The Truth Will Set You Free, Part 6

“For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.” Romans 1:25

Satan is always at work, seeking to blind the minds of men and women. His darkest work is to obscure man’s lost condition due to his sin and his need for Jesus Christ as his Savior, Lord, and Life. When the devil fails in this endeavor, he does not retire. Rather he is operating constantly to cause even the believer to exchange “the truth of God for a lie” (Rom. 1:25). We do so when we allow the wrong thoughts of our childhood years to influence us. Perhaps you were one who could never please your father. Now you have a difficult time understanding how you can please your Heavenly Father.

We exchange the truth of God for a lie when we adopt the distorted cultural views of our society rather than the authority of the Scriptures. The world around us endorses the concept of “rights;” God talks about responsibility. The world sees sex as a mere physiological function without moral implications; God created sex for pleasure and procreation within the context of marital fidelity.

Is there any area of your past or present life in which you have accepted the lies of others about yourself instead of agreeing with God’s standard of truth about you once you are His child? If so, embrace God’s truth.

“...walk as children of Light.” Ephesians 5:8