Posted on 02/05/2021 11:00:44 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren" (Proverbs 6:16-19).
That’s why the Lord speaks about a woman having a meek spirit and shamefacedness. That’s not the look of the models on the cosmopolitan cover. That is not a shamefaced look, basically that's exactly the opposite. Now, that is not to say that it's just women that should have a shamefaced look, okay? I'm saying the Lord cannot stand that cocky, high, proud look. So, looks do matter. You see, grace is very important, and what's going on inside you spiritually is the most important thing; but the outside does count. It does. We live in a day that has discarded the outside. Now, if you go for a job interview, you're going to dress for a job interview; but when you go to church you can go any way you want to, because the outside doesn't matter. The outside does matter.
The outside says something. It’s not the only thing, and it may not even be the most important thing; but what is on the inside eventually works itself to the outside, and when somebody's outside stays a certain way for long enough there are some things that are inside there aren't right.
“. . . a lying tongue.” The Lord cannot stand a lying tongue. Most parents would admit that they despise a lying tongue. They try to rein that thing out of their kids. Just be sure that you're just as careful to rein it out of you, because the Lord does not like, in fact he hates, a lying tongue.
We tell our kids, “In the end, you can sneak stuff past us; but don't count on the Lord not showing me that you tried to sneak something past us, but we’re smart enough to know that you can sneak stuff past, but we're going forward on a basis of trust here. If you'll show me that I can trust you, I will trust you, and you’ll keep getting more slack and more slack until one day you go off on your own and live your life independent of us. And then you’ll begin that same culture of trust with your own kids.”
“A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin" (Proverbs 26:28).
If you are going to lie to somebody, you hate that person.
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