Children of Lies or Light

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 4:17-32

Focus Verse:  "The Lord detests lying lips but he delights in those who tell the truth."  Proverbs 12:22

I once met a man who said that lying was bad only if you get caught.  This is wrong.  Lies do not come from God, but from the selfish nature of man or from Satan.  If we are followers of Christ, we should not fall into being tempted to tell something that isn't true.  We should not seek to mislead someone.  We should not seek to deceive.  If you don't say the lie, but say things that would make someone believe something that wasn't true, that is deceit.  It is so easy to lie.

Do you think these things are a lie?

1. When you tell someone the wrong price for an item?

2. When you send an SMS or email from someone's phone pretending to be them.

3. When you lie, but you think you are helping the situation with the lie? 

4. When you hear a lie, know it's a lie, but don't say anything so that others will believe it?

It is human and natural to lie since Satan lied in the garden of Eden.  It is of Satan.  We are to follow the Father of Light.  With Jesus as our Savior, he can give us the courage to tell the truth.  He can help us to be honest.  If you have lied to your neighbor or brother, you should confess before God.  You should then ask your neighbor for forgiveness. 

You will choose today to be the children of lies or the children of LIGHT!

~Page Johnson of Interlocking Ministries

The Bible is full of scripture about lying:

Leviticus 19:11 You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Psalms 119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love.
Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.
Proverbs 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 17:7 Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Hosea 11:12 Ephraim compasses me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet rules with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Zephaniah 3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.
Colossians 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;
1 Timothy 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;