Today's Daily Lesson comes from 1 John chapter 5 verses 19 and 20:
19We know that we are God’s children, and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one. 20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Last summer I read C.S. Lewis's classic "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" at bedtime to our boys. If you don't recall, the world of Narnia has had a spell cast over it and it is under the power of the evil White Witch. The spell is deep; and truth is one of its primary casualties.
It was a pretty good book to be reading in 2020.
The spell is deep. And as today's Lesson says, "the whole world lies under the power of the evil one."
The whole world lies.
But we know Him who is true. And we know that it is truth that will set us free.
Spoiler alert (after 75 years): at the end of the book the White Witch was defeated. But, there were sequels. There always are.
So let us put on the buckle of Truth, and gird ourselves. For the spell is still being cast, and the evil one is still out there.
And let us hold tight to these words from today:
"We . . . know him who is true; and we are in him who is true."
Ryon Price is Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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