For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:4-5
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44
As a follow up on the message I preached on Sunday (9/20/2020), remember that God’s people are to be “overcomers.” And what are we to overcome? The world. We said that the world lies and that we are to overcome those lies. How and with what? By faith in the truth. Jesus is truth (John 14:6), and God’s Word is truth (John 17:17).
Consider some (there are many more) of the lies the world tells, and that so many believe. And consider that even believers sometimes get worn down over time, having heard the lies so much that we either begin to believe them, or at least grow numb and stop speaking truth to overcome them.
Gender is fluid and there are more than two genders. Basic biology reveals this as a lie, yet the world keeps repeating it, and many believe it! (Genesis 1:27)
Homosexuality is merely an alternative lifestyle that all must celebrate, or be guilty of hate speech. Homosexuality is evidence of God’s judgment on those who have rejected God. (Romans 1:24-29) Sin and God’s judgment is nothing to celebrate.
Abortion (killing babies still in their mothers’ wombs) is “a woman’s right to choose,” and a “women’s health” issue. Never mind the issue of the babies’ health. Human beings are created in the image of God. Murder is a capital offence not only because it takes a life, but because it desecrates the image of God, and is therefore a sin against God Himself. This is true regardless of age, size, location, or ability to care for oneself—including babies in the womb. (Jeremiah 1:5, Deuteronomy 18:10)
Every problem is due to racism—and if you even think you are not a racist, that proves that you are a racist. The Bible knows only one race: the human race, created in the image of God, from which all descended from Adam. (Romans 2:9-11) And the redeemed of the Lord are made up of people from “every tribe, tongue, and nation.” (Revelation 5:9-11)
Police in America are the enemy, while criminals who resist and even attack police are heroes. God ordained civil authorities to maintain law and order (Romans 13:1-5) God condemns lawlessness as sin (1 John 3:4), and those who call good evil and evil good. (Isaiah 5:20)
Education and healthcare are basic human rights and must be free for all. Never mind who will pay for these “free” human rights. The Bible commands all to work to support themselves, and condemns those who expect others to support them. (2 Thessalonians 3:7-12)
Science is right about everything. Really? Then why are science books constantly being rewritten—not merely because we have discovered new things, but because science was wrong about the previous things. (1 Corinthians 8:2) Ironically, the Bible hasn’t changed in thousands of years.
Evolution is scientific fact. Those who believe this lie do not understand what science is. Evolution cannot be demonstrated (much less proven) by the scientific method. Neither can creation, but the scientific method disproves evolution and cannot disprove creationism. Evolution is a religion about the origins of everything that people believe because they have rejected the belief in God who created all things. (Romans 1:19-25)
Traditional families are patriarchal and must be done away with. (One of the stated tenets of BLM—though they recently removed that a few weeks ago, along with their statement of what their website said they believed.) God ordained marriage and family. Those who oppose the family as God ordained it, oppose God. (Genesis 2:18-25, Ephesians 5:22-33)
Socialism and Communism (Marxism) work and are good. Anyone who believes this lie knows nothing of the history of the 20th Century, in which communism was responsible for killing nearly 100 million people (20 million in Russia and 65 million in China, the other 15 million in Cambodia, N. Korea, Africa, Afghanistan, Eastern Europe, Vietnam, and elsewhere). Christians are persecuted in virtually every one of the places where Communism is found. While people are to share with those in need (2 Corinthians 9:7), no one is to share by coercion (Acts 5:4), including by the redistribution of wealth by oppressive governments. (Matthew 20:25-28).
Brothers and sisters, these are not merely political and social issues. They are issues that the biblically informed realize are biblical. Let us know and stand for the truth. Yes, God is Sovereign, but He sovereignly charges His people to overcome the world and stand against the lies of the devil by thinking and speaking truth.
As long as the liars are the only ones to speak, who is surprised when their lies are believed? Let us speak the truth—in love.