Worldly Perceptions vs. God’s Truth
“They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.”
– 2 Thessalonians 2:10, 11
SUBJECT | SATAN’S LIES | GOD’S TRUTH |
The Bible | Written by man; fables include the flood, Jonah, Adam and Eve, Lot’s wife | Inspired, God-breathed: 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:20, 21 |
Ways to God | There are many ways to God | Only one way to God: John 14:6; Acts 16:30, 31 |
Salvation | Good people go to Heaven | Saved by grace, not by works: Eph. 2:8-10; Tit. 3:5-7 (works?) |
Satan | There is no Devil | The one who misleads the whole world: Rev. 12:7-12; Matt. 4:1-11 |
Hell | There is no hell or eternal torment. God is love. | Cursed in the eternal fire: Matt. 25:41, 46; Rev. 14:10,11 |
Sexual Impurity | Homosexuality is not a sin. Gay marriage is just an “alternate lifestyle.” | Degraded, indecent acts: Rom. 1:24-28; Lev. 20:13 |
Abortion | Abortion is a woman’s choice, not murder; it’s just a fetus. | “God knit me together in the womb.”: Exo. 21:22, 23; Ps. 139:13-16 |
Jesus | Jesus is an angel, a creation, or just a prophet or a good man, but not God | Jesus our Lord, God and Savior: John 1:1-3; Isa. 9:6 |
God | You can be God | “There is no God apart from Me.”: – 2 Cor. 8:5, 6; Eph. 4:4-6; Isa. 45:21, 22; 44:6 |
Truth | Truth is not absolute – we decide what is truth. | “Your word is truth”: John 17:17; Isa. 40:8; 2 Tim. 3:16 |
Death | Death is soul sleep or reincarnation | Eternal punishment or eternal life – 2 Cor. 5:1-8; Phil. 1:21-24; Matt. 25:46 |
Origin of the Universe | Evolution, not intelligent design, not creation | God created the universe: Isa. 44:24; John 1:1-3 |
Holy Spirit | Divine energy, God’s active force, the Power of God. | He lives in you: Acts 5:3, 4; 2 Cor. 3:17, 18; John 14:16, 17; Rom. 8:9-11 |