If we've been deceived, how would we know?
Watch that excuse, because it’ll get you doubting even the starkest witnesses of the grace and love of God, because “the devil might be fooling us.” And ironically, glorify the devil.
Been there, done that, permanently discarded it when God elevated the witnesses to an unmistakable measure.
But practically speaking. You couldn’t even believe snything from the bible then. You will have gutted the entire concept of faith.
Let me liken it to another thing that is frequently said. That if God does not destroy America in fire and brimstone, He owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.
Stop. Fact check, reality check. And practicality check: this would automatically rule out a renewal, a revival, because “America has been too bad.” But look at the circumstances. Not even 10 righteous men left... today, we would call that believers. Starting to look like a different proposition now, right?
But it’s an illustration of how things can have been far, far, worse in the past — the bible even saying so — and yet we blithely say, oh we’ve gone all the way to hell. Because our threshold to finally damn is a lot, lot shorter than the Lord’s.