The World’s Biggest Liar

It all started with light…light created by God Himself, and thus the first six days of human history began. Six incredible days! During those six days the most brilliant artist, Jehovah God was busy creating this world which we call home. It was an awesome display of power and wisdom. In the first 144 hours of world history everything we behold and enjoy from the white puffy clouds, the green grass and trees, the rugged mountains, the ocean with its foam, and every form of wild life, was brought into existence at the command of God.

However, the high point of God’s creative masterpiece was not when He suspended the sun, moon, and stars in space. It did not come when He filled the waters with its seafaring creatures nor did it arrive when He created the birds, cattle, and all other wildlife. No, the high point in creation came when He took a handful of dust and created the first inhabitant of planet earth; a man named Adam.

God immensely loved Adam and He demonstrated it in so many tangible ways. First, God created a beautiful home for him to dwell in…a place called the Garden of Eden. In that place Adam was surrounded by beauty and had all his daily necessities at his fingertips. He was a busy man fulfilling his God-given purposes of keeping the garden in order and naming all the animals. Everything was perfect! So perfect in fact, that difficulties and suffering are two things that Adam did not experience.

The only thing missing in Adam’s life was a human companion and God even took care of that. One day God caused a deep sleep to come upon Adam and He then took one of Adam’s ribs and created the first woman; Eve. When Adam awoke from his sleep the Lord then brought he and Eve together and conducted the first wedding in the world.

What a life it was for that married couple as they enjoyed the awesome splendour of God’s beautiful creation, as well as each other’s company and even fellowshipping with God Himself each day. It couldn’t get any better. All was peacefully well…peacefully well that is, until the world’s biggest liar showed up.

You see, God had given Adam and Even one rule to obey in the garden. They were told, “…Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 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.” (Genesis 2:16-17). One simple rule; one clear consequence if they disobeyed.

Cleverly disqiusing himself as a serpent, this liar, known as Satan (aka the devil) showed up in Adam and Eve’s paradise and had a dishonest conversation with Eve and he is still uttering those same dishonest remarks today.

The conversation is recorded for us in Genesis chapter three. If one will take the time to read it (listen in so to speak) they will hear Satan question and deny God’s Word. God’s character was also questioned and attacked that dreadful day and he convinced Adam and Eve they could get away with sin. The couple believed the lies, disobeyed their creator, and reaped heart-breaking consequences as a result.

Now what saddens me is that Satan is still telling those same lies and many people are believing them just like earth’s first couple did. I meet many individuals who tell me that the Bible was written by men and has been changed, therefore, it cannot be trusted or believed. Others have tried to tell me that a God who allows so much suffering cannot be powerful or loving, and certainly not worthy of our trust. I even had one individual tell me that her and her husband did not feel adultery was wrong.

So Satan is indeed still spreading his lies and tragically many individuals believe them to be true. But then why am I so surprised by this? Jesus Himself said that the devil, “…is a liar, and the father of it.” (John 8:44).In fact I would call him the world’s biggest liar because he is not only managing to deceive a few people but the whole world is deceived by him (Revelation 12:9).

As April Fools Day approaches we must remember that Satan’s lies are not a fun-loving practical joke intended to bring a smile to our faces, but they are harmful lies intended to ruin our lives.

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