Luke — For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all. Psalm — Everyone deceives and flatters and lies. There is no sincerity left. Our lips are our own; who can stop us? I will rescue them as they have longed for me to do. He speaks no careless word; all he says is purest truth, like silver seven times refined.
John — For you are the children of your father the devil and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and a hater of truth—there is not an iota of truth in him.
When he lies, it is perfectly normal; for he is the father of liars. Daniel — To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him. Romans — But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Philippians — For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
My power works best in weakness. Proverbs — Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Life is Messy. And without support, many lose hope that things will ever get better. We want you to know that you are NOT alone. We see this in children caught with their hand in the cookie jar. We see this with adults who might lie to the police. And again, all the way up to high government officials, we see them lying before Congress to avoid punishment for their actions.
They also play word games semantics to try to turn a lie into something other than a lie. Did the Lord adhere to that practice? No, He did not. It is one of those sins we accept. The Andy Griffith show is a great show, but often in the show Barney Fife is messing something up, and then Andy frequently lies to spare his feelings.
Our society has reached the point where we think this is admirable. But we need to realize that lying is wrong, in any shape or form. It is a transgression of the law of God. We must not allow ourselves to measure sin by how much damage it does or does not do on this earth. Any sin can cause a man or woman to be lost and, in light of that, none of them are little. Also, if a person tells a lie, it grows and leads to another. Lying really hurts people. There is an old story about a little boy who had a problem with telling lies, so his father wanted to teach him a lesson.
The father got a brand-new piece of wood and he drove ten nails into the wood. I want you to go back and fix them. For each one you correct, we will remove a nail from the wood. It has hurt feelings and scarred reputations. A young girl in a small town high school once made accusations of a sexual nature against one of the male teachers. Finally the man was forced to move away to find another job. It never really happened.
Did her confession undo the damage done? Few people have respect for a liar, but a man who always tells the truth is esteemed almost everywhere. When you as a child of God have reached the point where people can come to you as a Christian and know that you will always tell them the truth, whether it is pleasant or not, you have an invaluable treasure. Lying can hurt other people. It can destroy your reputation, and it can hurt the church.
If a man lives a doctrinally correct life outwardly, but secretly he is also living an immoral life, he is living inconsistently. If a man will fight for the truth on baptism and the one church of the New Testament, but in his day-to-day life, he tells lies, what does that do to the church? There have even been times in history when lying has cost a man his very life. In 1 Kings 13 is the account of the young prophet who was sent to prophesy against King Jeroboam. He faithfully carried out that duty, but God had told him to go straight home after he left the king, and not to eat anything or drink anything, or return to that place.
An angel said for me to tell you to do it. In Acts 5 the Lord showed His disdain for lying when a man named Ananias and his wife Sapphira lied about a piece of property they had sold. They claimed they were giving all of the profit to the church, but in reality they kept back part of the money for themselves. We gave money to help the work of the Lord; we only lied about the percentage. But God made a powerful statement about how He regards lying, and struck both of them dead. Here is a very important point we must never forget.
Lying can cost a man his soul. Proverbs says that a lying tongue is a characteristic of them that seek death. Revelation says that all liars shall have their part in the second death in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone. Concerning God and lying, God cannot lie. He hates lying, and He forbids His children to lie.
Lying is contrary to His very nature, but the Devil is the father of it. Lying destroys reputations, and does untold damage to the church. Lying has cost men their lives and more importantly, their souls. Lying is always wrong. The Bible is very plain about this, so it is very sadly surprising when Christians try to defend lying. Unfortunately, it happens quite often. Their argument usually consists of some difficult situation with very serious consequences, and the person will suggest that in light of these very undesirable circumstances, lying is the better choice, and that God would even approve.
Sometimes they will make appeals to events in the Bible that they believe imply that lying is permissible. The first part of this lesson covers three points. First, we will put forth some of the scenarios dilemmas that peoplebring up to try to defend lying.
Second, we will go over some of the Bible passages people appeal to in order to attempt to justify lying.
Finally, we will look at some of the situations to which people appeal to defend lying. In an effort to defend lying, one individual brought up a situation in the area where he lives.
Someone had been breaking into houses and committing rape. A grandfather was home alone except for his two granddaughters. He heard something downstairs and knowing about the criminal in the neighborhood, told his granddaughters to hide while he went downstairs to investigate.
If you tell the truth, it is going to be tragedy for your granddaughters. What do you say to that? Admittedly, this is a terrible situation, one we hope never to encounter.
But a wrong action does not turn into a right one just because the consequences are severe. Sin does not change to righteousness just because of circumstance. That would make this situational ethics, where the ends justify the means. Ephraim surrounds Me with lies and the house of Israel with deceit; Judah is also unruly against God, even against the Holy One who is faithful Hosea An evildoer listens to wicked lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue Prov.
But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken falsehood, your tongue mutters wickedness Isa.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him.
Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies John There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed Hosea You destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit Psalm But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death Revelation
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