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"Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming." (2 Thessalonians 2:8, NLT)

Whoa, a little violence here.  But there's more.  This, "lawless one...will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them."  A lawless person is opposite of Jesus Christ.  "I came to do the will of Him Who sent Me."

We are now in a heated debate in America over illegal (def. "contrary to, or forbidden by law") immigration.  The debate is really between law and lawless.  Have there been "bad" laws in human history?--- no doubt.  The procedure for changing law, however, is quite different from ignoring law, which is, "lawlessness."  When men refuse to obey laws, they will manipulate laws to "obey" men.

The Bible teaches that lawlessness will increase more and more as the close of the age nears.  And, "Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed." To put it in the vernacular, this, "lawlessness," will "assume human form."  The word translated, "lawlessness," in our text is the Greek word, "a-no-me-a," which means, "illegality, contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness," the word from which we get "antinomianism," the "view that Christians are released by grace from the obligation of observing...law."     

As you and I go about our daily lives, vote, conduct business, relate with people, philosophize at the water cooler, etc., I call you, along with me, to, "examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith...."  It is not the examination of some clever, prejudiced opinions which I have always held.  It is the examination of the "God-Breathed" Word.

Father, in Jesus' Name, keep me under law, and not use grace as an excuse for "lawlessness."  Amen.
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When, Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

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Hebrews 12:2