{"id":2159,"date":"2021-01-07T16:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2021-01-07T17:25:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:25:22","slug":"fight-against-lies-with-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/2021\/01\/07\/fight-against-lies-with-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Fight against lies with Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After US election in 2020, some Christians may struggle with the result and possibly hear the lies of the devil.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the midst of chaos, the safest way to protect yourself is to stick to the Biblical truth and let all-knowing God handle the things you are not 100% sure so that you won\u2019t be confused by the surroundings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The truth is based on the Bible:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God never abandons the saints who fear Him and love Him with all their hearts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Lord favors those who fear Him,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Those who wait for His lovingkindness.\u00a0(Psalm 147:11)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God is sovereign over the nations.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For the kingdom is the Lord\u2019s<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And He rules over the nations.\u00a0(Psalm 22:28)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God avenges the righteous in Jesus Christ and will cut off evil men so that we don\u2019t need to fret in the unknown situations but wait for the Lord in hope.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span id=\"en-NIV-14459\" class=\"text Ps-37-8\">Refrain from anger\u00a0and turn from wrath;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Ps-37-8\">do not fret\u2014it leads only to evil.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-NIV-14460\" class=\"text Ps-37-9\">For those who are evil will be destroyed,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Ps-37-9\">but those who hope\u00a0in the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>\u00a0will inherit the land.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Psalms 37:8-9)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some lies of devil if you hear:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I need to stop the evil by angry violence to defend God\u2019s righteousness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God\u2019s name might be ridiculed if the result is not what I prayed for. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God has abandoned me because He rejected my prayer for what I want.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>If you hear something like this, then ask God to show the sins you may need to confess so that you don&#8217;t leave a foothold to Satan. And ask God to show you the truth from the Bible so that you can defend. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Here are some fighting strategy for each lie:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confess the sin of self-righteousness. Then proclaim: God\u2019s righteousness has been revealed through Jesus Christ&#8217;s crucifixion and resurrection.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBehold, the days are coming,\u201d declares the Lord, \u201cWhen I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;\u00a0 And He will reign as king and act wisely. And do justice and righteousness in the land. (Jeremiah 23:5)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Confess the sin of lacking faith in Jesus. Then proclaim: God is the solid Rock and no one can shake Him not even a little.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Psalm 18:31)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Confess the sin of self-pity. Then proclaim: Jesus Christ has died for my sins and bore all the curse and rejection on behalf of me. And God has adopted me and will never abandon me through my faith in the power of Jesus Christ&#8217;s blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage. (Psalm 94:14)\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you. (Deuteronomy 31:6)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After US election in 2020, some Christians may struggle with the result and possibly hear the lies of the devil. In the midst of chaos, the safest way to protect yourself is to stick to the Biblical truth and let all-knowing God handle the things you are not 100% sure so that you won\u2019t be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/2021\/01\/07\/fight-against-lies-with-truth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fight against lies with Truth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166,"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mminmn.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}