“Lingering Lies of Lucifer”

So what better way to finish up 52 wks 365 days of studying, storing, applying, learning, and sharing God's word than with Ryan Burchett? This series will be GREAT!

-A series of lies in our world about Scripture and God in general-

I’ve begun reading a book given to me by my uncle called Lies that Kill by Dr. Rob Randall.  It basically lists the most popular lies, in detail, that our world and even Christians have slipped into believing.  I’d like to periodically go over a few of these questions for the Godly Gossip blog, which I will entitle Lingering Lies of Lucifer, because I believe knowing the answers to some of these questions are very helpful since we hear most of these on a regular basis. (and as I go through these they are in no particular order)

Lie #1 – “Any god will do, as long as I’m sincere.”

How often do we hear this?  One of the most popular and influential advocates of this belief system is Oprah.  Basically, the worldview today is that you can choose or form a god to your own liking and your own understanding and as long as it works for you and it doesn’t harm or offend others, it’s perfectly ok and it’s still the same god as the God of the Bible.  As a matter of fact, all gods are the same as the God of the Bible, they just have different names.

Can we all get together and have a collective laugh real quick? HAHA!

Ok, back to business.  Do you know how many gods there are in the world?  There are roughly 4,616 different gods actively being worshiped present day.  These range from many different cultures, ethnic groups, etc.  How in the world can each of these be the same god?  Simply put, they cannot and are not!

​“1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;”  2 Peter 2:1-2

This passage tells us exactly what has been going and what will continue to go on in our world.  Satan is the ‘father of lies’ as Jesus so called him.  We are creatures created with the desire to worship something and we will look to any and everything in order to fulfill that desire.  If we refuse to repent, we will not have that desire met by the only One who can and we find something else to take His place.  This is a lie Satan has been telling mankind since the beginning and he will continue to trick and deceive people into following him until Jesus finally puts him to rest in the End.

​Any other religion out there was either founded by 1 man or a small group of radicals.  Christianity was founded by Christ – the only founder who conquered the grave might I add.  When you ever here this lie, that all gods are the same and all paths lead to the same heaven, don’t be fooled.  Trust in Christ and Christ alone.

“20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”  2 Peter 1:20-21