Posted on 03/06/2019 5:25:05 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: . . . a lying tongue . . .” (Proverbs 6:16-17 KJV).
“Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?” (Psalms 120:2-3 KJV).
“Lying is the wilful perversion of truth, not only by speech but by any means whatever whereby a false impression is conveyed to the mind” - Pulpit Commentary
A rather graphic illustration of how God sees lying is given to us in the Book of Acts.
“But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband” (Acts 5:1-10 KJV).
God’s immediate and swift act of judgment upon these two dishonest saints was meant to accomplish a very important result, which we see in the next verse.
“And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things” (Acts 5:11 KJV).
The LORD hates a lying tongue. He loves truth, and He hates all deception. The devil is the father of lies, and his children are just like him (John 8:44; Ephesians 2:1-3). Liars are going to hell (Revelation 21:8; 22:15). God hates exaggeration, fraud, misrepresentation, false witnessing, slander, haggling, flattery, silence under oath, and jesting among other sins of lying (Proverbs 10:18; 12:22; 19:5; 20:14,23; 26:18-19,28; Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 19:16-21; Job 17:5).
Father, You love truth in all areas of life. Help us always to speak that which is right, but even more, protect our thought-life to prevent us from even lying to ourselves. Sin often appears as an excellent thing and many are deceived by it—even Your people—and remind us that our greatest defense against untruths is our daily cleansing by the water of Your eternal Word. Help us, Lord, to serve you better. Amen.
Let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread!
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We’ve been studying Revelation in church. I had a revelation. The mark of the beast on everyone’s forehead and everyone’s hand.
It is Satan - both in our thoughts and in our deeds. I got a nod from the pastor - so I figured I must have been on the right track.
Amen brother. Thanks for posting this. 'Pod
I have heard once, that each kind of sin like that is a affront to God’s character.
God hates lying because He is truth.
He hates murder because He is life.
He hates adultery because He is faithfulness.
Those things we say characterize God are not things about Him as if thye are separate from Him. They ARE Him.
So if we want peace, we don’t go asking for it as if it’s something He gives. He IS our peace. The only way to get those things is to get more of God.
If we want to be more like God, we don’t seek it outside of Him as if there is some other source.
I don’t know if that makes any sense or not.
Makes complete sense. I believe you are correct, metmom.
Good thoughts.
We could say that God hates imperfection because He is absolutely perfect, and that that is that standard that He imposes on all that would hope to enter Heaven.
Well, there are none that can reach that standard, so God sent His Son to do it for us so that we are perfect through Him.
“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith” (Philippians 3:9 KJV).
He does for us what He knows we can’t do for ourselves.
It goes to show how much he wants to save mankind.
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