Six Common Lies Christians Believe
Does your mind naturally believe the lies from the enemy of your soul? If so, you need to confront them with the truth of God's Word.
Have you ever believed a lie? I certainly have. When I was a kid, one of my friends convinced me the Russians had drilled down to the center of the earth, lowered an audio recorder, and they’d heard demonic voices—thus presenting concrete scientific proof for the existence of Hell.
“Ezra, it’s true,” he’d say. “The screams would give you shutters.”
Then, I grew up and discovered that the deepest human-made hole on Earth is the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia, which reaches a depth of just 40,230 feet. No screams, no demons.
We all have believed certain things that aren’t true. “And," as John Mark Comer writes, "the problem is less that we tell lies and more that we live them; we let false narratives about reality into our bodies, and they wreak havoc in our souls.”[1]
I've watched lies destroy marriages, careers, and organizations. You have to. And what you've probably discovered is that it is much easier to point out lies others believe than it is to see the lies you believe.
But as Christians, it's critical that we confront the lies the enemy of our soul injects into our minds. Here are six common ones I've noticed.
The Most Common Lies Our Minds Believe
Lie #1: “I’m not enough.” | This lie feeds off comparison. It tells us to always stack ourselves up against others who are achieving more, doing more, and living more. The core of the lie is "You are what you do."
Lie #2: “God is the problem.” | We doubt one or more of the four pillars of God's character and don't believe in his goodness, wisdom, faithfulness, or sovereignty.
Lie #3: “I’ll never change.” | I see this one all the time. "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," and "What you see today is all you're ever going to get."
Lie #4: “I’m all alone.” | No one loves me. Everyone has abandoned me. My family and friends would be better off if I weren't around.
Lie #5: “What I do doesn’t matter.” | In a society that places so much emphasis on position and power, this lie is deeply invasive.
Lie #6: “It’s too late for me.” | Sure, maybe God could have used us at one point, but somewhere along the line, we must have stumbled into a wrong turn, and now we'll never be used like he uses others.
