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 ...
나를 미워하는 그들로 인하여 ... " 나를 미워하는 그들 " 로 인하여 " 나는 가난하고 궁핍 " 하며 " 환난 " 가운데 있을 때 이러한 위기는 하나님께 부르짖을 수 있는 기회요 또한 하나님의 말씀을 가르침 받을 수 있는 좋은 기회요 , 하나님의 인자하심을 깊이 경험할 수 있는 기회입니다 . 그리고 우리는 주님만이 우리를 도우시고 위로하실 수 있다는 사실을 깊이 깨닫게 됩니다 ( 시편 86:1, 3, 5, 7, 17).