If lies were greeting cards then
Satan would be like a Hallmark store. He has a lie for every occasion
imaginable. Had a recent success in life? Satan will tell you the credit is all
yours with no glory belonging to God. In a relationship? The devil wants you to
believe that happiness your personal happiness is central in that relationship.
Got friends? Satan wants you to believe that you need to put on a front to keep
those friends. He has lies to hurt your self-esteem, lies that induce guilt,
lies to separate you from God, lies to induce pride, etc. etc. etc. A lie for
every occasion.
The Bible concurs with verses about
Satan being a liar and the father of lies. In fact, the scriptures say that
when Satan lies, "He speaks his native tongue." The lies are powerful
and able to fool people into some really bad situations. Consider the person
who believes that divorce will make all their partner problems go away. Somehow
Satan fails to inform them that they will still need to parent together, work
out money issues, and deal with the rest of life's problems (minus a partner).
Just one example of the lies and the resulting destruction.
Jesus came that we might know the truth and so that truth
could set us free from all the lies. The biggest lie of all that we need to be
set free from is that God does not love us. Satan wants us to believe that we
are not loveable, redeemable, able to be made holy. This lie sent Adam and Eve
hiding in the garden. This lie robs us of hope and steals our joy. Know the
truth, and let it set you free.
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