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说谎
亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，说谎是上帝所恨恶的七样之一。
箴言6:16-19
6:16 耶和华所恨恶的有六样，连祂心所憎恶的共有七样，
6:17 就是高傲的眼、撒谎的舌、流无辜人血的手、
6:18 图谋恶计的心、飞跑行恶的脚、
6:19 吐谎言的假见证、并弟兄中布散分争的人。
上帝清楚我们说谎的所有原因，有时是出于玩笑，有时是为利益，但大多数时候是为了遮掩我们的羞耻行为。然而，根据圣经所讲，任何理由的说谎都是决对地犯罪。事实上，说谎会直接影响我们与上帝的关系，因为说谎不仅会导致我们灵上成为不义、不洁净，更使我们再也不能称自己为上帝的儿女。
歌罗西3:9-10
3:9不要彼此说谎，因你们已经脱去旧人和旧人的行为，
3:10 穿上了新人。这新人在知识上渐渐更新，正如造他主的形象。
当保罗提醒歌罗西教会，要脱去他们旧我罪恶的品行时，（哥林多后书5:17若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了）保罗是要说，基督徒说谎就像脱下干净衣服又穿回脏衣服一样，是不合宜的。当我们说谎时，就是再次穿回了旧我和旧我的罪恶，所以说谎是不适宜的，因为我们要作基督耶稣里新造的人。
毫不夸张地说，魔鬼是说谎之父，第一个谎言就是出自他。当他对夏娃说，如果夏娃吃了上帝禁止他们吃的那棵树上的果子，他们就能变得跟上帝一样。正因为魔鬼歪曲真理，所以就将疾病、不幸、苦难和永死带入了上帝所造的完美世界。
主耶稣说，说谎者就是魔鬼的儿女（约翰福音8:44你们是出于你们的父魔鬼。你们父的私欲，你们偏要行，他从起初是杀人的，不守真理，因他心里没有真理。他说谎是出于自己，因他本来是说谎的，也是说谎之人的父）。因为当我们歪曲真理时，就是重蹈魔鬼在伊甸园的覆辙。当我们说谎时，就是在执行魔鬼的旨意，那我们就不能再称上帝为我们的天父。
启示录21:8惟有胆怯的、不信的、可憎的、杀人的、淫乱的、行邪术的、拜偶像的和一切说谎话的，他们的分就在烧着硫磺的火湖里．这是第二次的死。
我们选择说谎，就是选择不在上帝的拣选之列，因为我们选择的生活方式不符合上帝对我们的呼召，而是选择作魔鬼的儿女。圣经告诉我们，即使一个听起来无足轻重的谎言，也必会对我们与上帝同行带来负面的影响。遗憾地是，我们所有人都会在某种情况下说谎，甚至成为重生的基督徒之后也是如此，还好圣经告诉我们一个好消息，就是如果我们悔改，不再犯同样的罪，那么上帝就会宽恕我们。
在此，我们夫妻感谢上帝，我们主耶稣基督的父，赐给我们美好的一天，也赐给我们你们这些忠心于主的弟兄姊妹们。
（以上所写的，你们可以用来建造耶稣基督的国度）
Lies
Dear Brothers and Sisters
Lying is one of the seven abominations to GOD.
Proverbs 6:16-19
16 These six things the Lord hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
17 A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
19 A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.
GOD knows we lie for different reasons. Some times for fun, some times for gains but most of the time for covering our shameful deeds. According to the scripture however all forms of lying are absolute sin. The lies we tell actually affect our relationship with GOD because lying makes us spiritually uncircumcised and unclean. Lies brings us to a state that we cannot call ourselves GOD’s children anymore.
Colossians 3:9-10
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of HIM who created him,
When Paul says to the church of Colossi when they have put off the old self with its sinful practices, (2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.) Paul intends to say that lying is like taking their clean clothes off and putting back on that are dirty which is inappropriate. When we lie we put on our old and sinful self once again. It’s not appropriate for us because we are a new creation in CHRIST JESUS.
It is not exaggeration to say that the Devil is the father of lies. He uttered the first lie when he told Eve she will become like GOD if she eat from the tree that GOD forbade them to eat from. He distorted the truth that it brought sickness, sorrows, sufferings and eternal death into the perfect world GOD created
JESUS said all liars are Devil’s offspring (John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.) Because when lie we distort the truth like the Devil did back in the Garden of Eden. When we lie we carry out Devil’s will and we can no longer say that GOD is our heavenly FATHER.
Revelation 21:8
8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Because in lying we chose to not belong with GOD’s chosen, we adopted a lifestyle that does not fit our calling and chose to be children of the Devil. The Bible tells us a single lie that may even sound innocent sometimes will always have such a negative impact on our walk with GOD. Unfortunately all of us have lied at some point even after becoming born again Christians. Well, the good news is the Bible also says, GOD will forgive us if we repent and sin no more.
We give thanks to GOD, the FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, for this day and for you, faithful brothers and sisters.
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