john 8:31-32

John 8:31-32

[By Ron Halbrook]

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GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIES

Introduction:

1. God & Satan war for our souls2. Jn. 8:31-32, 42-45 Jesus explains:

God uses truth, Satan lies

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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.

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GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIESJn. 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.

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Introduction:

1. God & Satan war for our souls2. Jn. 8:31-32, 42-45 Jesus explains:

God uses truth, Satan lies3. Satan’s lies aimed at youth4. Jesus Christ defeats Satan

by the power of God’s truth!

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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.

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A. God Blessed Adam & EveGen. 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.

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A. God Blessed Adam & EveGen. 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.

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B. Gen. 3:1-5 Satan Lied

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GOD’S TRUTH VS. SATAN’S LIESGen. 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.

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B. Gen. 3:1-5 Satan Lied Tried to plant doubt Denied sin will be punished Sin blesses, God prevents blessings

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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.


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Satan used 3 avenues:“Good for food:” lust of flesh“Pleasant to the eyes:” lust of eyes“Make one wise:” vain pride



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Satan used 3 avenues Satan used Eve to influence Adam They experienced guilt of sin



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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


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II. Satan’s Tactics of Deception

A. Sows Seeds of DoubtB. Denies Sin Will Be PunishedC. Presents Sin as Blessing,

God’s Word Prevents Blessings

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II. Satan’s Tactic of Deception

D. Blind Us to Real Results of Sin:Break our fellowship with GodHarm ourselves & othersEnslave us to sinMultiply sinsEternity in hell

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E. Makes God Out to Be a Liar!

II. Satan’s Tactic of Deception

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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!

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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.

III. Satan Continues to LieB. Jer. 6:13-15 Peace with God in Sin

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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.


C. Matt. 15:7-9 Man-made Doctrines

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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.

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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.


E. 2 Cor. 4:3-4 Blinds by Our Selfish Desires

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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.

F. 1 Jn. 2:15-17 Uses 3 Avenues to Deceive


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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.

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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.

IV. The Nature of Man

B. Eccl. 12:13-14 Purpose of Life: Love & Obey God

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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.

V. The Parent-Child Relationship

A. Eph. 6:1-3 God’s Truth for Children

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4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

V. The Parent-Child Relationship

B. Eph. 6:4 God’s Truth for Parents

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VI. Moral Choices

A. Basis of All Moral Choices: Unselfish Love for God & Man

Matt. 22:36-40 Basis of all truth

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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.

Matt. 22:36-40 Basis of all truth

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Rom. 13:8-10 Love seeks welfare of others, does no harm

VI. Moral Choices

A.Basis of All Moral Choices: Unselfish Love for God & Man

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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.

Rom. 13:8-10 Love seeks welfare of others, does no harm

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VI. Moral Choices

A. Basis of All Moral Choices: Unselfish Love for God & Man

Satan’s basis for our moral choices:SelfishnessUnrestrained desireStubbornnessRebellion against GodUse & abuse others

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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.

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VI. Moral Choices


Prov. 23:29-35 Avoid intoxication: it leads to other bad moral choices

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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.

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VI. Moral Choices

B. Sober Mind to Please God & Defeat Satan1 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:

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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 ispowerfully addictive and to enhance the addiction additionaladditives 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 counselorin Indiana, “Addictive Behaviors: Substance Abuse & Dependence,” The Inspiration & Authority of the Bible, 189)

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VI. Moral Choices


Intoxication & addiction lead to many other destructive moral choices

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B. Sober Mind to Please God

& Defeat Satan

Satan’s lie: be the “master” (become the “slave”)

AlcoholicDrug addictAbuse familyDivorceTheftProstitutionMurder, suicide

VI. Moral Choices

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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.”

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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.”

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Satan: influence us thru plurality of peersEx. 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.”

VI. Moral ChoicesC. Friends Influence Moral Choices

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VI. Moral Choices

D. Love & Honesty VS. Gambling Honest ways to get gain

Eph. 4:28 Honest labor Prov. 31:16, 24 Exchange of goods, servicesMatt. 7:9-11 Gift of love

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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 stakesSteal: take gain w/o honest meansCovet: seek gain w/o honest meansHarm others: object of coveting, victim of stealing

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VI. Moral Choices

D. Love & Honesty VS. Gambling

Satan appeals to our selfish desires: use others to get something for nothing

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D. Love & Honesty VS. Gambling Satan’s lie: be the “master” (become the “slave”)

Compulsive gamblingAbuse familyDivorceTheftAlcohol & other drugsProstitutionMurder, suicide

VI. Moral Choices

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VI. Moral Choices

E. Choices involving Sexual Morality Gen. 2:24 Marriage: fulfill sexual nature in context of love

Commit to secure family relationship1 man & 1 woman in lifelong covenantTwo 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.

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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.”

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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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VI. Moral Choices


Gal. 5:19-21

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,…drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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VI. Moral Choices


Lasciviousness: “unbridled lust… ‘wanton (acts or) manners, as filthy words, indecent bodily movements, unchaste handling of males & females’” (Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon N.T.)

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VI. Moral Choices

E. Choices involving Sexual Morality Sexual morality protected by modest dress

1 Tim. 2:9-10

9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

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E. Choices involving Sexual Morality Satan tempts us to violate sexual morality

FornicationAdulteryIncestPedophiliaHomosexualBestiality

PornographyImmoral songsDancingImmodest dress

VI. Moral Choices

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A. God Provides the Basis of SalvationHis love, mercy, & grace in Christ

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

VII. The Plan of Salvation

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B. Man Receives Salvation by Submitting to God’s Conditions

Total, obedient faith in the gospel of Christ

Rom. 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.


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B. Man Receives Salvation

by Submitting to God’s ConditionsTotal, obedient faith in the gospel of Christ

Mark 16:16

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

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C. Satan Changes God’s Plan

Be saved w/o ChristBaby baptism: saved w/o faith in ChristFaith only: saved w/o baptism into ChristDeceived, we remain in bondage to Satan

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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.

john 8:31-32

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