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 ...
성령님께서 우리가 가고자 하는 길을 막고 또 막으실 때 ... 성령님께서 우리가 가고자 하는 길을 막고 또 막으실 때 성령님께서는 우리에게 도움을 청하는 사람을 여러 방법으로 알게 하실 수 있습니다 . 그 때 우리는 기도하며 하나님이 주시는 지혜와 이성으로 그 도움을 청하는 사람에게 가서 예수 그리스도의 복음을 전하라고 주님께서 우리를 부르신 것으로 판단하고 순종할 필요가 있습니다 ( 사도행전 16:9-10, 현대인의 성경 ).