The JOURNEY - John 8:44 - Father Lie - Although Jesus began talking on one topic, it fed into another brief topic on the devil. Jesus names the devil as the father of lies. He does so because lies originate from the devil. Since the beginning of creation he has lied his way into our lives, lied about our lives and lied over our lives. He lies his way into our lives by telling us what we want to hear. The best way to gain access into someones life is to tell them what they want to hear. The devil does this by telling us how great we are and how we have everything under control and dont need the help of God. The devil lies about our lives when we fall or fail and then he points his boney finger at us in in his lying fashion of disbelief. he acts as if he cant believe that we messed up when in fact he was the one that lied to us while leading us into the mess. Then he lies over us by telling us how well never amount to anything and that were ruined goods. The progression he makes in the course of bringing us down is very cunning and sly. The devil goes from telling us how great we are to telling us how pitiful we are. You can be sure that if he remotely tells any element of truth that his end goal is to feed the big lie. The lie that eventually brings you down to a place thats hard to recover from. The lie that he intends to use to destroy you. If its not the lie of destruction then its the lie of obstruction. The lie that keeps you from being or becoming what God desires for your life. The lie that keeps you from being healed, whole, successful or even greater, the lie that will keep you from living in the forgiveness of God. The devil is the father of all lies. How do you know he is lying to you? Anything that is contrary to Gods Word is a lie. Match what you hear him say with what God says. When the devil says that you cant be forgiven for what youve done you know its a lie because 1 John 1:9 tells you that God does forgive you. When the devil tells you that God doesnt love you, you know its a lie because of what John 3:16 says. When the devil tells you that you cant be healed, another lie to keep you defeated because 1 Peter 2:24 tells us otherwise. The devil is father of all lies. Dont believe father lie. The trick lie is simple; tell them what they want to hear so I can tell them what they hate to hear. One lie that leads to another lie that causes us to believe a lie, live a lie and never know it was a lie. Whatever you hear him say do and live by the opposite. You have but one true Father - God. Youre loved and blessed by Him and through Him and He will never lie about who you are and what you are.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:58:43 +0000