Open Heavens 20 December 2016: Tuesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Lying Not a Christian Virtue
Open Heavens 20 December 2016: Tuesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Lying Not a Christian Virtue
Topic: Lying Not a Christian Virtue
[Tuesday 20, December 2016]
Memorise: A lying tongue hateth those
that are afflicted by it; and a flattering
mouth worketh ruin. – Proverbs 26:28
Read: Ephesians 4:22-25 (KJV)
22 That ye put off concerning the former
conversation the old man, which is
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your
mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak
every man truth with his neighbour: for
we are members one of another.
Bible in One Year: Leviticus 14, Psalms
125-126
MESSAGE:
Today, we are revisiting a previous
discussion on a deadly sin that has been
trivialized in modern times. Indeed, lying
is not a Christian virtue; on the contrary,
one of the fruits of righteousness is the
hatred of lies. Today, the world has
classified lies. Some are called heavy
lies, some feather weight lies, some are
white lies, some are green lies, some
are business lies, some are ministerial
lies; some are lies that cannot hurt a fly,
while some are dangerous and
implicating lies. No matter how men, by
their own opinions, choose to classify
lies, deciding what a lie is, is not in the
purview of men but of God; hence such
classifications hold no water. If you are
a lover of lies, you are far from being
righteous. If you tell lies at all, you are
miles from being righteous. Do you
know that if you keep away from sin
and the only crime found in you after
death is a lie, it will keep you from
entering through the pearly gates?
Revelations 21:28 says that all
categories of liars will be found in the
lake of fire, not in Heaven:
“And there shall in no wise enter into it
any thing that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or
maketh a lie: but they which are written
in the Lamb's book of life.”
Nothing can ever take anyone in the
above categories into Heaven. If you are
a lying leader, you are simply on your
way to hell. A righteous fellow cannot
stand lies because he or she is a chip
off the old block; a child of truth whose
father is the Truth (Revelation
19:11-16) , in John 8:44 , Jesus says
that the devil is a liar and the father of
all liars. If you are a General Overseer
or superintendent, a senior pastor or
believer and you tell lies, your father is
the devil. A day is coming when
everybody will go back to their father.
After death, the devil will stand in the
way to claim his own. He will ask some
popular leaders and believers; “Where
are you going?” they will reply: “I am
going to Heaven of course”. The devil
will laugh them to scorn. “Did you not
read that all liars will go to hell in
Revelations 21:8? You are my child,
come with me to the lake of fire, our
eternal abode”. Make restitution on the
lies you have told. Have you offered
some people some benefits in a
business transaction and you received
the payment, but for one reason or the
other, you did not give them what you
promised? Go and return their money or
else that lie and deceit will not allow you
into Heaven.
Prayer Point: Father, please deliver me
from any sin that can prevent me from
entering into Heaven.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide
was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the
General Overseer of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical church in the world
and also the President of Christ the
Redeemer's Ministries.
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