Memorise: A lying tongue hateth those that are affiliated by it; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin. Proverbs 26:28
Read: Ephesians 4:22-25 (KJV)
22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Bible in one year: Leviticus 14, Psalms 125-126
AS REVEALED BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE IN TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL
1. Indeed, lying is not a Christian virtue; on the contrary, one of the fruits of righteousness is the hatred of lies.
2. Today, the world has classified lies. Some are called heavy lies, some feather weight lies, some are white lies, some are green lies, some are business lies, some are ministerial lies; some are lies that cannot hurt a fly, while some are dangerous and implicating lies.
3. No matter how men, by their own opinions, choose to classify lies, deciding what a lie is, is not in the purview of men but of God; hence such classifications hold no water.
4. If you are a lover of lies, you are far from being righteous. If you tell lies at all, you are miles from being righteous. Do you know that if you keep away from sin and the only crime found in you after death is a lie, it will keep you from entering through the pearly gates?
5. Revelations 21:8 says that all categories of liars will be found in the lake of fire, not in Heaven: “And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the lamb’s book of life.” Nothing can ever take anyone in the above categories into Heaven.
6. A day is coming when everybody will go back to their father. After death, the devil will stand in the way to claim his own. He will ask some popular leaders and believers; “Where are you going?” they will reply: “I am going to Heaven of course”. The devil will laugh them to scorn. “Did you not read that all liars will go to hell in Revelations 21:8? You are my child, come with me to the lake of fire, our eternal abode”.
7. Make restitution on the lies you have told. Have you offered some people some benefits in a business transaction and you received the payment, but for one reason or the other, you did not give them what you promised? Go and return their money or else that lie and deceit will not allow you into Heaven.
SHORT REFLECTION BY THE LIGHT POINTERS
As rightly said by our Father in the Lord many people see lie as no sin or the smallest of all sin and they also feel it is right to lie in some circumstance thereby categorizing such lie to be White lies. But as far as God is concerned there nothing such as trivial sin and lie being categorized to eliminate guilt is unacceptable. Lie does not fall in the category of things that we can covert as advised by Apostle Paul in 1 Cor 12:31. It is made clear in our devotional today that if you keep away from sin and the only crime found in you is after death is lie, it will keep you from entering through the pearly gates.
We as Believers should endeavor to live out that name in our day to day activities. The word of God is the manual from which every child of God should operate from. It is like a principle of do this and get this. We should be convinced that all that is written in the scripture will not go unfulfilled and then adopt the dos and don’ts method as instructed by God in His word strictly. Rev 21:8 says “But the cowardly, unbelieving,[a] 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.” Why then are we struggling to accept the fact that lies is as grievous and deadly as other sins and will lead anyone who gives in to it to hell.
God in His infinite mercy will help us to run from all sins and stand firm against all the strategies and lies of the devil to flood our hearts with such believe that lie can be categorized and that the category it falls into automatically makes it no sin. We pray for Pastor E.A Adeboye that the well of wisdom and knowledge of the word of God from which he feeds us with will never run dry in Jesus’ name
Prayer Point
Father, please deliver me from any sin that can prevent me from entering into Heaven.
HYMN
1 Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in endless praise,
let them flow in endless praise.
2 Take my hands and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee,
swift and beautiful for thee.
3 Take my voice and let me sing
always, only, for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
filled with messages from thee,
filled with messages from thee.
4 Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
every power as thou shalt choose,
every power as thou shalt choose.
5 Take my will and make it thine;
it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart it is thine own;
it shall be thy royal throne,
it shall be thy royal throne.
6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour
at thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee,
ever, only, all for thee.
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