characterizes God as being “a liar” (cf. the words of Jesus in John 8:44.) This impugns God’s character and the whole program of redemption. The negative fact is that “His word is not in us.” God’s Word as “the truth in the concrete form of the Scriptures, the inspired utterances of God’s mind,”21 has found no place in his inner life and being. He has rejected the most elemental application of God’s Word on his own heart and conscience. Unlike the two previous false claims, for the third John offered