, both walking in the light of covenant-keeping grace.

In the end, the animals point beyond themselves. Their bonds allure us to gaze higher, toward the eternal union where no death parts, no shadow dims, and every vow finds its fulfillment in Him.

What say you, reader? Have you seen God’s fingerprints in the wild? Share in the comments below, and may your own story, wed or single, echo the faithful love of our Creator.

Further Reading:

  • Genesis 1–2 and Ephesians 5 (your Bible—start there!)

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Bible Reviews

Don’t Get This False Children’s Bible!

The, “Just Love Story Bible” is a mess of Critical Race Theory, social justice, and feminist lies that will present a false god to your children, and keep them in idolatry. One of the authors of this lie, a person who calls herself, the Reverend Jacqui Lewis, said this about her work, “…the book’s goal is to teach children Christian lessons they ‘don’t have to unlearn because they understand from the beginning what this faith is really about…” Her goal wasn’t to accurately translate the word of God, and maintain the ideas He has communicated in His word.

If you think this is bad, just wait. There’s more. Another red flag for anyone who takes the word of God seriously is that Lewis claims to be a Reverend, or in other words she is assuming for herself the role of preaching elder. Which any serious student of God’s word knows is a role reserved only for matured in the faith men. Her co-author is a woman named, the Reverend Shannon Daley-Harris. Look! It is yet another feminist with a hyphenated last name, and she’s assumed the role of Reverend. Of course they are in a theologically liberal church. “…Lewis has long preached at Middle Collegiate Church, a multiethnic congregation in Manhattan’s East Village affiliated with the United Church of Christ…” While her co-author, Harris is an associate dean of Auburn Theological Seminary in Morningside Heights.

They couldn’t resist the urge to turn Moses, and Jesus from Jews into black men with afros. This isn’t the biggest offense, but it lets you know just one more thing about the liars producing this work. The illustrator is just as much an activist. It also figures that both the authors are from the Presbyterian USA denomination.

When asked, “Why did you create the Just Love Story Bible,” Lewis had this to say,

“I was approached by Beaming Books a while ago about doing an interfaith project. And as time went on, it seemed right to do a Christian book given all the meshugaas (a Yiddish term for madness) in the world about what Christianity is or isn’t. Shannon has all of these gifts from writing liturgy for the Children’s Defense Fund, and she’s got a really strong sense of the Hebrew Bible. Our agenda is teach young people a theology of love and justice that we don’t have to unlearn because they understand from the beginning what this faith is really about.”

Notice it was not her intention to accurately translate, or render the word of God. It was indoctrinate children into social justice, critical race theory, and feminism. I know. You are thinking, “That’s not what I read.” You have to look at the end product, and read in between the lines with liars like this.

Here is what Harris had to say about her work,

“It’s OK to actually tell kids from the get-go: Some of these stories are about true people and things that really happen, and some of them are made-up stories, but they’re in there because they can still teach us true things about God. You can tell the story of Jonah and the whale and still let kids at all these different developmental levels get into it imaginatively to extract the true lessons about us as God’s people, without feeling like they have to — pardon the pun — buy the swallowed-by-whale thing, hook, line and sinker.”

She, like almost all liberal theologians don’t actually believe the Bible. They pick, and choose. Before you say, “Whoa brother. There are parables that are told that didn’t really happen.” That is is not what she is talking about. You can see from her own words, she doesn’t believe the account of what happened to Jonah.

Don’t believe me about the CRT intent? Here is what Lewis said,

“It is the most gorgeous rainbow of faces. When we talk about what children can do and how they can be activists, or how they can be revolutionary lovers, that looks like a rainbow of people. But the biblical characters mostly look Black and brown and caramel, which is what we would really experience in the region. In the world where children have been exposed to white characters in Bibles for as long as Christianity has been Christian, now white children, I imagine, looking in this Bible and seeing brown people and thinking to themselves, “Oh, brown people belong to God, too.””

She doesn’t care what God has said. She only cares about how she can twist it to make CRT, social justice, activists of your children. This is disgusting, and perverse. The don’t even keep the text of the word of God. They create all new false stories/lies, and present them as the word of God. Look at the image at the top of this article. That is just one example.

Harris is just as bad. They don’t really care about what God has said. They simply make their own stories up.

“Frankly, the discipline of 300 to 500 words to tell a story in a sort of theologically responsible way. And knowing this book will be for some kids who go to church every Sunday with their families, and some who have never been before and are interested in what it’s all about. Some of them, there is enough dialogue and detail in the text to stay quite close to what we find in Scripture. And then others are almost more like modern midrash — that wonderful Jewish tradition of imagining a text, imagining what wasn’t said, what might have come before or come after. We say this explicitly in one of the introductions: How might the story have been told differently by somebody else who was there?”

Lewis goes on to promote a “hermeneutic of doubt.” This is what satan practiced. He is a liar, and a murderer from the beginning. He tempted Eve by asking her, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” Genesis 3:1 and “And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5

Here is what Lewis said, “The New Testament is like this: There was a birth, a death and a resurrection. And (we) want to stay, in a way, orthodox enough that parents who really care about those stories will pick up the Bible and read it, and then we can stretch them, which was my hope and challenge. And when we got to resurrection, I went all the way philosophical, “some people like Plato think… ” and “some people like Aristotle think… ,” to just introduce our faith also includes doubt and the possibility of having a hermeneutic of suspicion. Did that happen? For me, it matters more that children know that love never dies, so that’s where I landed.”

If you don’t believe me about their theological positions as being theologically liberal, here it is in Harris’ own words when asked how she thinks theologically conservative Christians will receive her work,

“There will be a group of sort of literalist or fundamentalist folks for whom this isn’t a welcome resource. But it’s been really interesting to see the reception from not just folks who are raised progressive, but those who are raised in a tradition that no longer fit them, who did grow out of a theology and are looking for one that they can grow into and grow with alongside their children.”

Notice, she calls brands theologically conservative people as fundamentalists. This isn’t by accident.

Here is an excerpt from a news article where she intentionally calls sojourners, strangers/foreigners, immigrants. It is obvious what she is doing, but in case it isn’t to you. Read the excerpt.

Interviewer: “In your summary of Leviticus 19, you include the divine lesson “You shall love immigrants as yourself, for you were immigrants in the land of Egypt. I am your God.” Why did you choose that wording rather than that of other translations that have used “stranger” or “foreigner”?
Daley-Harris: Whatever the language is, the heart, essence and message is, “we’re all newly arrived at this place.” What does it mean to not try to slam the door behind you, but to really use that lived experience to create some empathy for those who are experiencing it anew? Other than our Indigenous friends who are still living in the United States, we’re all immigrants, ancestrally and historically, to this place.”

Of course it is blatantly, satanically, feminist. They tell slippery, soft, pleasant sounding lies, that tickle the ears of self-centered, fleshly, carnal, people.

“Absolutely: that Jesus was a feminist, and maybe there wasn’t language for that then, but he was a culturally Jewish man, a rabbi, who came to understand that he could relate to women differently than the culture around him. He engaged them. He drew them in. And I think those lessons are super important in this modern context. When Shannon and I say, we don’t want children to learn something they have to unlearn, we don’t want them to learn patriarchy from this story Bible.”

Her big concern? She doesn’t want them learning patriarchy from the word of God. Well, where should they learn the truth of it from? Muslims? Mormons? Jews? None of those cults actually treat women as equally being human, and deserving dignity as image bearers of God the way Biblical Christianity does.

Long story short, keep your kids, and grandkids, away from this satanic tripe. It is nothing but political ideologies wrapped up in a antichrist shawl, and served with cookies, and hot chocolate. Because the best liars are the ones who follow satan’s example.

Here is a link to the original article if you care to read it. https://religionnews.com/2025/10/16/new-childrens-bible-aims-to-capture-diverse-nonpatriarchal-theology-of-love-and-justice/

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The god of mormonism Is Not The God Of The Christianity.

This is a mormon image of their false prophet's lie about his first vision from god, where he claims to have seen both Jesus, and God the Father at the same time, with them both appearing in flesh, and bone. It contradicts the Bible. According to John 4:24 God the Father is spirit, and must be worshiped in spirit, and truth.

God’s Nature in Mormonism vs. Biblical Christianity

The god of mormonism/LDS is not the God of Christianity, and the Bible. They are not the same. No man can claim that mormons/LDS are Christians after reading this short comparison. If he does, he is a deceiver.


Comparison: LDS vs. Historic Christian Doctrine of God

One of the most striking theological differences between Latter-day Saint (Mormon) belief and historic Christian orthodoxy is their understanding of God’s eternity and nature. The following chart outlines the contrasts clearly.

DoctrineHistoric Christian / Biblical ViewLDS (Mormon) View
1. God’s Nature (Essence)God is spirit, infinite, eternal, uncreated, and unchangeable in being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth (John 4:24; Malachi 3:6; James 1:17).God the Father is an exalted, glorified man with a physical body of flesh and bone (D&C 130:22). He is one of a species of “gods” who achieved exaltation.
2. Eternity / BeginningGod is eternal and self-existent — He never came into being. He is aseity itself: the uncaused cause (Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 43:10).God the Father had a beginning as a man; He lived on another world, progressed, and was exalted to godhood. “As man now is, God once was.” (Lorenzo Snow)
3. CreationGod created all things out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo) by His word (Genesis 1:1; John 1:3; Colossians 1:16).God organized pre-existing matter; the universe and intelligences are co-eternal with God (D&C 93:29; Abraham 3:18–19).
4. The Trinity / GodheadOne divine being in three coequal, coeternal persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19; John 1:1).Three separate beings — the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost — “one in purpose,” but not in substance or essence.
5. Immutability (Unchangeableness)God is eternally the same in nature and perfections (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8).God progressed to His current state of perfection and glory; some LDS sources imply He may still progress in knowledge or glory.
6. Humanity’s DestinyHumans are creatures made in God’s image but not of His essence; they remain created beings (Isaiah 43:10; Romans 11:36).Humans are of the same species as God—“intelligences” co-eternal with Him—and can become gods themselves (D&C 132:20).
7. Salvation / ExaltationSalvation = eternal life in God’s presence by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8–9). God remains God alone (Isaiah 44:6–8).Salvation (in its fullest sense) = exaltation — becoming gods like the Father, ruling over spirit offspring eternally (Moses 1:39; D&C 132).

The Core Difference: “Uncreated Creator” vs. “A Created, Exalted Man”

Historic Christianity

  • God is wholly other—not part of creation, not composed of matter, and not subject to time.
  • There is only one God, uncreated and infinite, the source of all being.
  • Humans can be glorified and made holy but never become divine by nature.

Latter-day Saint Theology

  • God the Father was once a man and progressed to godhood.
  • Matter and “intelligences” are eternal; God did not create existence itself but organized it.
  • Humanity shares the same kind of being as God and can ascend to the same state of exaltation.

Biblical Conflict Points (from a Historic Christian View)

LDS ClaimBiblical Response
“God was once a man.”“Before the mountains were brought forth… from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” — Psalm 90:2
“There are many gods.”“I am the LORD, and there is no other; besides Me there is no God.” — Isaiah 45:5
“Man can become a god.”The serpent’s temptation: “You shall be as God” (Genesis 3:5). Believers become like Christ in holiness, not gods in essence (2 Peter 1:4).
“God has a body of flesh and bones.”“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” — John 4:24

Modern LDS Clarifications

In recent years, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has:

  • Affirmed that God has a physical body and that humans can become exalted.
  • Avoided speculation about God’s life before His godhood.
  • Emphasized worship of the Father alone, not a chain of gods.

Summary

AspectChristian OrthodoxyLDS Doctrine
God’s originEternal, without beginningOnce a man, became God
OntologyUncreated Creator, unique in beingOne among many divine beings
CreationOut of nothing (ex nihilo)From eternal matter
Human destinyRedeemed creaturesPotential gods
ContinuityInfinite distinction between God and manInfinite continuity between God and man

Final Thought

Historic Christianity sees God as the uncreated Creator, wholly distinct from His creation, while Latter-day Saint theology envisions God as an exalted man, sharing the same kind of existence as His children.

The difference ultimately shapes how each faith understands worship, salvation, and the very meaning of divinity.

God says in His Word,

25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when He comes, He will declare all things to us.”

If you read this, and still claim that mormons are Christians, I’d like you to reconsider. They are by definition, not Christians. They are in a works righteousness cult that puts the onerous obligation on the member to warrant enough favor with their god through works to become an exalted man themselves one day, and ultimately to become a god of their own solar system. Anyone who knows anything about God, knows that mormonism is a lie. The claims the Bible makes about God, and the claims that mormonism makes, are mutually exclusive truth claims. One can be right, both can be wrong, but both can’t be right. If you are mormon, stop calling yourself Christian! You most certainly are not! Repent of your sins, and trust solely in the justifying work of the 2nd Person of the Triune God, Jesus. Stop believing the lies of a second rate, ignorant, con-man, who created a cult for power, profit, and perversion. He is nothing like Jesus!

evangelism

Our Weapons Are The Best!

With the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we saw the enemy use his minions to end the earthly life of a man. He shot a bullet that took Kirk’s life. It failed to stop him. It galvanized support for him, and his work. Murder, death, lies, and perversion are some of the weapons our enemy wields. Our weapons are the truth of God’s word, love, and the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. When we take our shot, it brings a dead man to life. He is crucified with Christ, and becomes our brother. The elect man, at the appointed time, will by no means, fail to come into the kingdom of God. God does not attempt to save a man, and fail. We see that demons, and angels, wield human armies like we wield swords in the book of Daniel.

We read in Ephesians 6, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” If we want to fight, let it be with the gospel, and the word of God. “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”
(Hebrews 4:12-13 [NASB])

We are victorious in Christ!
Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
(I Corinthians 15:50-58 [NASB])

The Armor of God

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. But that you also may know about my circumstances, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, and that he may comfort your hearts. Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.(Ephesians 6:10-24 [NASB])

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Given Over To Strong Delusion?

I think the following citations from God’s word can help us understand what is going on in the world today, yesterday, and tomorrow. There are times when God judiciously gives people over to delusion. This compounds their guilt. In 2 Thessalonians 2:11 the Greek words used are ἐνέργειαν πλάνης energeian planēs. Energeian is a noun, that is accusative, feminine, and singular. It usually means working, effectual working, power, and energy. Planēs is a noun, that is genitive, feminine, and singular. It usually means error, delusion, or deception. According to Webster’s Dictionary online, in English the word, delusional means;

“a
: something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
under the delusion that they will finish on schedule
delusions of grandeur
b
psychology : a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary
the delusion that someone was out to hurt him
also : the abnormal state marked by such beliefs”

Think along the lines of a spirit that makes them delusional. Keep in mind that spirit/mind are alike. Your spirit is how you as an individual understands things, and reasons. God the Father is spirit, and must be worshipped in spirit, and truth. The task of understanding this is impossible for us to correctly apprehend in scope, and scale. We can, however, understand it in a way that is sufficient for God’s requirements in the faith. Imagine an unimaginably vast intellect that does not have a physical body. This description falls far short of God the Father. Angels are spiritual beings. Lying ones are demonic. Satan is the father of lies. It makes sense that the demons would also be liars/deceivers. So, the English translation is quite accurate. God, Himself is not lying, nor is He deceiving them. Rather, He sends an influence that causes them to believe what is not true. It is a judicial punishment. Since people behave in accord with what they believe, you will see them acting the way they are acting now, and have acted, and will continue to act.

Have you asked yourself how a person given over to trans ideology can believe what they say believe in light of the objective truth of their sex? This is how. It is the same in the first chapter of Romans. God punishes sin, by giving them over to more sin. Imagine continuing in sin, and then greater sin, and then dying, and going to hell. Their guilt before God has been increased. It would have been more merciful for them to have died sooner, but instead, they live their life, sinning more. Some people will repent. These people are of the eternally elect. This isn’t just a New Testament occurrence. I included a couple references from the Old Testament as well.

And for this reason God sends upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 2 Thessalonians 2:11 (LSB)

24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. Romans 1:24 (LSB)

9 He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not know.’
10 Render the hearts of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.” Isaiah 6:9-10 (LSB)

12 And Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not listen to them, just as Yahweh had spoken to Moses. Exodus 9:12 (LSB)

39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, 40 “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, LEST THEY SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND RETURN AND I HEAL THEM.” John 12:39-40 (LSB)

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 And Jesus answered and said to them, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
‘YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;
YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
15 FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL,
AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR,
AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES,
LEST THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES,
HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,
AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN,
AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’
16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. 17 For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. Matthew 13:10-17 (LSB)

Don’t give up on trying to reach the lost, and deluded. Some of them are of the eternally elect. They may not have reached the point in their lives yet where they will have their eyes opened by God, and respond with God granted repentance, and faith, to the good news of Jesus’ atoning suffering on the cross.

Not to make you hopeless, I want to remind you that God’s word also says, “And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11 (LSB)” This was in reference to “9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (LSB)” You can see that this list includes some of the same sins that people are given over to. So, keep preaching the gospel, praying, and helping your lost friends, and family, to understand the truth. You never know. One day they might get it. It is only too late once the person has died. While they are alive, keep trying. Keep telling them the truth in love. Keep coming to God in prayer for them. Keep telling them that they need to repent of their sins, and trust solely in the work of Jesus.