I would ask you to take the time and patiently read this extract from Thessalonians,
2 Thessalonians 2 King James Version (KJV)
2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
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;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Where unto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The fact that men of the Cloth show themselves to believe they can take part in unrighteousness means the deception is already at work.
Jesus gave two commandments and these were as follows:-
[37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. [40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.The whole of the law and the Prophets hang on those two commandments.
John. 14. [15] If ye love me, keep my commandments. [21] He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.The truth is that if you love God as Jesus commands you do not break his commandments or the laws. I find it disheartening to think that believers can break the law and not love thy neighbour and not see that the law accounts for all. James 2:10 King James Version
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Christ has died for our sins so we are no longer under the law he has paid the price for a believer. But having known the price he paid are we loving God or others if we lead them into sin?
Even on this forum people nitpick the bits they want to use to attack Christians and religion. But God does not count any one sin worse than the other. But blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is not forgiven. It is not forgiven for how can someone who has such lack of love ever come to Christ and ask for forgiveness? We do not know everything but we know Christ loses none who have come to in except the one who was meant to be lost, Judas. So think on what it really means to love God and your neighbour and how all sins are sin. Break one break them all.
