Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. —Romans 3:4 (NKJV)
Truthfulness is an indivisible attribute of God. In all eternity, nothing He has ever done or said has been anything less than one hundred percent truthful. God has never distorted, misrepresented, or altered reality in any way. He is true in all His dealings, and that will never change.
Physically, we expect children to resemble their parents. And spiritually, we should be expected to resemble our Heavenly Father. Our lives are to have this same quality of truth about them.
There should never be any question as to whether we are representing reality. Our testimony should be as reliable as reality itself, which is why God gives us a serious warning against lying:
Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor…” Ephesians 4:25 (NKJV)
When we distort, manipulate, revise, or alter reality, it works like the thin edge of a wedge that eventually splits our character wide open. It starts small and innocent, but in time it spirals out of control until we lack any resemblance to our Father in Heaven.
Simply stated, a Christian who tells lies is a walking contradiction. They no longer reflect the Lord, who even identified Himself as “the Truth” (John 14:6). We all know the pain that comes when a high-profile Christian is found to be living a double life. When that happens, it shipwrecks the faith of others and gives skeptics one more excuse to keep God at arm’s length. Lying is the taproot for that kind of controversy. How different things would be if every believer simply stopped lying!
Let’s make that happen in our own hearts. Let’s take God’s warning about lying seriously and determine to be people who represent reality no matter how difficult or uncomfortable it may be.
Truthfulness is an indivisible attribute of God. In all eternity, nothing He has ever done or said has been anything less than one hundred percent truthful. God has never distorted, misrepresented, or altered reality in any way. He is true in all His dealings, and that will never change.
Physically, we expect children to resemble their parents. And spiritually, we should be expected to resemble our Heavenly Father. Our lives are to have this same quality of truth about them.
There should never be any question as to whether we are representing reality. Our testimony should be as reliable as reality itself, which is why God gives us a serious warning against lying:
Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor…” Ephesians 4:25 (NKJV)
When we distort, manipulate, revise, or alter reality, it works like the thin edge of a wedge that eventually splits our character wide open. It starts small and innocent, but in time it spirals out of control until we lack any resemblance to our Father in Heaven.
Simply stated, a Christian who tells lies is a walking contradiction. They no longer reflect the Lord, who even identified Himself as “the Truth” (John 14:6). We all know the pain that comes when a high-profile Christian is found to be living a double life. When that happens, it shipwrecks the faith of others and gives skeptics one more excuse to keep God at arm’s length. Lying is the taproot for that kind of controversy. How different things would be if every believer simply stopped lying!
Let’s make that happen in our own hearts. Let’s take God’s warning about lying seriously and determine to be people who represent reality no matter how difficult or uncomfortable it may be.
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