Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie:
But a false witness will utter lies.
The Hebrew word for witness is ‘add’: to repeat.
The faithful witness is not necessarily an eloquent preacher, an intelligent expounder or a smooth lips teacher. The witness doesn’t technically have to explain the message nor, as in the case of Balaam’s donkey, doesn’t have to understand it. The job of the witness is to repeat; to repeat what he has heard, to repeat what he has seen. All the witness has to do is to repeat what he has heard and what he has seen with integrity; without adding, without embellishment; just to repeat.
As witnesses of the El Shaddai, we on earth repeat and concur the Words of the Father with our mouths, but most importantly with our lives. People will understand the love of the Father much more by our action than by our wise rhetoric. It is important therefore that the ‘walk’ matches the ‘talk’. If the ‘walk’ is inconsistent with the ‘talk’, we find ourselves uttering lies and our lot will be thrown with that with that of false witnesses who lead people astray from the father. We will be like the parents who try to teach their children to be wise with their time and money, while they themselves indulge in shallow, foolish expensive activities.
Friends, may we not be found guilty of working against the father and His will to establish righteousness on earth as it is in Heaven.
A faithful witness will not lie:
But a false witness will utter lies.
The Hebrew word for witness is ‘add’: to repeat.
The faithful witness is not necessarily an eloquent preacher, an intelligent expounder or a smooth lips teacher. The witness doesn’t technically have to explain the message nor, as in the case of Balaam’s donkey, doesn’t have to understand it. The job of the witness is to repeat; to repeat what he has heard, to repeat what he has seen. All the witness has to do is to repeat what he has heard and what he has seen with integrity; without adding, without embellishment; just to repeat.
As witnesses of the El Shaddai, we on earth repeat and concur the Words of the Father with our mouths, but most importantly with our lives. People will understand the love of the Father much more by our action than by our wise rhetoric. It is important therefore that the ‘walk’ matches the ‘talk’. If the ‘walk’ is inconsistent with the ‘talk’, we find ourselves uttering lies and our lot will be thrown with that with that of false witnesses who lead people astray from the father. We will be like the parents who try to teach their children to be wise with their time and money, while they themselves indulge in shallow, foolish expensive activities.
Friends, may we not be found guilty of working against the father and His will to establish righteousness on earth as it is in Heaven.
May the language of our daily ‘conversation,’ be in sync with the rhetoric of our wise proclamations.
May we not be found guilty of lying by inconsistency.
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