Satan’s Lies

“Do not trust in deceptive words . . .” (Jeremiah 7:4a).

“Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips’” (Jeremiah 7:28).

Reading the book of Jeremiah is a somber and humbling experience. Jeremiah spoke the word of the Lord, but the people would not listen.  Besides that, there were false prophets saying the opposite of what God told Jeremiah to prophesy. At the end of chapter 5, Jeremiah writes: “the prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way.” Does that sound familiar?

People today are being deceived by Satan’s lies.

• God said He made male and female. Satan says you can be whatever you feel like being.
• God said he formed us in the womb. Satan says you can get rid of it if you don’t want it.
• God says sexual activity outside of the marriage of a man and woman is immoral and sinful. Satan says do whatever you feel like doing.

God created the family as the basis of society-father, mother, and children. Our nation has strayed from that pattern and created the chaos evident in our society. If we return to God’s plan for the family (Genesis 1 and 2), I think many of the problems facing our nation would be corrected. The Church must stand strong against Satan’s lies. If the Church doesn’t, who will? I am thankful for the “Jeremiahs” who are not afraid to speak out against the deceptive words of today.

Truth will triumph. The gates of hell will not defeat the Church (Matthew 16:18).  Those are trustworthy promises. We have no such promise for earthly kingdoms or nations-only the Kingdom of God will endure forever!

Be encouraged by these words: “This is what the Lord says: ‘Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,’ declares the Lord” (Jeremiah 9:23-24)