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 ...
부귀도 헛된 것입니다. 돈을 사랑하는 사람이 그 돈으로 만족을 얻지 못하고 부유하기를 바라는 사람이 그 수입으로 만족을 얻지 못하니 이것도 헛된 것입니다 . 부귀도 헛된 것입니다 ( 전도서 5:7, 10, 현대인의 성경 ).