Good Morning Friends,
“‘These are the things you are to do: Speak
the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; do
not plot evil against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate
all this,’ declares the LORD.” (Zechariah 8:16-17)
God loves the truth and He wants His children
to be known as people of the truth.
The Psalmist called Him the “God of truth.”
(Psalm 31:5) Truth is an unchanging characteristic of God. He can tell nothing
but the truth. In fact, all three Persons of the Trinity are known for truth. Jesus
declared of Himself, “I am the truth.” (John 14:6) John called the Holy Spirit
the “Spirit of truth.” (1 John 4:6) There is nothing false in God and He cannot
lie.
The devil is the source of lying and lying is
one of his most commonly used tools. He is called the “father of lies.” “When
he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”
(John 8:44)
Therefore, when we tell a lie we are
following the example of the devil and rejecting the character of God. God
hates lies and calls His children to be people of truth.
In our homes, at our job sites, in the
classroom at school, in the neighborhood market, in our emails, on Facebook and
everywhere else life takes us should be a place of truth-speaking for us. Others
may choose a different path, but God has called us to the path of truth.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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