2 Thessalonians 2:
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;
9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.
11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.
And this passage...
Romans 1:
21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,
29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;
32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
Yes! Yes! The WORD of GOD as a written immutable STANDARD is and always has been the antidote to a lying culture. In Scripture is THE WAY back to THE TRUTH and LIFE*, no matter how far the world around us strays into insanity.
*John 14:6
VERY well said.
I would add that in America, founded as it is on Judeo-Christian principles, our CONSTITUTION serves a similar foundational purpose for our governance.
Thanks and FRegards!
Yes, there is evil among us. But let not your heart be troubled. In 2016, Billary won 400 Counties in the United States and President Trump won 2,700 Counties. The democRATS and DemoKKKrats have to lie, cheat, and steal to obtain and maintain power.
G-d never gives you more than you can bear.
Soviet historians could unerringly predict the ineluctable future, but could never foretell the ever changing past.
“Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The lie is the weapon used most often by the criminal.