Shared Values of the Old and New Testaments
Objective Standard of Good and Evil
God’s love is relentless to those who surrender to him. At the same time, Jesus said Satan is the ruler of this earthly world. The Old Testament used the term “life and death” as the choice you have to make. There is no way to navigate life here without trusting that God establishes who and what is evil and provides you with the information you need to understand the difference. The father of all lies does not care at all how heinous and horrifying his acts are as long as he gets what he thinks is a one-up on God. God is his target, you do not matter at all to him.
Deuteronomy 30:15-16 (TLB) 15 “Look, today I have set before you life and death, depending on whether you obey or disobey. 16 I have commanded you today to love the Lord your God and to follow his paths and to keep his laws, so that you will live and become a great nation, and so that the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to possess.
John 8:44 (TLB) 44 For you are the children of your father the devil and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and a hater of truth—there is not an iota of truth in him. When he lies, it is perfectly normal; for he is the father of liars.
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