YALO On Air –17 March 2024Episode 20Inspiration brought to you by WOAC on Air ___________________________________________________________________________
Topic:You lie? Now what!
Who is the author and source of lies?
John 8.44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Who was the source of Adam and Eve’s falling away from eternal life?
The Lying Spirit who is the devil who approached Adam and Eve through a garden serpent, and “deceived” them that eating the fruit is not a bad choice.
John 10.10The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Psalm 6.16-17n These six things the LORD hates; indeed, seven are repulsive to Him: A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.
Rev 21.6-8 And He said to me, “It[c] is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7He who overcomes [d]shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8But the cowardly, [e]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Bible hub strongs greek meaning of “all” and “liars”
“all” 3956 pás – each, every; of a totality" means all, all people, everyone, whoever
“liars” - Transliteration: pseudés
false, deceitful, lying, untrue. Strongs meaning 5571 false , liars. False, deceitful, lying, untrue. From pseudomai; untrue, i.e. Erroneous, deceitful, wicked
What does God advise us about lies:
Levi 19.11 “ ‘Do not steal. “ ‘Do not lie. “ ‘Do not deceive one another.Proverbs 12.22The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
Proverbs 13.5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.
Proverbs 14.5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies.
Hosea 11.12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One.
Acts 5.3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?
Col 3.9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator
Dangers associated to lyingA) Lying Spirit dominates your life which leads you into false beliefs:
Tim 4.1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
B) You open your life for the enemy to accuse you with judgement that brings lying spirits tormenting you
Rev 12.11 - Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
How do you tame the tongue from lying?
A) James 3 - Taming the tongue - Not many of
