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 ...
'내가 어느 때까지 참으랴?' 어쩌면 지금 하나님께서는 우리에게 이렇게 말씀하고 계시는지도 모릅니다 : ' 너희는 어느 때까지 나를 멸시하겠느냐 ?' ' 어느 때까지 나를 믿지 않겠느냐 ?' ' 내가 어느 때까지 참으랴 ?' ( 민수기 14:11, 27)