Chapter 7: Emptying “Falsehood” In the previous chapter, we examined “hypocrisy,” which arises from the gap between the way we appear before people and who we actually are before God. If hypocrisy is putting on a mask to hide who we really are, falsehood is hiding or altering the truth for our own benefit and, beyond that, even distorting the truth of God. Falsehood does not end simply with saying something that is contrary to the facts. Falsehood begins in a heart that rejects the truth and accepts what is advantageous to itself as though it were true. In John 8:44, Jesus referred to the devil as “a liar and the father of lies.” At the root of falsehood is a power that causes us to believe something other than the Word of God and ultimately leads us away from God. Therefore, before trying to identify the falsehood in others, we must first ask ourselves: “Am I living truthfully before God?” “Am ...
예수님의 초림과 재림 사이에 살고 있는 우리 그리스도인의 삶
예수님의 초림 때 "이미"(Already) 예수님은 구원을 완성하셨습니다. 예수님의 재림 때 "아직도"(Not-yet) 예수님은 구원을 완성하실 것입니다. 이 "이미"(과거)와 "아직도"(미래) 사이에 (현재) 살고 있는 우리는 구원의 일을 시작하신 '완전하신' 성삼위일체 하나님께서 예수 그리스도의 재림의 날까지 구원을 신실하게 '완성하신다'는 확신을 가지고(빌1:6) 보는 데로 살지 말고 믿음으로 살아야 합니다(고후5:7, 새번역).
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