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 ...
하나님 아버지는 누구를 더 기뻐하신 것일까? " 하나님께서 기뻐하신다면 이제 ( 십자가에 못박힌 예수를 ) 구원하실 테지 " 라고 대제사장들과 서기관들과 장로들은 말했습니다 ( 마태복음 27:43, 현대인의 성경 ). 그러나 하나님 아버지의 뜻은 " 내 사랑하는 아들이요 내 기뻐하는 자 "( 마태복음 3:17) 인 하나님의 아들 예수 그리스도를 십자가에서 구원하시므로 살리시지 않으시고 , 대신 영적으로 죽었고 또한 영원히 죽을 수 밖에 없었던 우리를 사랑하시고 기뻐하시므로 구원하시사 영원한 생명을 주셨습니다 .