“Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32)

That’s what Jesus told His disciples. But what is truth? And how can we know it? Jesus answers this question saying –

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6) Jesus further tells us –

“Thy word is truth.” (John 17:17) – this referring to God’s Word found in the Bible.

Which makes sense because Jesus is the Living Word – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:1 & 14)

There’s that word “truth” again. Truth – what we are told will set us free. Truth – what we search for, what we long for, what we say we want to know. Or do we? Are there times we prefer our lies to the truth?

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” (Proverbs 14:12)

We are so easily deceived. Lies lead us into captivity and eventual death. Truth sets us free and leads to life. The choice is ours to make every day. But we have an enemy actively working to deceive us and to destroy us. Jesus warned us about this, saying this about the devil,

“He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44)

The battle between truth and lies continues in full force to this day. Satan hates what God loves. God loves us, we who He created in His own image, so naturally satan wants to destroy us by any means necessary. And if satan can get us to believe a lie and destroy ourselves, that just makes his labor to destroy God’s beloved creation that much easier. It started in the garden, when satan succeeded in getting Eve to doubt God’s goodness (the truth) and to believe a lie instead of the truth she already knew. Today the strategy of lies over truth is the same and it is still effective in destroying its victims – us, you and me and the people we love.

One inescapable example currently, is that of the transgender movement and its impact on individuals and on our culture. This ideology begins with a lie, is sustained by lies and ends with its victims living a lie. How does this happen? First, transgenderism starts with a false premise, in other words, with a lie. The lie? – that one is in the wrong body, that there’s been a mistake and we need to correct this mistake as soon as possible. Young impressionable children and mixed-up teenagers searching for their place in this world are particularly vulnerable to this lie, especially if they believe the further lie that – they will be happy and life will be better when they are in the body of whichever sex they are not currently. So if this is a lie, what is the truth? What truth does God’s own word (which is truth) tell us about this issue?

“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1:27)

What else do we know to be true from God’s own word?

“For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalm 139:13-14)

and there’s more truth about us, about you and me, about who we are as God’s creation –

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10)

Some translations say “masterpieces” but you get the idea – God doesn’t make mistakes. Each one of us is created in our Heavenly Father’s image. We are perfectly designed and wonderfully made by a loving Creator with His good purposes in mind. Knowing this truth gives each one of us a sense of identity and purpose – we can know Whose we are and where we belong in this world. Unfortunately, if we don’t know this truth, we will believe the lie, any lie put forth that sounds good or reasonable to us at the time.

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” (Proverbs 14:12)

And like Eve in the garden, we are deceived by a lie, in this case multiple lies, the alluring lies and false promises of transgenderism. Starting with the assertion (lie) that one is unhappy because they are in the wrong body, the next step is to “correct” the mistake. Here the trans ideology is sustained by multiple lies such as – puberty blockers do no harm, (they do much long term harm) puberty blockers’ effects are reversible, (they are not) life will be better when I become whichever sex I am not currently, (life will still have pain, loss and its share of hardships) transitioning will solve all my problems, be they emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, etc.. (no, it will just create a new set of problems in addition to the problems I already have)

Then transgenderism ends in a lie, the lie of attempting to live as someone you are not – an illusion that has to be sustained and is only sustained by continuous use of hormones not natural for your body, hormones which must be taken for the rest of your life in order to perpetuate the lie. Often, this lie is also sustained by body altering and mutilating surgeries, which then necessitate further plastic surgeries to cover up the damage done. This leads to a lifetime of pretending to be someone you are not – living a lie – instead of living in the freedom and in the fullness of who God created you to be all along.

Ironic right? In the quest to live “their truth” or to be their “authentic selves” those that fall prey to the lies of transgenderism end up creating a false persona through drugs/hormones and through body mutilating surgeries, which remove otherwise healthy body parts. Then this supposedly authentic persona who is in reality living as a fake person, must be meticulously maintained via medical interventions for the rest of their lives. Hard to believe children are becoming life-long patients of medical professionals at such young ages, not to mention sterile and stunted in their growth if the counselors and doctors get the children into “transitioning treatments” early enough.

Transgenderism requires trusting in self, rather than trusting in Creator God. Transgenderism says we will recreate ourselves in our own image, because we know better than God what is best for us. And the end result of this rebellious quest is death – sterilization, no longer able to produce life, no longer able to be fruitful and multiply as God commanded.

Transgenderism starts with a lie and ends with its victims living a lie, rather than being their authentic/true selves. Instead, they are held captive by the very lie they are forced to live – the lie they chose – the lie they created for themselves.

Truth is what can and will set each one free. God is Truth – satan is “the father of lies.” Satan wants to destroy what God has created and loves – us! Lord God, You are our only hope against this false ideology of trans that is destroying so many children body, mind and spirit. We pray for Your Truth to be proclaimed and known and embraced about the goodness and the rightness and the perfection of all You have created, including us – Your children, created in Your image. May Your Truth set us free from the tyranny of the lies of transgenderism.

“We are Your people, the sheep of Your pasture. It is You who have made us, and not we ourselves.” (Psalm 100:3)

sincerely, Grace Day