Liars
Did you know that Satan is the father of all lies? Did you know that his lying spirit is a part of human nature! It is true:
Liar: a person who tells lies, who does not tell the truth.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44).
In the scripture above Jesus was speaking to the Jewish people about having a relationship with Him and believing that He is the son of God. But they argued with Him and basically said Jesus is not telling the truth. He tells them that if they do not accept and believe in Him they are from the devil. They get angry of course, but they hear the truth!
Satan is the author of all lies. He is a spirit, he did not have a body of his own to operate in the earth, so he deceived Adam and Eve into disobeying God’s command which allowed sin to enter the world. Because Adam and Eve sinned we are all born into sin (Genesis 3).
This spirit of Satan lived within each of us because we were born in sin. Until we accept Jesus Christ as our savior we are just what the scripture above says: liars. We are freed from this bondage of sin when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Does that mean we will never lie? No, our flesh nature will always rise up to tempt us to go against God. However, because of Christ living inside of us, our hearts are convicted of this sin and we repent and seek forgiveness from God. Scripture says If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9, ESV).
Scriptures teach us to be alert and of a sober mind. Our enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). How does Satan devour us? By what we speak out of our mouth. Scripture says that life and death is in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). Satan is constantly working to get us to speak against what God says about us. He wants us to lie! We must be aware of our tongue because when we lie or speak against the work of God, we give Satan access to devour our lives.
Example: I hear so many people say I can’t hear God! That is a flat out lie from the devil. God speaks to our spirit all the time. Satan prompts our spirit to say we can’t hear God. But we hear Him every day speaking to us. He prompts us to pray, He nudges our heart to do the right thing, He will suggest you hold the door open for the other person or speak to a stranger as you pass by. God is always speaking to our spirit. Now you may want to hear God in a deeper way. In order to do that, you have to sit with Him and spend more time with Him. I can say hi to a stranger and they hear me but I am not going to talk to them in a deeper way until I get to know them. It is the same way with Christ. To get to hear God in a deeper way you’ve got to sit with Him. Jesus also sent the Holy Spirit, our advocate who will teach us all things and will remind us of everything God has said to us.
So, to overcome that lying spirit, we have to accept Christ as our personal savior. And we can do that through a simple prayer. Romans 10:9-10 says if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
So simple! Let us pray. Father, thank you that you came to save us. We confess with our mouth and we believe in our heart that you are our Lord and you were raised from the dead so we can be saved. We thank you for saving our souls and removing that lying spirit. We understand that we are forgiven and that our flesh nature will attempt us to sin again. When that happens, we thank you for your prompting reminding us that this is not of you. We can confess our sin and you will forgive us. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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