When I looked at Facebook©
this morning, I saw everyone responding to responding to Victoria Osteen’s
recent comments. I especially enjoyed
this video.
As I heard her comments I
wondered why so many people are fooled by her words. The answer is that Satan’s best weapon is a
half-truth. There is some truth in her
words, being obedient to God does bring us joy.
Jesus promised us both joy and abundant life. Stephen Nichols said, "We were made for
God, made with a singular purpose, to glorify Him. And as we glorify Him and as
we live for and live toward Him, we find our soul’s true joy."
Victoria Osteen’s problem
is that she makes the byproduct or result of living out our purpose, the goal
and purpose itself. God wants us to have
joy, obedience brings joy so be obedient not for the glory of God but that it
brings you joy. We are obedient to God
because it is right to be obedient and it is our purpose to bring Him
glory. If I do it for my joy, I become
God and ultimately lose joy. If I live
for his glory, I recognize Him as God and in the end I have joy.
Satan twists the truth by taking a kernel of
truth out of context and makes it the whole.
We should know that this is his modus operandi, for this is what we see
in scripture. When Satan tempted Jesus,
he quoted Jesus. Satan pulls scripture
out of context and twists it for his purposes.
He still does that today and as a church we must be careful to know the
whole counsel of God so that we will not fall for half-truths.
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