“The Liar’s Philosophy” by Guy Goodell
“The Liar’s Philosophy”
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another ” Ephesians 4:25
There is a philosophy or a phenomenon in this modern age. If you want to escape a commitment or shirk a responsibility, just get someone to create a lie for you, send it to the person you want to deceive, and even fill in background noises to create a sense of legitimacy! Perhaps just another internet scam.
G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945) once identified the main sins of preachers: pride, jealousy and lying. It is sad that God’s people often have mastered the satanic art of lying.
In my fifty-plus years of preaching I have seen pride, jealousy, and lying used as tools of self-promotion and selfaggrandizement. Jesus is “The Truth;” God the Father is called “The God of All Truth;” the Holy Spirit is called “The Spirit of Truth;” and God’s Word is called, “The Truth.” How, then, can those of us who claim to be His, use His name to err, lie and be deceitful, using these devilish tools to supposedly carry out a ministry based upon TRUTH?
Instead of learning to lie, you and I ought to go to the truth and allow God to deal with our sins of pride, jealousy, lying and deceit. Put away lying and speak the truth! Among seven other types of despicable individuals, the Bible says, “…all liars shall have their part in the lake of fire that burneth with fire brimstone: which is the second death” (Rev. 21:8). — G.G.
Prepared by Roger Fulk, from the “Baptist Bread”, October 11, 2021, by author Dr. Guy Goodell, Pastor, Bible Baptist Church, Hudson Falls, NY. With permission from Tim Green, editor Baptist Bread.
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