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NASB | Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices, |
Subject: is it ok to lie in certain cases |
Bible Note: Hi, Cheri :: You stated, "Lying is always wrong, BUT..." and then you listed what you believe to be an exception. Let's carry this reasoning process a little further by extending it into other areas and applying it to other sins. Can we hold that homosexuality is wrong, BUT... it's O.K.for those who claim to have a defective gene and thus can't help being "the way God made me" as many homosexuals assert? Can we denounce stealing BUT justify it for those who say they cannot keep from stealing any more than the homosexual can keep from practicing homosexuality? Can we denounce murder as sinful BUT justify abortion on demand? Can we denounce adultery BUT justify the adulterer on the grounds of having an over-active libido or having a spouse who just doesn't understand the adulterer's emotional and sexual needs? The litany could go on, of course, because for every one of God's commandments man has invented a ton of ways to justify his disobedience of each of them. ...... In none of the Ten Commandments will we find the word "except." We never read "Thou shalt not steal, except..." or "Thou shalt not bear false witness, except..." Once we begin to look for loop holes, once we start trying to chip away at God's commands and look for ways to justify our sins, we may as well throw out the whole thing and stop pretending. We may get pretty good at deceiving others and downright excellent at deceiving ourselves, but we never get to first base in our efforts to deceive God. ...... This is not posted as a springboard to debate (I don't engage in or promote Forum debates), nor is it intended to be a personal attack on anyone. Not at all. It's something that I feel deeply about, however. And that something is that it is so very dangerous to allow ourselves even to think of ways to append to God's straight and clear commands that little word BUT... That can get us in a peck of trouble! Let us not look for ways out of, but for ways into, God's truth. "Open thou mine eyes that I may behold wonderous things out of thy law" (Psalm 119:18, KJV). --Hank |