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 ...
예수님이 자살이라도 하시는 줄 생각? 유대인들은 예수님이 자살이라도 하시는 줄로 생각했습니다 . 그 이유는 예수님께서 " 나는 떠나간다 . 너희는 나를 찾다가 너희 죄 가운데서 죽을 것이다 . 내가 가는 곳에는 너희가 올 수 없다 " 라고 말씀하셨기 때문입니다 . 예수님이 그리스도이심을 믿지 않으므로 죄 가운데 죽을 유대인들은 예수님의 십자가의 대속의 죽음을 알지 못하기에 예수님이 자살이라도 하시는 줄로 생각한 것입니다 ( 요한복음 8:21-22, 24, 현대인의 성경 ).