Alex on #Truth

Has Satan ever told you a lie? In 2007, I wrote the following mini-devotional for my friends.

Don't. Look. Back. He's behind you... You know, him. He's back there... watching and waiting. ...Oh, come on, I know you don't exactly see him, but he's there. He's the one that whispers those little lies in your ears. Yes, they're lies. Can you hear him? Just one little peek won't hurt... Or: But it's love. It doesn't matter whether it's a guy or a girl. Or maybe: God wants you to have fun. It's just one drink, anyway. Can you hear him? I can.

So what are you going to do about it? I mean, really. You can't just sit and let this happen. Because if it hasn't happened already, it's going to. And the enemy has very creative lies. They get much worse if you keep listening to them. So what should you do? What are you doing? What will you do?

When Satan (as a snake), appeared to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, he told them lies to get them to disobey God. But his lies were't outright blatant. They were half-true. A little right. Satan asked Eve, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

Well, no, God didn't say that. God said that Adam and Eve could eat at any tree in the garden except for the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. So, of course, Eve chose to defend God, but she went too far, claiming that God said that she and Adam couldn't even touch the tree.

Satan said, "You will not surely die, For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Satan will find ways to ask you little questions, to test your trust in God, to deceive you. But do not let him win! Find out what truth is - and believe it. Find out what truth is - and live it with grace. And how do you find out what truth is? Find Jesus.

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

- John 14:6

Alex W / Message Writer