Thursday, October 2, 2025
The Lies Fly and the Relationships are Destroyed
In political circles, the community, and even in churches, both sides, conservative as well as liberal, are telling lies continuously. Everyone feels justified in lying if they think they have a good cause.
Even those who don't out and out lie think that as long as some of what they say is true, then a little lie added in is acceptable; we call it embellishment, but it is really lying.
Many are interpreting things the way they wish to believe, another justification for passing on a lie. It's complicated, but not hard to discern if we have wisdom from God's Word.
Many will believe gossip when they hear from a third party, but have never seen the deeds or words for themselves. They justify listening to and passing on what they heard if one small part seems plausible.
We are living in the end times of great deception and countless good-sounding lies.
John 8:44
"44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies."
My challenge to believers is to resist repeating something you never heard and never saw for yourself. Refuse to listen to accounts of others who interpreted what they thought they saw without knowing all the details. This includes news articles and videos that cannot be proven or vetted.
Telling the truth we saw to a person who has a need to know is far different from passing on a guess about something we have little knowledge of and is none of our business.
If you have ever been the target of such gossip, you know how painful it is to watch friends and family members making false judgments about you based on what the gossipers are saying and not anything they saw for themselves.
Proverbs 20:18 "19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips."
Proverbs 11:13 "A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."
Proverbs 16:28 "A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends."
I notice that gossipers rarely want to hear from God's word but will jump at the chance to hear the latest negative word about someone who is the object of their jealousy.
The internet would practically go dark if all the lies and gossip were removed. Just saying!!!
Even those who don't out and out lie think that as long as some of what they say is true, then a little lie added in is acceptable; we call it embellishment, but it is really lying.
Many are interpreting things the way they wish to believe, another justification for passing on a lie. It's complicated, but not hard to discern if we have wisdom from God's Word.
Many will believe gossip when they hear from a third party, but have never seen the deeds or words for themselves. They justify listening to and passing on what they heard if one small part seems plausible.
We are living in the end times of great deception and countless good-sounding lies.
John 8:44
"44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies."
My challenge to believers is to resist repeating something you never heard and never saw for yourself. Refuse to listen to accounts of others who interpreted what they thought they saw without knowing all the details. This includes news articles and videos that cannot be proven or vetted.
Telling the truth we saw to a person who has a need to know is far different from passing on a guess about something we have little knowledge of and is none of our business.
If you have ever been the target of such gossip, you know how painful it is to watch friends and family members making false judgments about you based on what the gossipers are saying and not anything they saw for themselves.
Proverbs 20:18 "19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips."
Proverbs 11:13 "A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence."
Ephesians 4:29 "Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen."
Proverbs 16:28 "A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends."
I notice that gossipers rarely want to hear from God's word but will jump at the chance to hear the latest negative word about someone who is the object of their jealousy.
The internet would practically go dark if all the lies and gossip were removed. Just saying!!!
Stop Worrying and Begin Trusting Christ
Stop worrying about those who have no interest in you or the God you love; let them be and get on with your life with those who do love God and you.
So interesting how human nature is to lament the people we've lost and forget all the people we have in our court.
We cannot change the hearts of those who hate us, but we can encourage and share in the love of those who love God.
Please don't waste any more time thinking about loss that we cannot get back!!! Spend your energies and mind on what God has given you and our future with Him!!!!
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. God's name is trustworthy."
Keep looking up our redemption draws near!!!!
So interesting how human nature is to lament the people we've lost and forget all the people we have in our court.
We cannot change the hearts of those who hate us, but we can encourage and share in the love of those who love God.
Please don't waste any more time thinking about loss that we cannot get back!!! Spend your energies and mind on what God has given you and our future with Him!!!!
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. God's name is trustworthy."
Keep looking up our redemption draws near!!!!