I can think of several off beat half truths that have been taught in my life. It seems like I’m continually unraveling something from my thinking as I read more of Scripture and have people I trust to talk it all out. The evil forces in our world are skilled at finding ways to undermine our complete confidence in our Triune God. The tricks and schemes are probably the same ones used with Adam and Eve - you can’t really trust God….you deserve more…do it anyway… who cares? But John’s words are impactful today just as when he wrote them.
“We pray not to recharge our batteries for the business of getting back to the concerns of daily life, but rather to be transformed by God so that the myths and fictions of our life might fall like broken shackles from our wrists.
Chuck DeGroat, Wholeheartedness
“Satan is not an originator; he is a counterfeiter. He imitates the work of God. For example, Satan has counterfeit “ministers” (2 Cor. 11:13–15) who preach a counterfeit gospel (Gal. 1:6–12) that produces counterfeit Christians (John 8:43–44) who depend on a counterfeit righteousness (Rom. 10:1–10). In the parable of the tares (Matt. 13:24–30, 36–43), Jesus and Satan are pictured as sowers. Jesus sows the true seed, the children of God, but Satan sows “the children of the wicked one.” The two kinds of plants, while growing, look so much alike that the servants could not tell the difference until the fruit appeared! Satan’s chief stratagem during this age is to plant the counterfeit wherever Christ plants the true. And it is important that you be able to detect the counterfeit and separate the teachings of Christ from the false teachings of antichrist.” - Excerpt, Be Real (1 John) by Warren W. Wiersbe
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