Good morning! How about a nice "Hallelujah!" for the start of a brand new day in Jesus! In reading Pastor Rogers' devotional today, it came to me that we often get legalistic about the Ten Commandments. Have you ever, usually after telling a lie, thought to yourself, "Well, the 10 Commandments forbids bearing false witness, but not lying..." or something like that? So often we try to find a legal loophole or some excuse for our sin. Jesus told us, "Let your yes be yes, and your no be no." Which like Ephesians 4:25 does indeed forbid lying. After that we tend to get situational in searching for an "out" to confessing our sin. What if we need to lie to save some one's life? This question is certainly valid, but perhaps the answer is not "that's okay then." as the world wants to hear, but rather that we must trust in God. It can be very difficult to put our trust completely in God when we see something that we can "do" to fix a situation. However, telling a lie in an attempt to fix a situation may not be God's best solution. Actually that possible solution is probably coming from our own sinful nature and is not God's will at all.
Praise, glory, and honor to our Father in Heaven,
Bucky
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