Don’t Participate in the Lies
John 8:44 Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.
Without meaning to sound like a conspiracy theorist, because I’m not, the lies that permeate our social consciousness these days have crept into our lives like a cancer; like many cancers … and they’re killing us.
What lies? Well, take your pick. Economic lies – you’ll be happy if you’re rich. Family lies – divorce? It’s just another lifestyle choice. Health lies – take these pills and everything will be fine. There’s identity politics, religious lies … and people are swallowing them to their own detriment.
Back in the day, Jesus lashed out at the religious leaders of His day (yeah, they’re not immune either) for their duplicity, their hypocrisy, their subjugation of ordinary people just to line their own pockets and increase their social standing. He said to them …
John 8:44 Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.
Jesus doesn’t mince words, does He? Look, it’s all too easy to get suckered into the lies that the world’s peddling, in many cases with a vehemency and vitriol that beggars belief. At some point, you have to stand apart from all that and say, “No!”
Russian author and social dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn put it like this: “The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.”
It takes courage to stand against the lies taking over our lives. It takes courage to believe in God, to follow Jesus, to allow His truth to permeate the deepest fibre of your being. Do it anyway.
That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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