Lies

Psalms 15: A psalm of David.                                   

¹ Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent?
    Who may live on your holy mountain?

² The one whose walk is blameless,
    who does what is righteous,
    who speaks the truth from their heart;
³ whose tongue utters no slander,
    who does no wrong to a neighbor,
    and casts no slur on others;
⁴ who despises a vile person
    but honors those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath even when it hurts,
    and does not change their mind;
⁵ who lends money to the poor without interest;
    who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.

Whoever does these things
    will never be shaken.

It is important to keep the truth in your heart. If you can do that, then you have power over the enemy and his lies in your life. The more that we lean to the truth, walk in the way and light with each other, and ourselves, the less likely we are to fall prey to his schemes. We were born sinners and as such are weak in our flesh.

John 8:44: You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

I think the biggest lie that satan ever told is that one that we hear from other people a lot. “I am a Christian. I am a good person.” Our hearts hurt because when they already think that they are a Christian, they have preconceived notions. They stop searching the truth because they think that they are good enough and don’t need to work on it. They are insulted when you say that we are all sinners, including them. They feel that they only need to wear the name tag and that protects them from going to hell. So they continue to live life as they are. Lost.

But we know that being a Christian is not just a name tag. We know that we are not good people in and of ourselves. We know that the hardest work that we will ever do is a daily battle in our minds. 

We understand the spiritual warfare that we must endure against the one who would have us believe that we made it to some invisible mark and now we do not have to try to produce good fruit or immerse ourselves in the word.

On the surface, we may seem okay. We do what we should do, we love each other and support each other in the way that God has called us. But inside, we still fight our thought life. We always will.

Ephesians 6:12: ¹² For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

Once God has called you, His Holy Spirit will guide you in all righteousness. He wouldn’t have the need for the Holy Spirit to dwell in us if we were capable of doing it alone. We aren’t.

John 14:15-31: Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

¹⁵ “If you love me, keep my commands. ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be^[a] in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.Because I live, you also will live. ²⁰ On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. ²¹ Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

²² Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”

²³ Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. ²⁴ Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

²⁵ “All this I have spoken while still with you. ²⁶ But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. ²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

²⁸ “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. ³⁰ I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, ³¹ but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.

“Come now; let us leave.

You must remember that each of us are at a different level of truth. Each of us are fighting the daily spiritual battle in ourselves and dealing with our own weaknesses and temptations on this earth. We cannot look upon our brothers and sisters and say, “I am up here and they are still down there.” You cannot judge them or where they are at because we are all the same to Christ who loves us and gave His life for us and left the Holy Spirit for us. But look at it this way, we are not alone either. We can lean to one another for strength and understanding. We can guide each other and love one another with the love of Christ. This is what we are called for.

Ephesians 4:25: ²⁵ Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Trust each other. We are all here for each other. We must understand that each of us have our own battles. We are not just here to feed the hungry, save the lost and house broken souls. We are here to support our brothers and sisters in Christ. Always.