Lies and Deception

In our society we are bombarded with lies everyday continually.  People are inundated with lies and deception, in other words we are saturated or flooded with continuing deception and lies.  Regardless of who you are or where you live you have been lied to and deceived in one way or another. I don’t believe that any of us can stand innocent of this charge.  These sins happen everywhere and it happens far too often in the church.  Lying seems to be as ordinary as breathing and being deceived is part of the games people play.  

Have you ever heard this statement, “There are no absolutes or truths?”  When a society is taught this garbage what else can we expect but lies?  This is the big problem with this statement, that whatever I think is true for me and whatever you think is true for you, whether either one of them is true or not true, it doesn’t matter.  I have heard people say this about the Bible, “You can interpret it a lot of different ways?”  That is true and some people interpret it the way they want to hear it, but if you always think that way how will you ever believe the truth when you hear it?  By believing that there are no truths or absolutes, you can easily be deceived. Personally I don’t know how any person could fall for this deception but it seems that many have.  Is this true; if you jump off a tall bridge you will go down and not up?  Of course it is true; gravity will pull you down every time.  So this is a truth.

This problem seems to be an epidemic and every believer should be concerned about it and not take it lightly.  I know the Lord looks at lying and deceiving very seriously.  It says this in Exodus 20:16, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”  This was not a suggestion it was a command.  The Israelites needed a just system without lies and deception and so do we.  A false witness means lying in court which would not be tolerated by the Lord, God wants His people to be upright and honest in their dealings regardless of the circumstance, whether it be in private or in public. We can bear false witness by leaving something out of a story, telling a half truth, twisting the facts, or inventing a falsehood.  Lying and deception may be the norm for many people but God’s people are not to be a part of it.

The Word says in Matthew 5:33-37, “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’  But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.  Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.  But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’  For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.”

It is very important that we keep our vows to God and to man.  Now I want you to read what it says in Revelations 21:8, “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

I think I got the point across so I will end here.  This is something very important to think about and act on, so I hope you don’t write it off as not being a problem.  Have a great day and may the Lord bless you!!