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 ...
자신이 의롭다고 믿는 사람은 ... 다른 사람을 멸시하는 자기 자신이 의롭다고 믿고 있는 바리새인과 같은 사람은 자기 자신이 자기가 멸시하는 그 다른 사람과 같지 않음을 하나님께 감사 기도를 드립니다 . 또한 그는 자기의 의로운 행위를 하나님께 과시하는 기도를 드립니다 . 한 마디로 , 그는 하나님 앞에서도 자기를 높입니다 ( 누가복음 18:9-14).