Stop Telling Lies

Spirit & Life Devotional
Tuesday, April 14
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

Stop Telling Lies

Ephesians 4:25 NKJV "Therefore, putting away lying, 'Let each one of  you speak truth with his neighbor,' for we are members of one another."

I think that lying is the sin that will send many people to hell. It was called "the quintessential sin of the 1990s". I wonder what the sin of the 21st century is. That aside, it seems that we all tell lies! Leonard Saxe, Ph.D., a polygraph expert and professor of psychology at Brandeis University, says, "Lying has long been a part of everyday life. We couldn't get through the day without being deceptive."

Someone mentioned eight different kinds of lies; white lies, broken promises, fabrication, the bold-faced lie, exaggeration, deception, plagiarism, and compulsive lying. A research showed that college students lie to their mothers in one out of two conversations; and DePaulo found that dating couples lie to each other in about a third of their interactions—perhaps even more often than they deceive other people. Spouses too lie to each other in "only" about 10 percent of their major conversations. How about those we tell at work, on why we were late, or couldn't attend meetings, etc.

Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, kept back part of the proceeds, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” Hearing those words, Ananias died on the spot. Three hours later, his wife came in, unaware of what had happened. And Peter asked her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?” She said, “Yes, for so much.” Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” Immediately she fell down at his feet dead. And she was buried by her husband.

Please stop telling lies; Revelation 21:8 says, "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.”

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