Saturday 27 July 2013

REPERCUSSIONS OF LIES



READ: REVELATION 21:22-27
“Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same” (Job 4:8).
This world is like a very large farm and everyone in it is a farmer. Everything you think of, do or say are seeds for the farm. The seeds may be good or bad. Once you do something, it means you have sown a seed. Automatically, the laws of harvest begin to operate. That seed dies in the ground and begins to bud and grow up as a plant. This plant over time becomes a tree which is firmly rooted to the ground. At a point it begins to bear several fruits, in twos, hundreds or thousands of what was sown. The farmer who planted the seed begins to harvest the fruit of his labour. If it was a good seed, he will reap lots of joy and celebration. But if it was a bad seed, he will have lots of sorrow and anguish. What are you sowing today?
The first repercussion of lies follows the law of harvest. If you tell lies to cheat your boss, for instance, someday, you will be a victim of great loss due to several lies that those under you will contrive. Another result of lies is that there is punishement awaiting every liar (Proverbs 19:5).
Whatever is built on falsehood is built on the sand. Sooner or later, that house will crumble and lead to great loss, shame, disgrace. Proverbs 12:22 says that God hates liars with a passion. Infact, according to Psalm 101:7, He does not want to see them at all. Every liar is fathered by Satan (John 8:44). Each lie leaves a space for you in hell. After booking your eternal reservation in hell, how do you think you can ever make it to heaven? Today’s reading as well as Revelation 21:8 clearly teach that no liar will enter heaven. Heaven is serious business. If you think lies are little, harmless, and do not matter before God, Ananias and Sapphira will tell you they ended their Christian race in hell because of lies. Do something about it today!
MEMORIZE: JOB 4:8 –Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.