Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: everyone who sins is a slave of sin. A slave does not belong to a family permanently, but a son belongs there forever. If the Son sets you free, then you will be really free. I know you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are trying to kill me, because you will not accept my teaching. I talk about what my Father has shown me, but you do what your father has told you."

They answered him, "Our father is Abraham."

"If you really were Abraham’s children," James replied, "you would do the same things that he did. All I have ever done is to tell you the truth I heard from God, yet you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like this! You are doing what you father did."

"God himself is the only Father we have," they answered, "and we are his true sons."

Jesus said to them, "If God really were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own authority, but he sent me. Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message…"

John 8:34-43

They were children of the devil, not of God, and yet they spun a good line. It happens today, as well. Satan employs deception all the time. Our best defense against that deception is to have a growing knowledge of God’s Word.

God’s truth uncovers Satan’s lies.

Our Daily Bread – May 15, 2003