Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Stop Buying The Lies!

I was watching an episode of Bones the other night where the remains that Dr. Brennan discovered ended up being her mother that "left" her years earlier.

I only saw bits and pieces of the show, but the investigation led them to some pretty shady mob guys and seemed to point to a hit man as the killer of her mother.

As she and Booth interrogated this hit man, he unfolded the events that led to her mother's death.

He told them that Dr. Brennan's father had caught the hit man with Brennan's mother and that her father proceeded to kill her.

Brennan was shocked and caught herself believing this lie about her father.

Thanks to her partner and good friend, Booth, they realized that this hit man was lying and that it was likely the hit man who killed Brennan's mother.

Unfortunately, it was hard for Dr. Brennan to know the truth about her mother and father.

Someone was continually telling her lies.

The same happens to us as Christ followers.

It can be hard to know and believe the truth about our heavenly Father, God.
Someone is constantly telling us lies about Him and about ourselves.

The Bible tells us that Satan is a liar and the father of all lies. (John 8:44)

He has told lies about our Heavenly Father from the beginning.

He has lied to man about Christ since Christ came to this earth.

The devil is on a mission to destroy God and people.

How many times do we deal with lies about ourselves?

I'm not good enough.
I don't deserve to be forgiven.
I'm ugly.
I'm worthless.
Nobody could possibly love me.

These are all lies from the devil that are intended to destroy us and pervert the truth of who we truly are in God.

1 Peter 5:8 tells us that "our adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."
He is a liar!

1 John 3:8 says, "...The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil."
Jesus came to destroy those lies.

We have victory in Christ Jesus!

We do not have to believe the lies of the devil anymore.

God is who He says He is, Jesus Christ is our resurrected Savior, and we are children of God through Christ!

Here's the truth about how God sees you -

Psalm 119:14 - YOU are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Ephesians 2:10 - YOU are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.

Stop believing the lies about you and Your Father.
Stand strong in the truth of God's word!

1 comment:

  1. That is so true. It really tuch me today. Thank you for the words of encouragement.

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