Thou Shalt Not Lie
Lying is a dangerous sin. First of all, it is a lot like the old potato chip commercial… you just can’t seem to stop at one. If you tell one lie, you usually end up telling another lie to cover the first, and so on. They just build on and on into an entire web of deceit, hard to keep up with where the truth ends and the lies begin.
But perhaps the most dangerous part of the lie is the mistrust that is built as a result. When a lie is told, inevitably it is found out. Whether the truth comes out sooner or later, it always comes out. And the result is a relationship that is damaged, maybe not beyond repair, but definitely injured.
As a parent, I have spent more than a few evenings checking up on my oldest after she had lied about where she was. She bristles, doesn’t understand what the big deal is. After all, she said she was sorry. What she doesn’t understand is that the trust she had built up was wiped out by one lie, a lie that didn’t need to be told.
Lying takes many forms. Some lies we attempt to disguise or downgrade, saying that we were protecting ourselves, Hey, if it doesn’t hurt someone, it’s ok, right? Wrong!
According to scripture, lying is an abomination before God:
There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers. Proverbs 6:16-19 (NIV)
December 4th, 2009 at 2:12 am
we can’t avoiding lying, cause i have to and we lying to our friends and families, however, some of lying are pure and no harm for us, contractly, it’s good to lying,it really depends.
December 6th, 2009 at 2:53 am
the picture is delicious food, wish i can eat it everyday.
well, i don’t like lying, i hate that people don’t tell the true to me, that we can’t make true friends.