Truth Vs Lie is it ok to lie for a good purpose, if it does not harm anyone? Lets look at what the word of God says about lies.
I have noticed over the last 38
years especially amongst Christians there
is a lot of “white” lies
and half truths. To understand how living in Truth or living in lies
impacts one’s life and destiny we will have to dive in to the word. To
understand something we need to have clear definition, Clarity is the
key.
Let’s look at what the word of God calls
as Truth.
6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth,
and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Conclusion: Jesus is the
Truth
2) The Word of
God is the Truth
17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
14 And the Word became flesh, and [a]dwelt among us, and we
saw His glory, glory as of [b]the only begotten from the
Father, full of grace and truth.
4) Word is God
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Conclusion:
Truth
= Jesus = God = Light
Let’s
look at Lie
The opposite of Truth is a lie.
1) Lie originated
with the devil, all who lie are children of his!
44 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.
Since Truth is light, lie
represents darkeness.
2) Lying is Evil
9 Do not lie to one another, since
you laid aside the old [h]self with its evil practices, 10 and
have put on the new self who is being [i]renewed to a true
knowledge according to the image of the One who created him— 11 a
renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek
and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, [j]barbarian, Scythian, slave and
freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.
37 But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’;
anything beyond these is [of evil.
Ananias lied,
they thought they only lied to man but when they lied they lied to the Holy
Spirit!
3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to
lie to the Holy Spirit and
to keep back some of the price of the land? 4 While
it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was
sold, was it not [b]under your control? Why is it that you
have [conceived this deed in your heart? You have
not lied to men but to God.” 5 And as
he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last;
and great fear came over all who heard of it. 6 The
young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they
buried him.
Six things God Hates, seven is an
abomination to God.
Proverbs 6:16-19
16 There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an
abomination [a]to Him:
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that run rapidly to evil,
19 A false witness who utters
lies,
And one who [b]spreads strife among brothers.
4) Liars, those who
habitually lie cannot enter the kingdom of God.
7 He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God
and he will be My son. 8 But for the cowardly
and [d]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.”
So why do Christians lie, “white
lies”, “harmless lies” because they do not have the fear of
God!!! If they truly believed the above scriptures they would not lie,
as they would believe
Matthew 5:37
37 But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’;
anything beyond these is [of evil.
Many Christians use the following
the examples of Rahab and Egyptian
Midwives to justify that when your intentions are good God wont
punish you for lying to save lives.
First of all Rahab was a
practicing prostitute, no where in the bible does God condone lying, How can
God who is the Truth condone a lie, what God says because she saved the lives
of the spies she was saved from the distruction and death.
Midwives were under Egyptian
kingdom, which practiced all kinds of evil, where lying was probably a
lifestyle. They were blessed not because they lied but because they saved
lives.
To those who used these examples
to excuse themselves to lie, I want to ask would Jesus Christ,
The Truth ever lie!!! Who is your example Jesus Christ or Rahab
and midwives!!
You may say I have the anointing I
pray people get healed, I prophesy.
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom
of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is
in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that
day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive
out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then
I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
Satan’s
kingdom is called the Kingdom of
Darkness!!
Why because it’s a kingdom
void of truth (light). If we practice speaking lies (even
“miniscule”/”harmless”) we are not walking in the Kingdom of
the Truth and light. We are walking in darkness!
Some will even say that don’t tell
me I will go to Hell for
telling small lies. I will surely not die! - Just remember Adam just
ate a fruit God
told him not to and the same devil said “you will surely not
die!”
If you are one of those
who speaks “harmless”, “little lies”, I urge you to repent. I do not want to
see you perish in Hell!
1 John 1:9 NASB 1995
“If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.”
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