Satan is very clever at lying. In fact, one of his names is 'The Father Of Lies". He lied to Adam and Eve in the Garden, and he is still lying today. Whether you can see this or not, he is trying to lie to you and me.
What are some of his lies to us? For some, he would try to persuade us that we have sinned too greatly for God to forgive us. Or, he might tell us that our sin is not that big of a deal. He probably has told us that we are basically good, and reminded us of some of the good deeds we have done. One thing I have noticed that the devil does is to tell a person things that are not true about another person. We can see this happen a lot in marriages. Both spouses end up with distorted versions of what the other person is thinking. Satan loves to stir up strife between people.
Some other lies are that God doesn't really love us, or that when bad things happen to us, God is punishing us. He makes it complicated for us to bring our sin and guilt to the Cross. Why? Because of the event of the Crucifixion, Satan is now defeated. He is disarmed. But he is still around speaking lies. His end has not come yet, but his end will come with the victory of the saints (redeemed human beings) one day, and he will be here no more to bother us. But God has allowed him to stay on earth for a season. God has also given us some weapons so we can fight against him and those in the kingdom of Darkness.
In Ephesians chapter 6, God tells us that the type of warfare we are involved in is spiritual, not physical. We are to be in prayer. We are to know God's word of truth. We are to live out the Gospel in our lives. The light of the Gospel dispels the darkness. We are to become discerning people so we can tell the difference between the truth and the lies. We need to digest the word of God, spiritually speaking, and be worshipers of the True and Living God.
In Isaiah 58, God tells us that we can set the prisoner free (prisoners here are people who are enslaved by sin). If we can have a good understanding of who God truly is, and we could see what kind of work the Enemy of our souls is up to, we could be victorious in battle. There will be struggles and difficulties, but the chains can be broken because 'Greater is He who is in you, than he who is in the world.'
Satan uses half-truths as well, such as 'God is all-loving' and God is all-forgiving'. While the Bible says that 'God is love', God is still going to punish sin and sinners in hell for eternity. God's love is so great and deep that it caused Him to provide the ultimate sacrifice for our sins, so we won't have to go to hell for eternity, but we can have our sins forgiven, only if we repent and turn to God, and trust Jesus as our Savior from sin.
So, I encourage you to be in God's Word continually, not in a legalistic way, but to feed upon it, grow in it, and be able to tell the difference between the Truth and the lies.
ALL LIARS?
ReplyDeleteThe apostle John said in Revelation 21:8...and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
When John said; AND ALL LIARS, who was he referring to, could it be all who lie about God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the gospel plan of salvation, and the truth of God's word?
John 8:31-44 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him......44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Obviously those Jews who had believed asked for a wavier from, once saved always saved, seeing that Jesus said they were of their father the devil. Even believers can be liars. They said Jesus had a demon(John 8:48).
The devil lied about God to Eve, Genesis 3:1-4....3.... God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.' 4 The serpent said to the woman . "You will not surely die!
The devil is the father of ALL LIARS.
There are some today who say, in a manner of speaking. "You will not surely die." They say water immersion has absolutely nothing to do with forgiveness of sin and entering into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Mark 16:15-16 And He said to them...16...has been baptized shall be saved....) There are many who say you do not have to be baptized in water to be saved or to enter the kingdom of God. They are in effect are saying you can reject the purpose of water baptism or reject baptism altogether because, "You will not surely die."
Is Jesus the liar or is it ones saying "You will not surely die?"
Can you get away with lying to God? Acts 5:3-5 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit.....4....You have not lied to men but to God." 5 And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breath his last...
Was Ananias included in the ALL LIARS group?
Are those who lie about the gospel included in the ALL LIARS CLUB? (Galatians 1:9 As we have said before,so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be be accursed!)
Jesus said the devil was the father of lies, but I doubt it was because the devil told Eve, she did not look fat in that fig leaf. The devil lied about God, he encourages others to lie about Jesus, he prompts men to lie about the the reliability of God's word by saying God's word has been mistranslated and cannot be trusted. The devil has convinced many to lie about the terms of pardon for sin.
When Jesus said "ALL LAIRS" will have their part in the lake of fire, WHO WAS HE TAKING ABOUT?
(All Scripture quotes from: NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE)
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The devil was a liar from the beginning. His lie to Eve was aimed to make her not trust God. The devil is still lying to us today. He gives us the same kind of lie he gave to Eve. Are we going to listen to his lies or are we going to dispel them? Or expose them?
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