The Lies We Believe

 

The Lies We Believe

By Dr. Chris Thurman

Lie #1. “God’s Love must be earned.” Not true, God loves us unconditionally. When we fail, He lifts us up. When we fail, we don't need to run and hide, we only need to ask God for forgiveness, and He forgives. God's love is unchanging. It's always there.

Lie #2 “God hates the sin and the Sinner.” When a person believes this, they tend to hate their self. They feel God is punishing them. therefore, they punish themselves. God doesn't work that way. Like the woman at the well, he merely says, “go and sin no more.” He wants us to move on with our life, He forgot our past and so should we.

Lie #3 “because I am a Christian, God will protect me from pain and suffering.” Have you not heard that it rains on the just and the unjust? To believe this lie only leads to confusion and mistrust in our God when things do go bad in our life. God gave us free will, he gave us choices and sometimes, we make the wrong ones and things turn sour. Other times we are faced with difficulties merely strengthening our character. We are not exempt from pain and suffering just because we are Christians. God knows too well that we need continuous learning experiences.

Lie #4 “all my problems are caused by my sins.” Remember the story about the blind man. When others questioned who sinned to make him blind. Jesus answered, neither, but this happened so that the work should be revealed in him. If we indeed have sinned which brought on a problem, then we need to deal with it but if the problem is a result of someone's sin or no sin at all then we need to let ourselves off the hook and solve the problems as best we can.

There are four more lies I will address in my next post. For more posts like this, go to: https://sherrysouthard.blogspot.com.Please read the scriptures listed, study them, apply them to your life and grow in the saving relationship with Jesus Christ our Savior.