TODAY:

Live No Lies, Part 1: The devil – Deceptive Ideas

BIG IDEA:

We can only win the battle against lies with the Truth

SCRIPTURES:

John 4:23, 8:32, 8:44, 10:10, 14:6, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5,

Ephesians 6:10-17

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

Q: Would you say following Jesus is a battle? Why or why not?

Q: How do the Scriptures/concepts from this week help you grow as a disciple

who loves God, loves people & serves the world (lives on incarnational

mission) in everyday life?

Q: Based on these Scriptures, how can you move from unbelief to belief, from

just knowing to actually doing in your life?

Connect with God (UP)...

Q: How much do you think about truth & lies & the effect they have on you? Do

you see any influence of lies in your life?

Q: If there is a Creator, then there is a design, an intent, a morality and

accountability. While some might say this is restrictive, how is it actually

freeing?

Q: Read John 10:10. In what ways is Jesus wanting to bring an unending

abundance of life to you right now?

Connect with Others(IN)...

Q: How can you find encouragement & be an encouragementto other Jesus-

followers in the middle of their battle between Truth & lies?

Q: Jesus calls us to worship in Spirit (relationship with Him) & Truth (walking in

reality). How can you avoid the opposite?(isolation & lies)

Connect with the World (OUT)...

Q: How can you lovingly be a part of Jesus’ mission to FORM the world that

the devil is DE-forming?

QUOTES:

“The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It isto

exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.” (Live No Lies, 50)

“The devil is the archetype of a villain who is hell-bent on destruction. He just wants

to watch the world burn. His motto: ‘Tear it all down.’ Wherever he finds life, he tries

to stamp it out. Beauty? Deface it. Love? Corrupt it. Unity? Fragment it into a million

pieces. Human flourishing? Push it to anarchy or tyranny; either will do. His anti-life,

pro-death, pro-chaos agenda is an insatiable fire.

Jesus, on the other hand, is the Author of life itself and an advocate for all that is

good, beautiful, and true. Specifically, for love. God is love, and the devil is in

rebellion against all that is God. His intent is to wreck love...And this is why following

Jesus often feels like a war. It is.” (Live No Lies, 16-17)

“There is no neutral ground in the universe: every square inch, every split second, is

claimed by God and counterclaimed by satan.” (C.S.Lewis, Christian Reflections, 41)

“Spiritual Formation: the process by which our inner-most person isformed by &

brought into alignment & intimate relationship with Jesus.”