Daily Devotion

May 22, 2006

Psalms 119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

I would say, there at least three forms of lying.  The lying to man, which we do to man;  we try  as much as possible to not to consciously do.  There is the lying which we do to lying to ourselves, which is more difficult to discern, because we are creatures of excuses, and we like to give ourselves much too much benefit of the doubt.  Then there is the lying which we do to God, which mainly consists in twisting His words by changing their perspective; in adding or subtracting to them (which we are not meant to do) in order to make them fit our purposes and human carnal mind.

The worst lie is the one that looks so much like the truth.  The concept and the doctrine that is so diametrically opposite to the truth is easily spotted; it is also quickly accepted by the proud, arrogant and rebellious.  But while the righteous see it in all it’s perverseness, he is easily fooled by the lie that has taken the appearances of the truth.  The devil uses this as a very smart and sly two-sided psychological strategy!  On the one side, he pretends to be this creature with horns and a pitchfork wearing red pajamas, and promoting sex, violence and rock music, so that when he comes in the disguise of a handsome smooth tongue preacher, teacher, or in the form of a beautiful woman, we don’t notice him we fall for him.  And on the other side, he mixes much truth with a little bit of his sweet glittering lies, and thereby he lures mankind by using his tendency to compromise because of his lust of the eyes and of the flesh.  

We need to remember that the truth is a pure essence of doctrine.  If it contains even a fraction of a drop of lie, it has been contaminated and it is not pure truth anymore.

With this in mind Christian, check you own heart with the Truth of the pure word of the LORD as interpreted by the Holy Spirit (John 16:13). Honestly subject  your doctrine, your beliefs, your *“conversation”, your Christian practices to It’s pure truth.  Can you then concur with David, “I hate and abhor lying: but thy Law do I love”?

* Conversation:  In the King James Bible, the word “conversation” means:  lifestyle.

Mat 15:3  But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Galatians 1:6-9  I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:  (7)  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.  (8)  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.  (9)  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Patrick Lumbroso
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