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 ...
죽여 없애는 것 군중들은 로마 총독 빌라도에게 예수님을 " 없이 하소서 "( 요한복음 19:15) 라고만 한 것이 아니라 로마군 천부장에게 사도 바울은 " 없이 하자 " 고 외쳤습니다 ( 사도행전 21:36). 저 무지한 군중들의 목표는 예수 그리스도뿐만 아니라 예수님의 제자들도 죽여 없애는 것이었습니다 . 지금도 사탄의 무리들의 목표는 예수 그리스도의 복음을 전파하는 예수님과 복음을 위해서 사는 복음 전파자들 ( 마가복음 8:35) 을 없애 버리는 것입니다 .