Lies Power Sin

Our sin nature actually shapes the development of our Body of Truth.  As we add things we believe to our Body of Truth, the self-seeking heart colors the way we interpret the events of our lives and the things we believe to be true.  So, in the final analysis, the things we do are influenced by the things we believe, but the entire behavior machine is fueled by the sin nature which is at the root of our lost state.

When we are infants and children in the process of building our Body of Truth, there is a motive that sustains the process.  Every person lives in a state of fear that somehow, someway, we are not going to get what we think we have to have to be safe and secure.  So, we come to believe the lies that allow us to do things by our own power to get what we want, so we can be “safe”.  Lies thrive within human selfishness and sin.  Lies also power our rebellion against God.  Until our self-seeking hearts are put to death the truth transplant we need will be resisted.

“The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.“  (Luk 6:45) NASB