A lie

A preacher was to preach on honesty and he told everyone to read Joshua 25. The next Sunday he came and said,"How many read it?" Half the hands in the church were raised. He said ,"Great. Now you're the ones I need to talk to. Joshua has only twenty-four chapters, and I am especially concerned about you tonight." Honesty is leaving this world. People are suprized when someone tells the truth or does what they say they are going to do. The sad part is that so called Christians are no different from everyone else. Some will say that it is OK to lie in business deals or other things to get ahead. Is that right? I hope you said no, because I can't find it in the Bible were is says it's OK to lie. The ninth commandment says we shall not lie. It doesn't say, Sometimes it is OK, or every now and then we can lie about something. We only have to lie once and we are guilty before God and deserve to go to hell. Think about all the lies you have said in your life. That is just one of the ten commandments, what about the other nine? When you think about how many of them you have broken, you will see how great God's grace is for forgiving you of your sins if, you have repented and put your trust in Christ. We still fall into sin but we don't leap into sin every day. We should see sin as filth and run from it. Check yourself daily to see if you are headed in the right direction. We should be growing towards Christ every day.

Proverbs 12:19 (New King James Version)
19 The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

God Bless,
Dustin