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 ...
나는 항상 내 앞에 계신 주님을 보므로 흔들리지 않을 것입니다 . 나는 항상 내 앞에 계신 주님을 보므로 흔들리지 않을 것입니다 . 그러므로 내 마음은 기쁘고 즐거우며 내 육체도 희망 가운데 살 것입니다 . 주님께서는 결코 나를 무덤에 버려 두지 않으시고 영원한 생명의 길로 나를 인도해 주실 것입니다 . 그러므로 주님 앞에서 내 기쁨이 충만할 것입니다 ( 참고 : 사도행전 2:25-28, 현대인의 성경 ).