My favourite blogger on goTandem, Silas, writes today about lying. See post on https://gotandem.com/posts/1113.
There are many reasons why people lie:
Remember, lying is not just saying an outright untruth; speaking part of the truth is also lying. Even letting someone believe something that is wrong without saying something to correct it is lying. Whatever the reason it's done or how it's done, lying is a sin. The results can be deadly. I know of a young teenager whose parents drop her off to school one day. When they drove away, she promptly went with a man for a "river bath" and drowned there. Imagine the shock of this girl's poor parents when they got that terrible news. I know that they would not have believed the news at first, because they KNEW they dropped their child off at the school gate. But lying and deceiving loved ones can cause terrible pain to those lie to/
This is another of those sins that God hates and thinks of as an abomination. He wants us to always speak the truth, no matter what the immediate consequences are. In the long run, it is the best thing to do.
"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, 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 of them athat heard these things....then she (Sapphira) fell down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost.." Acts 5: 1 - 5, 10 (KJV)
There are many reasons why people lie:
- To look good in other people's eyes
- To save themselves from getting into some kind of trouble
- Its a bad habit
- Taught or learnt from parents or caregivers as a child and thinks its normal
- To be able to do what the liar wants to do
Remember, lying is not just saying an outright untruth; speaking part of the truth is also lying. Even letting someone believe something that is wrong without saying something to correct it is lying. Whatever the reason it's done or how it's done, lying is a sin. The results can be deadly. I know of a young teenager whose parents drop her off to school one day. When they drove away, she promptly went with a man for a "river bath" and drowned there. Imagine the shock of this girl's poor parents when they got that terrible news. I know that they would not have believed the news at first, because they KNEW they dropped their child off at the school gate. But lying and deceiving loved ones can cause terrible pain to those lie to/
This is another of those sins that God hates and thinks of as an abomination. He wants us to always speak the truth, no matter what the immediate consequences are. In the long run, it is the best thing to do.
"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, 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 of them athat heard these things....then she (Sapphira) fell down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost.." Acts 5: 1 - 5, 10 (KJV)
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