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Ephesians 4:25. .,,,, -
The sin of lying particularly, IN !,
.ha E form, of SANDER is forbidden
in the Ninth Commandment. let
according to the teachlng % %
1esus TO have truth on the lips
] thcre must be truth in the heart:
Moreover, God is the author Oh
truth which also is one OF MS at,
tributes. while Satan is llar anu
tbe father of all lying. Christian
dntv truthward, as Paul urges, Is
clear and compelling: Put away
all falsehood; speak the trutn al
wavs and in love.
LYING FORBIDDEN
Exodus 20: 16-Thou shalt not
bear false witness against 'hS
neIs TsRUTH ON THE LIPS is COM
manded; for lying is forbidden 10
smeech, The right to reputation IS
recopnized and respected IN the
Ninth Commandment. False WI
ness is definitely reprehenoeo.
wing in whatever form is an
abomination, but when it is ann
ed at the good name of a neigh
bor it is particularly obnoxious
and detestable. The man VINO
starts a false and injurious ru-
NOR concerning another disoDeys
this Commandment; but so 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 a 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
truthful in referring to our fellow
men. Tainted gossip is injurious.
Whispered slander blights the
fairest name. False witness stabs
to the very death. Be truthful and
true to your fellow men!
LYING FERRETED F.
(Matthew l5:19-20) 49,. .-..
TRUTH IN THE HEART is re-
auired; 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 a man Of washnen
hands may have and harbor
wicked heart. Certainly'a 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
depravity of an unregenerate hu-
man heart: Evil thoughts, or
wicked scheming; murder, In
thought, word, or act; adultery;
unchastity, or sexual vice; theft,
or stealing; false witness, or per
Jury: ratings, or SANDER. These
are the things which defile a man
and make him unclean. Create in
me a clean heart, o God!" "
LYING FATHERED " -
TRUTH FROM THE LORD
must be obtained; for lying is
fathered by Satan. Confronted
but not confounded by his. critics
at Jerusalem, Jesus drew the
sharpest possible contrast between
the Fatherhood of God and the
fatherhood of Satan. (D 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" (2)
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
and conduct; like him in the prac-
tice and promotion of lying for
"he is liar and the father of
lies" (Moffatt). Are we children
of God or-children of the devil?
LYING FORSAKEN
(Ephesians 4:25)
TRUTH THROUGH THE LIFE
must be maintained; for lying is
to be forsaken at once and for
ever. From Paul we have two in
sistent imperatives and an inspir-
ing incentive. First imperative: !:
Put away falsehood. Lying. is one
of the things God hates and it is
utterly debasing and detested
among men. Hypocrisy, dishones-
ty, double-dealing and fraud are
wicked and woeful. Every form
of falsity, every atom and, aspect
of it. should be put away. Second
imperative: Speak the / truth.
Sometimes it hurts at the mo-
ment., But it. helps in the long
run, BE dependable always. Liye