What does it mean to deny God or Christ? - Denial - TouchPoints

Romans 1:21, 28Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. . . . Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.

1 John 2:22-23Who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist. Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either.

Refusing to acknowledge God’s authority over your life, or your need to accept Jesus Christ as Savior, is to deny him.

Jeremiah 36:21-25The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll [God’s Word]]. . . . Each time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king took a knife and cut off that section of the scroll. He then threw it into the fire, section by section, until the whole scroll was burned up. Neither the king nor his attendants showed any signs of fear or repentance at what they heard. Even when Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he wouldn’t listen.

Acts 17:11-12The people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. As a result, many . . . believed.

Refusing to accept the Bible as God’s Word, the ultimate source of truth, is to deny God.

Matthew 26:69-70“You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.” But Peter denied it in front of everyone. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.

Being ashamed of Jesus is denying him.

Titus 1:16Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live.

Saying that you know God and Jesus, and then living as though you don’t, is to deny him.