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John 8:31-32

GOD'S TRUTH VS. SATAN'S LIES For Youth. John 8:31-32. [By Ron Halbrook]. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES. Introduction: 1. God & Satan war for our souls 2. Jn. 8:31-32, 42-45 Jesus explains: God uses truth, Satan lies. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES. Jn. 8:31-32

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John 8:31-32

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  1. GOD'S TRUTH VS. SATAN'S LIES For Youth John 8:31-32 [By Ron Halbrook]

  2. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES Introduction: 1. God & Satan war for our souls 2. Jn. 8:31-32, 42-45 Jesus explains: God uses truth, Satan lies

  3. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES Jn. 8:31-32 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  4. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES Jn. 8:42-45 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

  5. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • Introduction: • God & Satan war for our souls • Jn. 8:31-32, 42-45 Jesus explains: God uses truth, Satan lies • Satan’s lies aimed at youth • 4. Jesus Christ defeats Satan by the power of God’s truth!

  6. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • I. Satan, the Father of Lies • A. God Blessed Adam & Eve • Gen. 1:27 Made in God’s image: fellowship with God So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  7. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • I. Satan, the Father of Lies • A. God Blessed Adam & Eve • Gen. 2:8-9, 15-17 Provided all needs 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

  8. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • I. Satan, the Father of Lies • A. God Blessed Adam & Eve • Gen. 2:8-9, 15-17 Provided all needs 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

  9. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES I. Satan, the Father of Lies B. Gen. 3:1-5 Satan Lied

  10. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES Gen. 3:1-5 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

  11. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • I. Satan, the Father of Lies • B. Gen. 3:1-5 Satan Lied • Tried to plant doubt • Denied sin will be punished • Sin blesses, God prevents blessings

  12. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES I. Satan, the Father of Lies C. Gen. 3:6-7 Eve, Adam Acted on Satan’s Lies 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

  13. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES I. Satan, the Father of Lies C. Gen. 3:6-7 Eve, Adam Acted on Satan’s Lies • Satan used 3 avenues: • “Good for food:” lust of flesh • “Pleasant to the eyes:” lust of eyes • “Make one wise:” vain pride

  14. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES I. Satan, the Father of Lies C. Gen. 3:6-7 Eve, Adam Acted on Satan’s Lies • Satan used 3 avenues • Satan used Eve to influence Adam • They experienced guilt of sin

  15. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES I. Satan, the Father of Lies • D. Gen. 3:8-19 God Confronted Sinners • Vs. 8 Adam & Eve hid in shame • Vv. 9-13 God called them to account • Vv. 14-15 Satan to be defeated • Vv. 16-21 Adam & Eve to suffer • Vv. 22-24 Adam & Eve sent from Garden

  16. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • II. Satan’s Tactics of Deception • Sows Seeds of Doubt • Denies Sin Will Be Punished • C. Presents Sin as Blessing, God’s Word Prevents Blessings

  17. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • II. Satan’s Tactic of Deception • D. Blind Us to Real Results of Sin: • Break our fellowship with God • Harm ourselves & others • Enslave us to sin • Multiply sins • Eternity in hell

  18. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES II. Satan’s Tactic of Deception E. Makes God Out to Be a Liar!

  19. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES III. Satan Continues to Lie A. Isa. 5:20 Turns Truth Upside Down • Woe unto them that call evil good, • and good evil; • that put darkness for light, • and light for darkness; • that put bitter for sweet, • and sweet for bitter!

  20. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • III. Satan Continues to Lie • B. Jer. 6:13-15 Peace with God in Sin • 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. • 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. • 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

  21. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES III. Satan Continues to Lie C. Matt. 15:7-9 Man-made Doctrines • 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, • 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. • 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

  22. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES D. Jn. 8:42-45 Jesus Exposed Satan & His Followers 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

  23. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES III. Satan Continues to Lie E. 2 Cor. 4:3-4 Blinds by Our Selfish Desires 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

  24. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES III. Satan Continues to Lie F. 1 Jn. 2:15-17 Uses 3 Avenues to Deceive 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  25. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES IV. The Nature of Man A. Gen. 1:27 Made in God’s Image, Not Evolved from Animals So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  26. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES IV. The Nature of Man B. Eccl. 12:13-14 Purpose of Life: Love & Obey God 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

  27. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES V. The Parent-Child Relationship A. Eph. 6:1-3 God’s Truth for Children 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

  28. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES V. The Parent-Child Relationship B. Eph. 6:4 God’s Truth for Parents 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  29. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • A. Basis of All Moral Choices: Unselfish Love for God & Man • Matt. 22:36-40 Basis of all truth

  30. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES Matt. 22:36-40 Basis of all truth 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

  31. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES VI. Moral Choices • Basis of All Moral Choices: • Unselfish Love for God & Man • Rom. 13:8-10 Love seeks welfare of others, does no harm

  32. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES Rom. 13:8-10 Love seeks welfare of others, does no harm 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

  33. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • A. Basis of All Moral Choices: Unselfish Love for God & Man • Satan’s basis for our moral choices: • Selfishness • Unrestrained desire • Stubbornness • Rebellion against God • Use & abuse others

  34. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • B. Sober Mind to Please God & Defeat Satan • Prov. 20:1 Avoid intoxication: it deludes the mind Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

  35. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • B. Sober Mind to Please God & Defeat Satan • Prov. 23:29-35 Avoid intoxication: it leads to other bad moral choices

  36. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES Proverbs 23:29-35 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

  37. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • B. Sober Mind to Please God & Defeat Satan • 1 Pet. 5:8 Sober mind defeats Satan • Sober: literally “to be free from the influence of intoxicants,” “to abstain from wine,” thus morally alert (Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words) Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  38. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • B. Sober Mind to Please God & Defeat Satan • Tobacco addiction gateway to other drugs Tobacco is now considered “the gateway” drug and is as hard or harder to quit than heroin. The nicotine itself is powerfully addictive and to enhance the addiction additional additives are placed in the tobacco before the final product. Evidence is abundant that the tobacco industry targets youth in an attempt to boost sales by making addicts of our children (Art Adams, certified drug & alcohol counselor in Indiana, “Addictive Behaviors: Substance Abuse & Dependence,” The Inspiration & Authority of the Bible, 189)

  39. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • B. Sober Mind to Please God & Defeat Satan • Intoxication & addiction lead to many other destructive moral choices

  40. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES VI. Moral Choices • B. Sober Mind to Please God • & Defeat Satan • Satan’s lie: be the “master” (become the “slave”) • Alcoholic • Drug addict • Abuse family • Divorce • Theft • Prostitution • Murder, suicide

  41. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • C. Friends Influence Moral Choices • Friends of strong moral character help us make good moral choices • Ps. 119:63 “I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.” • Prov. 13:20 “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”

  42. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • C. Friends Influence Moral Choices • Satan offers evil companions to deceive • 1 Cor. 15:33 “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”

  43. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES VI. Moral Choices C. Friends Influence Moral Choices • Satan: influence us thru plurality of peers • Ex. 23:2 “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.” • Matt. 7:13-14 “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because…narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

  44. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • D. Love & Honesty VS. Gambling • Honest ways to get gain • Eph. 4:28Honest labor • Prov. 31:16, 24 Exchange of goods, services • Matt. 7:9-11 Gift of love

  45. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • D. Love & Honesty VS. Gambling • Rom. 13:8-10 Gambling violates love, honesty • Gamble: wager on outcome of chance event, play game of chance for stakes • Steal: take gain w/o honest means • Covet: seek gain w/o honest means • Harm others: object of coveting, victim of stealing

  46. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • D. Love & Honesty VS. Gambling • Satan appeals to our selfish desires: use others to get something for nothing

  47. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES VI. Moral Choices • D. Love & Honesty VS. Gambling • Satan’s lie: be the “master” (become the “slave”) • Compulsive gambling • Abuse family • Divorce • Theft • Alcohol & other drugs • Prostitution • Murder, suicide

  48. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • E. Choices involving Sexual Morality • Gen. 2:24 Marriage: fulfill sexual nature in context of love • Commit to secure family relationship • 1 man & 1 woman in lifelong covenant • Two united as one in unselfish love Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  49. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • E. Choices involving Sexual Morality • Prov. 5:15-23 Faithful mates find fullness of God’s blessings: “Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth” • Heb. 13:4“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”

  50. GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES • VI. Moral Choices • E. Choices involving Sexual Morality • Sexual morality protected by purity in thought & deed toward opposite sex, reserving sexual love for marriage 1 Tim. 5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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