But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist-denying the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
John asked: "Who is the liar?" Of course whom he referred to here are those who deny that Jesus is the Christ. But the real liar is Satan. The Bible calls him the father of liars. In fact, Satan often attacks us through deception and accusation. When Jesus was tempted by the devil, the devil asked: "If you are truly the Son of God, why does he allow you to suffer?" The devil tried to deceive Jesus. Likewise, he also tried to deceive us very often by saying: "Are you truly the children of God? Actually you are not!" "You are just His second-best children. You only deserve the second-best blessing. The promises in the Bible are for those children who are more spiritual, not for you!" He tried to deceive us, so that we may think that we are not the children in God's will and fall into the trap of discouragement or despair. We have to come to God and resist the devil's deception in the name of the Lord.
Secondly, the devil often accuses us by saying: "If you are the son of God". This is a way of accusation. In other words, he is saying: "Actually you are not. You are so weak. How can you be the son of God?" Satan also accuses us in this way very often: "You committed sin again. Your ministry will never be fruitful!" Even when you are in difficulties, he would also say: "If you walk in God's way, how come you run into difficulties? Forget it! Just give up!"
May God help us to put on the spiritual armor every day, and resist Satan and his deception or accusation in the name of the Lord. May the Spirit guide us, so we can pray with God's Words, believe in God's promises, and rely on His power to overcome the attack from the enemies. The Bible says that if we resist the enemies, we can stand firm. May God help us every day, so by Him we can resist the spirit of liar of Satan.
Pray with Pastor Tong Liu
Dear Lord, we come to you, and rebuke in the victorious name of Jesus any attack, discouragement and frustration the spirit of liar puts into our heart. May we once again be assured that we belong to you, and you are still our Lord who rules from the throne. May you once again put hope and strength into the hearts of brothers and sisters today. We thank you and we pray in the victorious name of Jesus, amen!
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