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 ...
본받아야 할 사람과 본받지 말아야 할 사람을 분별해야 합니다! 여호람 왕은 본받아야 할 자기 아버지 여호사밧이나 유다의 아사왕은 본받지 않고 본받지 말아야 할 이스라엘 왕들의 악한 행실을 본받아 유다와 예루살렘 백성으로 하여금 우상을 섬기게 했습니다 ( 역대하 21:12-13, 현대인의 성경 ). 우리는 예수님을 본받아 ( 참고 : 고린도전서 11:1) 하나님께서 보시기에 옳은 일을 해야지 사탄을 본받아 하나님께서 보시기에 악을 행하면 안 됩니다 ( 참고 : 열왕기하 18:3, 24:19, 현대인의 성경 ).