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 ...
진주와 같은 것도 하잖게 여기게 만다는 탐욕 탐욕은 현재 하나님께서 나에게 주시는 진주와 같은 영원한 축복을 하잖게 여기게 만들고 오히려 진주 껍데기와 같은 순간적인 세상적인 것들을 갈급하게 만듭니다 ( 참고 : 민수기 11:4-7).