“The Lies We Believe”

Growing up one of the images I always had of the Satan (outside of Halloween) was Freddy Krueger! If you were a child of the 80s you know the fear…you couldn’t go to sleep! Yet, as we grow older the fear fades as well as the awareness that there is something out there waging war against us!

Exponential: The Lies We Believe

Growing up one of the images I always had of the Satan (outside of Halloween) was Freddy Krueger! If you were a child of the 80s you know the fear…you couldn’t go to sleep! Yet, as we grow older the fear fades as well as the awareness that there is something out there waging war against us! We often only see Satan as the man with the red cape and pitchfork who only comes out at Halloween & scares us from time to time…and to be honest it is the biggest advantage Satan has against us today! We often live our lives like he doesn’t even exist…so how do we recognize the lies Satan has us believe?

Genesis 3:1-8   Rev. 1:14-16

  • Satan the DECEIVER attacks your MIND with LIES
    • When we see Satan enter the picture as the serpent we see the first thing he attacks is the very Word of God. He never denied that God spoke…just made Eve question what God said! And with that little seed sprouted doubt in Eve to trust God!
    • We live in a world that is built on this! No matter how bad I am this person is worse…if I just make them look worse than me then I win in the end! And we continue down this vicious cycle of lies…that skews our own view of who God is & who He made us to be! Often the biggest lie we tell ourselves: You Can Have What You Want (Old school: YOLO); You’re Not Hurting Anyone; Surely God didn’t mean that when He said it!
  • Satan the ACCUSER attacks your HEART with ACCUSATIONS
    • This is where we see the real action about to take place. Satan has planted the seed of doubt with Even and when she answers him we see that she questions God’s goodness! In the midst of having everything one could ever want…but one thing…Satan took the things made in the image of God & fought to destroy it
    • This can be one of the hardest struggles we battle before Christianity…and we carry in to Christianity! The attack on our heart that we will never be good enough, we deserve what we’ve got and that we can never be forgiven for what we’ve done is something that robs us of the full life Christ wants us to live! This is where our faith always stand trial and we trust God is who He says He is…or we believe we alone hold the something more! Anything other than Christ will always lead to death.
  • Satan the DESTROYER attacks your WILL with PRIDE
    • Satan goes after Eve’s pride, tells her she will be like God…then Adam & Eve sin…and in their pride they think they can cover their shame! Everything that one could ever want could be found in the Garden…there was just one rule that had to be followed…and the pride that they could handle that rule is the exact thing that got Adam & Eve kicked out of the Garden!
    • This is why sin breeds more sin…lie starts to breed lie after lie…and before we know it we are so trapped in the prison of what everyone thinks we ought to be that we miss out on the life that God created us to live! The lie here is “I Got This”…the truth is Jesus already has!

For many of us the lies that Satan has us believing involve our Family, Finances, Relationships, Work, Health, Shame, Guilt…our Sin! But Christ came to set us free of our sin…to allow us to live the exponential life free from the bondage of sin! Only when we trust Christ & stay focused on Him can we win the battle to live a life free from the lies we believe about: God, Ourselves and Others!

Take Away
Have you ever doubted Satan’s existence and the warfare he rages against you?

What are some ways the enemy tries to lie to you and your family?

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Author: Tyler West

Founder and Lead Pastor of thevine.tv Realtor® with The Ott Group at Ponce Realty Group LLC (www.theponcerealtygroup.com) Theodore Roosevelt describes in “The Arena” a man who boldly stepped out of the seats & into the Arena! The Arena I get to fight in is to help others live an abundant life by finding the gifts that God has given them and helping them take their next step by fulfilling the calling God has on their lives! Growing up in a widowed home from the age of 2, I experienced the dependence of faith, the importance of family, the foundation of integrity, the value of loyalty and the success that can be achieved through hard work. Whether expanding Walgreens from 4000 to 8000 healthcare stores, or stepping out in faith to be a part of launching a NewSpring Church Campus--faith, family, integrity, loyalty and hard work are fingerprints of me being involved! Each experience I have stepped into has allowed me to develop invaluable relationships that have not only achieved remarkable results, but more importantly made an impact on the lives of others that will last beyond this lifetime...a cause worthy to fight for! Can't wait to see how Jesus continues to #JoinSpartanburg at #thevinetv and the Local Church Around the World!