"Liars"
“Liars”
Blessings Folk.
There are six things the Lord hates, yea seven.
Prov 6:16-19
16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
KJV
A false witness that speaketh lies.
Is there another kind of false witness?
Of course, we have all told something that we thought to be the truth only to be proven wrong.
Mistakes are made.
Recollections can be cloudy.
That is not what is being addressed in this passage.
Here we see that the Lord hates those who lie.
They are everywhere.
They are especially in leadership.
In the political realm lying is considered to be the norm.
God says much about this...here is a sampling…
Ex 20:16
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
KJV
Ex 23:1
23 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
KJV
Matt 15:19-20
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
KJV
The Lord hates false witness.
The Hebrew word translated “false” is “seqer”. It means “a lie, vanity, without cause.”
This reveals a nuance that is important.
The Lord hates that lie that is driven by the vanity of the one doing the telling.
The lie that seeks to make one look better.
The lie that seeks to tear another down - “without cause.”
We, as true believers, must not lie.
Col 3:9-11
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
KJV
1 John 2:21-22
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
KJV
(speaking of the great city, the holy Jerusalem)
Rev 21:27
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
KJV
If you believe that a “little lie” does not matter, consider the Word of the Lord.
Liars will not be in the Presence of God.
Rev 22:14-15
14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
KJV
If you find yourself in situations - a job, friends, a “church” - that requires you to live a life of lies, then quickly extricate yourself and trust in the Lord.
Examine yourself.
Determine to be an overcomer.
If your pattern and practice is that of a liar, then repent and show evidence of repentance, lest you serve eternity as the following…
Rev 21:7-8
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
KJV