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1 | is it ok to lie in certain cases | John 8:44 | walkforchirst | 207897 | ||
is it ok to lie i told a guy at work that you can tell a lie if your motives are right and if its out of the purness of love but God knows if u tell a lie like Abraham that his wife was his sister or like king David when he and the people with him ate the shew bread someone please shed some light on this because i think ive got the right spirit | ||||||
2 | is it ok to lie in certain cases | John 8:44 | Rolff | 207898 | ||
PRO 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish. MIC 6:12 "For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. TIT 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, First, I believe you are a college student in Dallas, please capitalize the Personal pronoun “I” Truth is truth and a lie is a lie. The verses in the Bible that talk about lying, do so with an negative spirit. There are no half-truths. Let’s look at the two examples you mention. Abram married his half-sister Sarai. In time Eloheim changed their names to Abraham and Sarah. She was his sister, but more importantly, she was his wife. Over and over between Genesis 12 and 21, God describes Sarai or Sarah as Abram/Abraham’s wife. God did not allow the sister side of the half-truth to remain, but punished Pharaoh with plagues until Pharaoh gave Sarah back to Abraham. GEN 12:11-13 And it came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman; and it will come about when the Egyptians see you, that they will say,' This is his wife'; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. "Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you." Abraham reasoned in his mind and then spoke out loud to Sarah, “say you are my sister so I can live.” By the way, this woman was a senior citizen Pharaoh and Abraham were discussing. Sarah must have been Miss Ur of the Chaldeans several years running. God refused Abraham's reasoning, changed history and made a way for Isaac to be born of Abraham and Sarah. God did not appreciate Abraham’s lie about his wife. The second example you used in 1 Samuel 21:1, David lies to Ahimelech “and said to him, "Why are you alone and no one with you?" David lies and in 1 Samuel 22:16f, 85 men lost their lives as well as wives, children and animals in the city of Nob in this battle of Israel’s civil war. Lying doesn’t pay. Lying is sin anyway you cut it. The question comes when your wife comes home with spiked hair painted bright green and asks you how you like her new hair style. One doesn’t need to lie to tell the truth, “It is interesting.” |
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