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Gal 4:16
Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?

If you want your perceptions to match reality, then you must possess the truth (aka the “light” - Eph 5:13-14).

Mt 6:23b
If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

If you want your perceptions to match reality, then you must possess the truth (aka the “light” - Eph 5:13-14).

How Satan Influences You
Your perception may not match reality. If/when this happens (typically is due to you believing lies or half-truths), you are likely to make decisions that are sub-optimal. It’s like trying to build an argument on insubstantive beliefs - eventually, your argument fails (the greater the initial presupposition, the greater the fall - ala Mt 7:24:27).

Synthesize the Following...
Mt 7:17-27; Lk 8:17-18; Eph 5:15; Heb 4:12; 2Ti 3:16. Summary: Seek to build your thoughts on truth; therefore, be careful what you listen to because your thoughts direct your walk - let the Bible be your source of truth because it is God-breathed.

Ro 10:17
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

How Satan Influences You
Your perception may not match reality. If/when this happens (typically is due to you believing lies or half-truths), you are likely to make decisions that are sub-optimal. It’s like trying to build an argument on insubstantive beliefs - eventually, your argument fails (the greater the initial presupposition, the greater the fall - ala Mt 7:24:27).

Don’t Be a Liar
Lying makes you indistinguishable from Christ’s antagonists. We have enough lies to try to sift through - we don’t need our own to make matters worse. Function in integrity, always, even when it “hurts”.

On Marriage and Family
We believers are held to a higher standard. And, remember, man does not set the bar. At the head of each family, God has placed a man.

Mt 16:23
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

Godliness in families pays dividends for life!

On Marriage and Family
The high standards of God regarding marriage and family imply greater responsibility, which means (especially to the humble person) more opportunity to bring glory to God in time!

Lk 12:48b
Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

On Marriage and Family
We believers are held to a higher standard. And, remember, man does not set the bar. At the head of each family, God has placed a man.

God loves godly families.

Gal 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.