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Just because something:

• SEEMS True
• FEELS True
• STATED True

Doesn’t Mean it’s true…
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A TWISTED TRUTH

A twisted truth contains SOME TRUTH but is still a lie

What is truth?

Truth aligns with how God created the world; falsehood contradicts God’s reality, even if it still “exists” in some sense within this fallen world.

Truth Is:

• More than just facts and appearances
• Knowledge of what is right in God’s sight, rather than man’s alone.

Human beings have been created to seek the truth

• But we cannot know all truth in ourselves, and so we need God to lead us to the Truth
• We can easily be led astray by falsehood.

The devil is the “father of lies” (John 8:44), and he is behind every lie circulated in the world today

• He can only be defeated by God’s Truth.

 

Truth = Order, Flourishing, Joy, Hope

Lies = Chaos, Pain, Confusion, Suffering

What does the Bible Say about Truth?

 

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Jesus is the FULLNESS of Truth
John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and in truth.”
We worship God when we submit to the truth
John 8:31-32

31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truthwill set you free.”

 

Freedom is FOUND in the truth

 

John 14:6

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus is the TOTAL EMBODIMENT of the Truth
John 16:13

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.
We are FILLED with the SPIRIT OF TRUTH (Holy Spirit)

Satan, as the father of lies, uses TWISTED TRUTHS to lead people astray
For Every Truth of God – The Enemy of God has a Counterfeit
Enemies Of God:

• Satan
• Culture
• Mind

Genesis 3

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”

2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. 3 But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”

4 “No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

A Twisted Truth -> Temptation to doubt -> Sin -> Shame TEMPTATION OF JESUS

Here are a few things to keep in mind:

1: Jesus was BOTH fully God and FULLY MAN

2: Satan’s lies were to distract and derail his purpose of Death and Salvation

3: Jesus’ temptations we ENTIRELY REAL

4: We have a Lord who UNDERSTANDS us
Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.
We will discover 3 DISTINCT Twisted