"Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour:
for we are members one of another." ~ Ephesians 4:25
Lying is acceptable in the world...unfortunately. Even high-up business people think it is ok to lie if it means making more money or making themselves look better. Lying, as we know, is a sin; however, the world does not often realize this is a sin and thus it is normal for the world to lie.
What is REALLY unfortunate, however, is when Christians lie. If you think about it, there is absolutely nothing gained from telling a lie; the Bible is true when It says "be sure your sin will find you out". I think we could all recall times in our lives where we lied and then later paid the consequences for doing so. Besides being childish, lying is deceitful, careless, and something the LORD calls an abomination.
Heed the warning, girls - choose to tell the truth!
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Bible Reading: Proverbs 2, Galatians 2
And the truth is, we normally don't plan for our words to be untruthful. It may very well start out as an exaggeration or even the result of just plain talking too much. Though easy to succumb to, correcting dishonesty isn't easy at all to remedy---especially if your dishonesty has been hurtful to someone else. It's much better to recognize that we need God's grace to always speak truth with one another.
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