25th June, 2019
LOVE IS DIVERSE
David Abankwah
SERIES: Day 11
…..but rejoiceth in the truth;
-1 Corinthians 13:6 | KJV
Truth is one and He is in the Person of Jesus Christ (John 14:6). I was sitting in a car with someone and he got a call. He lied to the person he was in a place he was not. I confronted him about the lie and he told me, ‘Oh it is normal to lie. Today people don’t want to be told the truth, unless you lie to them. If I told her I was far away, she would have pressured me with subsequent calls here and there. So I had to lie to be safe.’ He then went on to tell me that, for such small lies, God will not count it against us, because small sins won’t attract no judgment from God.’
I knew that my neighbour was in danger and I had to preach to him. I told him that there is no small sins and big sins. Every sin is a sin and God counts them against us if we commit them. When I finished, I saw him nodding his head for a while. I thought he had taken my advice but not long until he had another call from the same person. Instead of telling the person the truth again to show that he has repented, he went on to lie again. I was so sorry for him and as I knew in Revelation 21:8 that, liars will have their part in the lake of fire, all I could think of was that, he would have a change of mind and heart.
Today technology has made sin so simple to commit. Someone can be in country A and be having sex with someone in country B. You can sit behind a computer and defraud people, lying to them in order to gain certain favours, money and gifts which in actual fact, you are not the person you claim to be. You see these same people coming to church to give fat offerings and tithes thinking they can close God’s eyes from their sins and mouths of Pastors so that they can’t be rebuked. Lying has become so common that, you can take a mobile phone and lie and nothing prompts you that it is a sin.
You should mourn if you commit sin and nothing prompts you that what you are about to do or what you did some time ago, was wrong. God warns us against lies and for our love we have for Him and people to be complete, we must do everything possible to speak the truth even when it will cost us our life. What is so pathetic is that, people hold Bibles, swear an oath to speak the truth but they still go on to lie in the court of law. Love without truth, is like a house without a foundation. At a small shake, all the building will collapse in no time.
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David Abankwah 