The Bible exposes Satan as THE FATHER OF LIES! Jesus said, “Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies.” (John 8:44).
I find that fascinating. People and inventors like Jubal in (Genesis 4:21) were the father of all who handle the harp and organ. He was the first one to invent that instrument.
Satan is the first liar. How does one become a liar? He must believe a lie. Once he believes that lie he must tell that lie.
Satan’s number one original lie is not what he told Adam and Eve (Gen 3) but what he told himself: “I will be like the most High” (Isaiah 14:14). Satan’s position, wealth, talent and power led him to become vain and arrogant and he was so deceived he began to believe he could rule heaven better than God. He began to believe that his will was greater than God’s will. He challenged God’s Sovereignty. His claim that his own will was greater than God’s will brought him crushing humiliation.
But even after his eviction from heaven he still believed his own lie. Every lie that has ever been told can be traced back to him. Satan is not only the first liar but the father of all liars, “Whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.” (Rev 22:15). One version says, “All who love to live a lie.” (NLT).
John 8 exposes people who live a lie. Jesus Christ was and is the light of the world and the Great I AM, Yahweh who sees and exposes all lies. At first blush, we see the adulterous woman was caught in a lie but once exposed she was forgiven and given a gentle reprimand. She no longer lived the lie. Christ only rebukes and chastises those whom he loves or those with whom he has a permanent spiritual relationship by sovereign grace.
But the church leaders of that day and their followers learned to live lies. They wanted to murder Christ (v.40) ! They were children of the devil (John 8:44) who thought they were children of Abraham (v. 33) and children of God (v. 41).
Jesus told them they were spiritual slaves, that unless they obeyed his teaching they could never be free from the lies and oppression of sin and Satan. They said they were never slaves as descendants of Abraham. Yet, years earlier they had just come back from Babylonian captivity! They were so blind! So in order to do this their religious leaders had to redefine SIN and SLAVERY. Just like today.
Sin is either made into breaking petty rules instead of obeying God from the heart. It requires doing the right thing in the eyes of people and no fear of God. You can seem moral, give your tithe, say the right words, participate in the latest spiritual trends and read the right books, go to the latest religious music concert and you will fit right in. But all the while you are a child of the devil and a slave to sin. Nothing has changed.
Jesus said, “These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me. It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!’ “You put aside God’s command and obey human teachings.” (Mark 7:6-8). This is where all the self help guru’s, marriage counselors, financial wizards with a form of godliness come in. They deny the power because their rules coagulated with a scripture here and there become the worst dogma of men and create a pseudo christian life that is no more that a mirage and a huge lie and it cancels out God’s Word.
It is easier for some to live codes and rules of man because it does not require a heart relationship. Their life has no relationship to the Son or God. It does not require a new heart just the ability to please man and it is the darkest form of slavery and deception for it rejects the teaching of Christ while calling itself Christian.
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