On Sunday, May 3rd, 2026, Santosh Ninan spoke on, "Liberty through Truth". There are three themes that Santosh explores: personal deception, religious deception, and liberty through truth. Personal deception is when doubt is placed by the enemy. Words are twisted, and meanings changed, and we ask if God really did say that. Satan plants the seed of doubt before he counters what God said. We misunderstand God's character, our identity, and our relationship with him and each other.

Religious deception is when the gospel is changed and diluted—transformed from what it was. In a 2005 book Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by Christian Smith, the author points out that Moralistic therapeutic deism (MTD) is the new gospel. MTD states that as long as we are nice to eeach other and feel good, we don't need to think about God much. We create our own form of Christianity and utopianism, put ourselves above God in authority and power, and put ourselves at the center of the world. It sounds good, but it's not what Jesus taught, nor is it what will save us. The lie might be easy, but the end is death. Truth might be hard, but the end is life. 

There is no salvation except through Jesus, who saves through the truth and the cross. Sin can't stand the presence of the holy God, and we have all fallen short. The wages of sin is death, but Jesus speaks to God on our behalf. The defence? Double Jeopardy: The punishment for our crimes was already done by Jesus's death on the cross, and one cannot be prosecuted for the same crime twice. Deception will enslave you, but truth will set you free. [JL]

Passage: Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1–5, 15–16
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Speaker: Santosh Ninan
Worship Leader: Rosie Perera
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Bring Flowers: Hannelore Schowalter
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