Proverbs 14:5 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God says...

“A faithful witness does not lie, But a false witness will utter lies.” (Proverbs 14:5 NKJV)

He brings to remembrance the 9th Commandment, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." (Exodus 20:16 ESV) Sadly, lies have now become the norms of the world. We hear fake news every time and every where. Even in the halls of justice where honesty and truth used to be hallmarks of judgment, perjurious alibi is commonly used as legal tool. We see guilty criminals getting away. While innocents are meted with unjust punishments for crimes they did not commit, losing their productive lives and costing taxpayers' money. Well, what can you expect to come out from a place where God is barred and evicted?

The father of lies is in the world, seeking for willing preys. So, we ought to be watchful, falsehood and lies have its payday on the day of reckoning. When a person chooses to walk in falsehood, he spurns the light of God and hides in the cover of darkness. He allows the forces of darkness to lead him with falsities direct to slaughter and destruction. The scripture warns, as it is written: "But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies—all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8 NCV)

We are to behave like a faithful child of God should, as we are, when by grace we rest in the Lordship of Christ Jesus. Well, that is of course when we receive the Lord Jesus Christ in our life by faith in a personal intimate relationship, not religion. We are to stand witness to and in truth, as Apostle Paul exhorts us with these words: "But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator." (Colossians 3:8-10 ESV)

So, as the Psalmist declares, I pray O Lord in the Name of Jesus Christ, my Savior. “Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.” (Psalm 25:5 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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