To Tell The Truth Is To Walk In Righteousness
As I was praying this past few weeks I began to hear the Lord speak to me
about TRUTH AND LIES.
What does the word "Truth" mean?
Truth means----
The true or actual state of a matter.
Conformity with fact or reality.
Verified or indisputable fact or principle.
A state or character of being true.
Actual existence.
Honesty
Integrity
There is NO such thing as a HALF TRUTH or LITTLE WHITE LIES!
A person is telling the truth or that person is lying!
Its a pretty simple concept.
No one has to be taught how to lie...we are all born with that sinful mind set.
We must learn to be truthful.
We must learn to walk in the path of righteous integrity.
What does the word "Lie" mean?
Lie means------
A False statement made with Deliberate Intent to Deceive.
To Knowingly tell an untruth.
To speak falsely.
To Mislead.
God revealed to me that His children have fallen victim to this sin.
It has become so easy for us to lie that many times we don't even realize it.
Or we do not consider what we are saying is a lie.
You may read this and say to yourself......Hey, that doesn't apply to me!
I am not a lier......
But is that a lie in itself?
Here are some very common ways Gods children lie, everyday....
these are just a few examples....I could list dozens....
The phone rings....
its the pastor....
Sister/Brother....would you mind helping clean the church this week....
How many times have we said....
I'm sorry Pastor....I will not be able to help this week...then we make
up some excuse.....when the truth of the matter is...we just want to sleep in.
Or our child ask to go somewhere...and we don't really feel up to it....
so we make an excuse why we can't....
You receive a phone call...your home...but you don't really want to
chat at the moment...really you don't want to talk to that person
calling...so you let the voice mail pick up......
Your voicemail says that you will be happy to return the call
as soon as you can......
But you never return the call.....
You get pulled over by a police officer...
the officer tells you that you were speeding..
the officer tells you were driving 75 mph
in a 60 mph zone......
You look all shocked and say...oh no....I
must have not seen the speed limit sign....
or Oh no...I did not realize I was speeding...
Hoping and praying the officer doesn't
write you a sitation....
Excuses are LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And we have all used excuses when we
didn't want to do something or we wanted
to avoid someone.
Pretending to be Ignorant, when we are not
is lying as well.
Deceit is LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Misleading is a form of lie and deceit!!!!!!!!!!!!
We make excuses everyday for one reason or another.
We lie to ourselves more than we lie to each other.
How sad is that?
It is very sad to me!
Lying comes in many forms.
Lying can seem ok at the time.
Lying can even seem like it is the right thing to do.
But according to God's Holy Anointed Word
lying is never ok.
Lies come from the master of deceit, Lucifer.
Lying is a very dangerous sin.
It is a sin that is over looked,
dismissed, downplayed
and ignored.
It just sneaks in the back door
of our brain...laying in wait for the
perfect opportunity to come out.
We as followers of Jesus Christ
must crucify our flesh and nail
that stupid sin to the cross every
single time it raises its ugly head.
Leviticus 19:11 KJV
"Ye shall not steal,
neither deal falsely,
neither LIE one to
another."
Leviticus 19:11 NIV
"Do Not Steal,
Do Not Lie,
Do Not Deceive
one another."
Proverbs 14:5 KJV
"A faithful witness
will not LIE;
but a false witness
will utter LIES."
Proverbs 14:5 NIV
"An honest witness
does not deceive, but
a false witness pours
out lies."
Colossians 3:9 KJV
"LIE not one to another,
seeing that ye have put
off the old man with
his deeds."
Colossians 3:9 NIV
"Do not lie to each
other, since you have
taken off your old
self with its practices."
James 3:14 KJV
"But if ye have bitter
envying and strife
in your hearts,
glory not, and LIE
not against the truth."
1 John 1:6 KJV
"If we say that we have
fellowship with Him,
and walk in darkness,
we LIE, and do not
the truth."
Truth isn't always easy!
Truth more often than not
is painful!!
Truth can cause great
emotional pain and sorrow.
Truth has broken up marriages,
partnerships, divided church
members.....
Truth has caused wars in nations.
Telling the truth is
not an easy thing to do in many
cases.
But to become more Christ like....
We must tell the truth in every
situation.
We must have a repentive heart...
We must tell the truth....
We must seek out righteousness.....
If we are to become more Christ like
daily....then we MUST NOT LIE!!!
Walk in truth daily and watch your
personal one on one relationship
with the Father become closer
and closer every single day.
It is a beautiful thing :D
To Tell The Truth Is To Walk In Righteousness!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Tell The Truth Is To Walk In The Light Of God!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Tell The Truth Is To Walk In Peace With the Lord!!!!!!!!!!
What will you chose to do today?
Walk in Truth?
or
Walk in lies?
It is Your decision, it is my decision every
single moment of every single day to
follow Christ or to follow satan?
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Dear ones......
It is my hearts desire that we each receive this
message as encouragement to overcome the
weapons the enemy of God has laid out for us to stumble
and fall into. The enemy of God wants us to
fall into these traps of sin...these pits that
are able to capture us and hold us in ungodly
bondage.
It is my desire to share with each of you these messages
of encouragement and correction so each of us may
overcome the pitfalls of the devil.
May God bless you dear one with a beautiful
walk with Jesus today...walking in Spirit and
in Truth :D
Evg. Sherrill A. McDonald
