DCLM Sincere Milk 24 January 2023 — Do not tell lies
DCLM Sincere Milk 24 January 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Do not tell lies
TOPIC: DO NOT TELL LIES
TEXT: LEVITICUS 6:2-4
3Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
4Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
MEMORY VERSE: “If a soul sin, and commit a trespass, against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep,” (LEVITICUS 6:2a)
MESSAGE:
Lying is commonly practiced everywhere on earth even among children. It is very wrong to tell lies for whatever reason. Lying is the act of saying or doing what is wrong with the desire to deceive and make people around accept that as the truth. Ungodly people lie easily to one another but God forbids it among His children and even among unbelievers. Satan is the father of all lies. In giving His law to His people, God warned them that lying to their neighbour is a great sin before Him.
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Lying was commonly practiced by the nations that surrounded Israel. God could not accept lying as their way of life because every other nation practiced it. The effect of lying is grave. Lying causes pain and regret to the person you lie to. It makes him to accept what is wrong as right. It causes the innocent person to be cheated. It deprives the person lied to of what rightly belongs to him.
Lying makes the liar untrustworthy and unacceptable before God. A liar will go to hell. Today, having seen again the evils of lying, you must ask Jesus for forgiveness and promise Him you will not tell lies again.
FURTHER READING; Revelation 21:6-8
PRAYER FOR TODAY: Lord God you hate lying, please help me to fear You and never tell a lie for any reason.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
