Is Contradiction the Hallmark of Truth?

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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As the father of lies, Satan would have us believe information that contradicts the Word of God. Today, R.C. Sproul reminds us that God’s truth is never contradictory.

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0:00.0	We certainly hold to the case, do we not as Christians, that the truth of God transcends all of the powers of human reason.
0:07.0	It does go beyond reason, but it never goes against reason.
0:11.0	Satan comes to... reason.
0:16.0	Satan comes to Eve and says, Hath God said that you are not to eat of any of the trees of this garden?
0:22.0	Is that what God had said?
0:28.2	Or do you remember in the Old Testament account
0:31.0	when Adam is tested, Adam and Eve are there together, and the
0:36.0	Serpent comes and invades and intrudes into their idyllic situation. And Satan, we are told at the beginning of the text, is the most subtle of the
0:48.8	beasts of the field. The temptation that he brings in the first instance to Adam and Eve is not forthright, it's not direct,
0:57.0	it's not a head-on assault, but it comes by way of a very clever suggestion.
1:06.0	A question is raised.
1:09.6	What was the question?
1:13.0	Half. question. Hath God said?
1:17.0	Satan comes to Eve and says,
1:21.0	hath God said that you are not to eat of any of the trees
1:27.0	of this garden?
1:29.8	Think about it.
1:30.6	Is that true?
1:32.4	Is that what God had said? Of course not. Adam knew that that
1:37.2	wasn't true. He knew that it wasn't true, and the Serpent knew that it wasn't true.
1:42.6	But what's the hidden agenda there?
1:45.1	What's the unspoken suggestion?
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