IS it possible for the Elect/Called to be DECEIVED or FALL AWAY?

IS it possible for the Elect/Called to be DECEIVED or FALL AWAY?

REV 19: 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

He DECEIVED them with MIRACLES, that they would RECEIVE the MARK of the BEAST.

To be honest, I didn’t find any pleasure in what I concluded from this study. But I am not out to prove what I THINK I know, but what I truly Find as TRUTH.

Let me ask you a Question:

In all the things that are happening today. Many reports of judgment, nuclear attacks, earth quakes etc.
These things are GOOD to know.

HOWEVER, Has it not OCCURED to anyone that THESE are merely things that KILL the FLESH.

I think I would be far more CONCERNED with what action might CONDEMN MY SOUL.
A distruction of the FLESH would be NOTHING but GAIN.
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We must remember that it is in the TRUTH that we are SET FREE – HE will SET us FREE of our DECEPTIONS through HIS TRUTH.

<b>So the Question becomes CAN the Called or CHOSEN/Elect be DECEIVED? What is ETERNAL SECURITY?

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Consider the scriptures below in regard to the question,

“Was JESUS Contradicting HIMSELF?”

Are these scriptures in Harmony with one another? Are they in Harmony with the OT?

<b>1. Can a BELIEVER BE DECEIVED or NOT?</b>

<b>Matt 24: 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed (warning) that no man deceive you.</b>

IF I can’t be DECEIVED, then why tell me to TAKE HEED?

<b>Matt 24: 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible1415, they shall deceive the very elect.</b>

We should look a little closer at the words “POSSIBLE” “They” and “IT WERE”

*Possible is an Adjective, Adjective describe NOUNS.

*The NOUN here appears to be “THEY” So who are the THEY?

*(it were) was added and not in the original context.

Possible: 1) able, powerful, mighty, strong

a) mighty in wealth and influence

b) strong in soul

1) to bear calamities and trials with fortitude and patience

2) strong in Christian virtue

2) to be able (to do something)

a) mighty, excelling in something

b) having power for something

So could it possibly read if we TAKE definition number “1” or the second “2” ?

*In light of MANY other scriptures this the definition that I have chosen.

So let’s translate Matt 24: 24

For there shall arise false Christ, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that,

IF (THEY are) ABLE,  POWERFUL, MIGHTY, STRONG, in wealth and influence,  strong in soul, they shall deceive the very elect?

IS the<b> THEY</b> referring back to the ones WHO are ABLE?

<b>2. WHO ARE THESE SERVANTS being WARNED about in these verses ? FALSE PROPHETS, FALSE CHRIST who are out to DECEIVE.</b>

Matt 24: 24 For there shall arise false Christ, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders;

Matt 13: 5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any [man] deceive you:

Matt 13: 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and shall deceive many.

Matt 24: 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

It seems to me that the DECEPTION, in this case, is about FALSE PROPHETS and FALSE CHRIST, that are claiming to be CHRIST.  Who will seek out many to follow them.  And apparently, we can BE DECEIVED.

<b>3. Verses that indicated that there is a difference between being CALLED and CHOSEN:</b>

Matt 20: 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Matt 22: 14 For many are called, but few [are] chosen.

<b>We all MUST ASK ourselves. Have I been CALLED or have I BEEN CHOSEN?</b>

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<b>4. IS there a  “The FALLEN AWAY?”:</b>

The TEN VIRGINS:  Matt 25: 12 But he answered and said

VERILY, I say unto you, I KNOW YOU NOT.

HE didn’t say HE never knew them but that HE does not know them now.

Many say this is about the HOLY SPIRIT/OIL. I believe this is about the BUYING and SELLING. Remember Acts 8: 18 You can NOT BUY the HOLY SPIRIT.

If one returns to BUY anything during these days, you must receive a MARK in order to receive it.  I have personally concluded that the UNWISE VIRGINS returned to PURCHASE OIL. DURING a period of time, when the MARK is in FORCE, there will be NO buying without the MARK of the BEAST.  Thus, their FATE was sealed.

The HOLY SPIRIT Is a “GIFT” offered by GOD In the COVENANT RELATIONSHIP.

* Often referred to as the “wedding ring” in the marriage.

<b>The UNFAITHFUL SERVANT: Matt 24: 50

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Matt 24: 50 The LORD of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh NOT for HIM, and in an hour that he is not aware of

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion, with the hyprocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Quote: “The LORD Of that servant”

IF he was the “LORD of that servant” doesn’t it seem REASONABLE to believe he was a PART of the BODY of CHRIST at one time?

Did HE say, I never KNEW YOU?

Another example:

Matt 25: 14-30 the UNPROFITABLE SERVANT

<b>The  FALLING AWAY:</b>

2 Thess 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

The FALLING AWAY precedes the REVEALING of the ‘son of perdition”.

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<b>5. DECEIVED:  </b>

1) to cause to stray, to lead astray, lead aside from the right way

a) to go astray, wander, roam about

2) metaph.

a) to lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive

b) to be led into error

c) to be led aside from the path of virtue, to go astray, sin

d) to sever or fall away from the truth

1) of heretics

e) to be led away into error and sin

Including Scriptures that were “TRANSLATED” differently but have the same meaning:

1 Tim 2: 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Matt 24: 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive4105 you.

Luke 21: 8 And he said , Take heed that ye be4105 not deceived4105 : for many shall come in my name, saying , I am [Christ]; and the time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them.

2 Peter 2: 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray4105 , following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

1 John 1: 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive4105 ourselves, and the truth is not in us

1 John 2: 26 These [things] have I written unto you concerning them that seduce4105 you.

Rev 2: 20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce4105 my servants to commit fornication , and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

<b>CONCLUSION:</b>

In my understanding and conclusion of this study:

YES, the CALLED and the CHOSEN can be DECEIVED and FALL AWAY:

THERE is only “ONE” SALVATION that is JESUS CHRIST. HE is THE SALVATION. The Author and finisher of our FAITH. We are HIS SERVANTS, HIS BRIDE, hands, feet etc.

IF the FATHER does not WITNESS JESUS, as the HEAD of YOU then there is NO SALVATION.

To abide IN HIM is the ONLY means of SALVATION.  IN HIM, we are saved ETERNALLY; WE live by the SPIRIT, and not the FLESH. A Believer can BE DECEIVED through the LUST of his FLESH.

The WORD ABIDE here is the most convincing EVIDENCE of ALL: It is through the ABIDING that we find our SECURITY in "HIS"  SALVATION:

ABIDE is a VERB:

Meaning.. to express through an ACTION “of going forward” to continue in, to dwell, to remain, to stand, in constant residence.

To NOT abide, in constant action, dwell, IN HIM, in a PERSONAL INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP. Not living in the PRESENCE of a HOLY UNION, between JESUS CHRIST, the mediator of our SOUL and SPIRIT, is to be LOST, condemned, desolate.

Salvation is NOT a ONE TIME EXPERIENCE, But a daily abiding RELATIONSHIP of REPENTANCE, SUBMISSION and CONFORMING to the IMAGE OF CHRIST. A Relationship that involves HEARING HIS VOICE.

Salvation is a COVENANT between “TWO” and like the MARRIAGE BED, is not easily BROKEN.

HOWEVER, through ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP the TERMS of the COVENANT can be BROKEN. A wedding ring (HOLY SPIRIT) can be retracted.

A BILL of DIVORCEMENT may be given through the adulterous act. The LORD is VERY LONGSUFFERING, but we would be foolish to TEST

Our GOD is a JEALOUS GOD.

The OLD TESTAMENT and the NEW TESTAMENT are in HARMONY.

The FATHER'S character has not changed.
He still desires and requires fellowship and a relationship with HIS creation. A relationship is an active living breathing, communion between two.
We can TRUST that HIS WORDS are TRUE, Eternal Security is in KNOWING the ONE that is the GREAT I AM.

<b>Jeremiah 3: 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.</b>

So what is the HOPE of our CALLING:

That we would be found IN CHRIST, ABIDING in HIM, Dwelling safely under HIS WINGS, DAILY, that we would be able to OVERCOME.

There is only ONE TRUE SECURITY. That is ABIDING IN JESUS CHRIST.

REV 3: 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

2 Peter 2: 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

ARE YOU ABIDING IN JESUS CHRIST?  It is through the ABIDING that we will  DWELL in HIS PRESENCES, HEAR HIS VOICE, learn of HIS WISDOM and INSTRUCTIONS, that we be able to STAND, and endure through to the end. IF you do not have an ACTIVE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP with CHRIST today, get before HIM and confess and repent to whatever has or is hindering that RELATIONSHIP, that your relationship can be restored and you can be renewed in SPIRIT.
A broken and contrite HEART HE WILL NOT DESPISE.

GIVE your LIFE FULLY today to HIM as a LIVING SACRIFICE. ROMANS 12: 1 That HE may keep you ETERNALLY under HIS WING.

Psalms 106: 45 And HE remembered for them HIS covenant, and repented according to the multitude of HIS mercies.

47. Save us, O LORD, our GOD, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy HOLY NAME, and to triumph in thy HOLY PRAISE.

AMEN and AMEN