"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
John 8:44
I was talking to a friend yesterday, and she was asking me why a certain person, whom she cares for deeply, has come so far from what she knows is Truth. At first my mind went to all these different "explanations", but then God reminded me, "It is because she is believing lies".
All sin, guilt, depression, discouragement - ALL of it - comes from believing lies.
"No one will know"
"You don't have to make this right"
"No one cares about you or what you are going through"
"God doesn't love you, why else would you be in this situation"
"It will never get any better"
"Being a Mother and raising Godly children isn't enough. You have to have a REAL career to be worth anything"
The list goes on and on.
Satan brings his lies to us in several ways.
1. Direct Darts
Satan cannot read our minds, but he can shoot fiery lie-darts into our minds. He will even start the lie with "I..." to make it seem like it originated with us. "I can skip reading and studying my Bible for a while, and it won't kill me." Yes, we CAN skip reading and studying our Bible for a while, and NO God will most likely not kill us for it, those things are true. But it will hurt us and cause damage - not because we haven't done our "good works for the day", but because our mind is no longer being renewed. The mind is satan's biggest battleground, and most of our battles are won or lost right there.
2. Parrot People
We are constantly bombarded with lies from people around us. Family, church goers, media, government, friends and strangers alike. After a while, it gets hard not to believe them! But, as I told my friend, those lies they are spouting are NOT originating with the people saying them. They are simply Parroting satan's lies - because they have already BELIEVED them, and they now literally see them as the truth.
God says that is a very, very dangerous place to be.
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
Isaiah 5:20
When we believe satan's lies, it is our hearts that our affected. It's like the lie worms its way into our heart and causes it to begin to rot. Once our heart is rotten, it will come out in our actions.
"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he".
Proverbs 23:7
"...For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things."
Matthew 12:34-35
The Bible says there is only one way to prevent ourselves from being overtaken by the lies - and that is to renew our minds daily.
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Romans 12:2
John 8:44
I was talking to a friend yesterday, and she was asking me why a certain person, whom she cares for deeply, has come so far from what she knows is Truth. At first my mind went to all these different "explanations", but then God reminded me, "It is because she is believing lies".
All sin, guilt, depression, discouragement - ALL of it - comes from believing lies.
"No one will know"
"You don't have to make this right"
"No one cares about you or what you are going through"
"God doesn't love you, why else would you be in this situation"
"It will never get any better"
"Being a Mother and raising Godly children isn't enough. You have to have a REAL career to be worth anything"
The list goes on and on.
Satan brings his lies to us in several ways.
1. Direct Darts
Satan cannot read our minds, but he can shoot fiery lie-darts into our minds. He will even start the lie with "I..." to make it seem like it originated with us. "I can skip reading and studying my Bible for a while, and it won't kill me." Yes, we CAN skip reading and studying our Bible for a while, and NO God will most likely not kill us for it, those things are true. But it will hurt us and cause damage - not because we haven't done our "good works for the day", but because our mind is no longer being renewed. The mind is satan's biggest battleground, and most of our battles are won or lost right there.
2. Parrot People
We are constantly bombarded with lies from people around us. Family, church goers, media, government, friends and strangers alike. After a while, it gets hard not to believe them! But, as I told my friend, those lies they are spouting are NOT originating with the people saying them. They are simply Parroting satan's lies - because they have already BELIEVED them, and they now literally see them as the truth.
God says that is a very, very dangerous place to be.
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
Isaiah 5:20
When we believe satan's lies, it is our hearts that our affected. It's like the lie worms its way into our heart and causes it to begin to rot. Once our heart is rotten, it will come out in our actions.
"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he".
Proverbs 23:7
"...For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things."
Matthew 12:34-35
The Bible says there is only one way to prevent ourselves from being overtaken by the lies - and that is to renew our minds daily.
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Romans 12:2
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