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 ...
그 사람을 믿지 않는 이유? 우리가 그 사람을 믿지 않는 이유는 주님께서 그 사람의 삶 속에 역사하기 시작하셨다는 사실을 믿기보다 그 사람의 부정적인 과거만을 생각하고 있기 때문입니다 ( 참고 : 사도행전 9:26 과 문맥 ).