Lying involves saying something false to a person who is entitled to know the truth and with the intent to deceive or to injure him/herself or another person. A lie is not always verbal, it can also be expressed in action, that is, a person may be living a lie.
The father or originator of lying is Satan the Devil. He lied to the first woman, ultimately brought death to her and to her husband.
Jesus said to those Jews which believed on Him, "If you continue in My Word, then you are truly my disciples; and you will know The Truth and The Truth will make you free." John 8:31-32.
To the Jews that served Satan, the Devil, Jesus said, "I know that you are Abraham's seed; but you seek to kill me, because My Word have no place in you." John 8:37.
"If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill me, a Man that have told you The Truth, which I have heard of God. This is not what Abraham did. You do the deeds of your father the Devil." John 8:40-41.
"You are of your father the Devil, and the lust of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in The Truth, because there is no Truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar, and the father of it." John 8:44.
Isaiah says, "Woe unto them that call evil goo, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" 5:20
"Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! 5:21
"Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and despised The Word of the Holy One of Israel." 5:24
Isaiah also says, "And there shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Might, the Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord.
And shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears. But with Righteousness He shall judge the poor in spirit, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And He shall smite the earth with the Rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips He shall slay the wicked. 11:1-4
God's view of malicious lying has not changed. Those desiring to gain His approval cannot engage in the practice of lying. They cannot be living a lie, claiming to love God while hating their brother.
God allows people who prefer falsehood get to believing a lie rather than the real Truth. A truthful person is not under the obligation to divulge information to people who have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol an agreement. They have made lies their refuge and in falsehood the have taken shelter (Isaiah 28). Jesus Christ counseled "Do not give what is Holy to dogs, neither throw your pearls before swine, that they may never trample them under their feet and turn around and rip you open."
(Matthew 7). That is why Jesus on certain occasions refrained from giving full information or direct answers to certain questions when doing so could have brought unnecessary harm.
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