Lies We Believe

John MacArthur makes the good point that man likes to live according to five dominant lies — lies that constitute the attempt of man to rid himself of the influence and authority of God. These lies are:

• Life is random. We are all products of evolutionary chance with no purpose and no creator and no accountability. Nobody is in charge, no one put us here, and we are accountable to no one.
  
• Truth is relative. There are no absolutes and no standard. We are all free to possess our "own" truth and live our lives according to that truth which is of our own invention.
  
• People are basically good. If they go bad, someone else is to blame — they lack self-esteem or have psychological problems due to environmental failures.
  
• Everyone can change his own life. He can take control, take charge and become anything he wants to be.
  
• The goal of life is self-satisfaction.

But the truth is opposite that.

• God is sovereign and nothing random.
• The Bible is absolute truth.
• All people are basically sinful.
• Only Christ can change your life.
• Selfless submission to Jesus Christ is the goal of life.

People in the world have it completely backwards. And it is these lies that pull at the heart of every man.