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The Story of the Fall of Man in Genesis starts with a lie.  The devil lied to Eve about what God told her would happen if they ate the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Eve doubted what God told her and her husband.  She ate the fruit and Adam took it from her and ate it too. In the end, death was introduced on the earth by this breach of trust, faith, obedience and relationship.  Someone lied to one of the two people who were married, and because they made a free will decision to believe the lie, the relationship was changed forever, damaged and in need of redemption.

Jesus called the devil a murderer and the father of lies.  This is the devils most destructive lie, and it introduced death and is the foundation of broken relationships from then to now.

The idea we have to apply to our lives is that with this fall of man, we became the judges of good and evil.  We have to listen for God, if we will hear Him, and we must decide when we hear a lie what its true value is.  Lies told to the spirit can cause immeasurable damage in our own lives if we are not cautious.

The lies we hear take many forms.  Some kid hears that he is worthless and no one loves him, so he take the lives of others in an act of violence, terror and desperation.  A woman hears in her heart that there is no way she can care for the child she has conceived and that the best thing to do now that the father is gone and the 'relationship' has ended is to 'terminate' the life inside of her.  (Every time I hear the term 'terminate' I think of the scenes of violence and destruction in the Terminator movies. Bad parallel uh?)  Someone thinks that the situation they face is so bad, the embarrassment to great, the damage so lasting that the only way out of this temporary darkness it to 'play god' and end their life.  Some spouse somewhere thinks that the life they live is too hard, too hopeless, too difficult, too broken and so it must be ended and the only hope is to 'start again.' These are what the lies sound like.

In any marriage, one of the two partners may hear lies being told in their spirit that tempt them away from the truth of God, and call them to make bad choices.  The type of choices that breach trust, faith, obedience and destroy relationships.  The lies might sound like, "If you leave this relationship, the things that will make you happy will be found elsewhere.  Don't worry.  Your friends will understand, if they really are your friends.  You can maintain your old relationship with your children and your soon to be ex-spouse will see how good it really is for you once you find your happiness elsewhere.  You have the right to be happy and you are not happy here.  Go, seek your fulfillment and leave this all behind."  How do we chose between following the lies and doing what is right?

Here's the great news.  God has defeated the liar.  The devil was bound by the strong man, Jesus Christ, the only Son of the Living God.  But until all of Jesus' enemies are made His footstool, the devil can still tell lies.  And although the devil has no other power, because he was defeated by Jesus Christ when He descended into hell and broke the doors of death, and took death captive, the destruction and damage our enemy can do is still pretty bad.

God loves us so much that He never leaves us without hope.  In the darkest part of the worst moment of our lives, He is there and we are not alone.  After the worst has happened He is waiting to lift us up and lead us to the place where we can live, love and hope again.  There is so much more to be written here, but this was intended as an introduction.

I hope these musings will help  provoke some thoughts and prayers along the way.  Let me know what you think if you have questions or comments.  I will answer in e-mail if I can.  Let the journey begin and we go in peace to love and server the Lord.  By whatever means you have found yourself here, I bid you God's peace and love.