God Hates Lying Lips
Monday, April 1, 2024Key Verse
“Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight” (Proverbs 12:22).
Text — Proverbs 12:18-22
Message
According to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, “Lying is, to say or write something that you know is not true.” A lie is told with deliberate intention to conceal the truth and deceive. Testifying of his past life, a man of God said, “I recalled with abhorrence, how we were actively practicing and perfecting our lying skills as teenagers in the high School, hoping we were on the right path to smartness; we never knew we were descending the bottomless valley of destruction…But when Christ met me…lying became so disgusting that I cannot now tolerate any form of it around me.”
Friend, it’s another April Fools’ Day. Avoid lying for fun. If you are living in deceit, and getting away with it, you are not wise. God is Omniscient and can never be deceived. Ananias and Saphira died lying. God hates lying lips. Desist from lying, confess your sins to Christ and receive Him as your Lord and Saviour. He will save you, and empower you to live a righteous and truthful life, with eternal life as your reward.
Quote
Desist from lying
Challenge
Surrender your life to Christ to be free from lies.
Prayer for today
Save me Lord and deliver me from lying lips.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
