The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-03

Scripture: Exodus 20:16; Mat
thew 1919, 20; John S:42-47;
Ephesians APPS. H.. 49,.
The sin. of lying particularly in
the form of Islander is forbidden
in the Ninth Commandment. Yet
according to the teaching of
Jesus, to have truth on the lips
there must be truth in the heart.
Moreover, God is the author Of
truth which also is one of his at
tributes, while Satan is a liar and
the father of all lying. Christian
duty truthward, as Paul urges. is
clear and compelling: Put away
all falsehood; speak the truth al
ways and in love.
LYING FORBIDDEN
EXODUS 20: l6--Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy
neighbor.)
TRUTH ON THE LIPS is COM
manded; for lying is forbidden in
speech. The right to reputation is
recognized and respected in the
Ninth Commandment. False wit
ness is definitely reprehended.
Lying in whatever form Is an
abomination, but when it is aim
ed at the good name, of neigh
Dor it is particularly obnoxious
and detestable. The man who
starts a false and injurious ru-
NOR concerning another disobeys
this Commandment; but 50 does
the man who repeats a false ru-
NOR. The tale-bearer and scandal
monger, the hypocritical gossip
and ruthless slanderer, the man
who deliberately misrepresents
others - all these are breakers
of the Law Of God. AS matter
of fact, there is no such thing as
a "white lie" The Bible nowhere
condones or connives at little ~
ing. Truth and lying are as far
apart as the poles. One cannot be
truthful and deceitful at the same
time. Especially ought we to be
in referring to our fellow
men. Tainted gossip is injurious.
Whispered SANDER blights the
fairest name. False witness stabs
to the very death. Be truthful and
true to your fellow men!
LYING FERRETED
(Matthew 15:ls-2o)
TRUTH IN THE HEART is re-
CURED; for lying is ferreted to its
source. The Pharisees were quib-
bling about the washing of hands
according to the rules of ceremon-
ial etiquette. But Jesus makes
the point that man of washen
hands may have and harbor a
wicked heart. Certainly clean
heart must have primacy over its
corruption (Which includes lying)
before the life can be clean and
pure. Look at some of the dread
full sins that issue from the deep |
of an unregeneratc hu-
man heart: Evil thoughts, OF
wicked scheming; murder, in
thought, word, or act; adultery; |
unchastity, or sexual vice; theft,
or stealing; false witness, OF per-
jury; ratings, or SANDER. These |
are the things which defile a man
and make him unclean. "Create in
me a clean heart, % God"
LYING FATHERED
TRUTH FROM THE LORD
must be obtained; for lying is
fathered by Satan. Confronted
but not COMPOUNDED by his critics
at Jerusalem, Jesus drew the
,harpest possible contrast between
the Fatherhood of God and the
fatherhood Of Satan. Cd The
Fatherhood of God involves like
ness to God who is. the source
and giver. of truth; love to Christ
who is the way, the truth, and
the life; listening to Christ who
IN himself and his gospel reveals |
the truth; following after Christ
in sincerity and in truth; ever
seeking; and finding, and needing
'the truth as it is in Jesus" ca |
The fatherhood of the Devil in
wolves doing. what he desires thru
deceptive, deluding, and destruc-
tive, rather than what God COM
mands which is good and true and
wholesome. In particular, it in
wolves being like him in character
md conduct; like him in the prac-
ice and promotion. of lying for