{"id":2168,"date":"2022-10-20T02:32:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T02:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2022-10-20T01:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T01:34:00","slug":"truth-versus-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/truth-versus-a-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth Versus a Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Thursday,\u00a0October 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Truth Versus a Lie <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>But Jesus told him, \u201cNo! The Scriptures say, \u2018People do not live by read alone, But by every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019<\/em><strong> Matthew 4:4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I read a quote that says, \u2018<em>Our response to temptation is a result from our relationship with God<\/em>\u2019. We saw this played out in the New Testament when Satan came to Jesus during His forty-day fast in the wilderness, he presented Jesus with three fictional scenarios. They were fictional because they were not part of Jesus\u2019 responsibility from His Father: to work miracles and test God for the sake of displaying divine power. So how did Jesus put an end to the temptation of the enemy? He used the Word of God.<\/p>\n<p>By quoting three verses from Deuteronomy Jesus sent the enemy running! By reciting the word of God Jesus demonstrated the falsity of Satan\u2019s propositions. Satan\u2019s main weapon is lies\u2014if not outright lies, then counterfeiting God\u2019s truth (Genesis 3:1-5; John 8:44). Truth puts flight to a lie every time.<\/p>\n<p>In the judicial system, at least in courtroom trials, evidence separate fact from fiction. When there is hard evidence\u2014a fingerprint, a surveillance tape, a DNA sample\u2014the job of justice is made easier. A verifiable standard is what all other accounts must be measured by.<\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s Word is our verifiable evidence. His Word was given so we might always know the truth about God, Satan, ourselves, and life. Use God\u2019s Word to put flight to temptations when they arise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday,\u00a0October 20 Truth Versus a Lie But Jesus told him, \u201cNo! The Scriptures say, \u2018People do not live by read alone, But by every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019 Matthew 4:4 I read a quote that says, \u2018Our response to temptation is a result from our relationship with God\u2019. We saw this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2169,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions\/2169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}