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 ...
"실로암" 날 때부터 소경 된 사람은 예수님의 말씀대로 " 실로암 ( 번역하면 보냄을 받았다는 뜻 )" 으로 가서 씻었습니다 . 성경은 " 그래서 소경은 가서 씻고 눈을 뜨고 돌아왔다 " 고 말씀하고 있는데 앞을 못보는 그가 실로암까지 갔었을 때와 눈을 뜨게 되어 돌아왔었을 때의 마음은 어떠했었을까요 ? ( 요한복음 9:7, 현대인의 성경 ) 보냄을 받은 우리는 우리를 보내신 주님의 말씀을 보이는 것으로 순종하지 않고 믿음으로 순종합니다 ( 고린도후서 5:7, 현대인의 성경 ). " 눈물로 씨를 뿌리는 자는 기쁨으로 거두리라 "( 시편 126:5, 현대인의 성경 )