Fall 1996
Truthfulness
Elayne Dwight
PC Graduate and Pastor

Truth is pure. It is opposed to hypocrisy, insincerity, and to all unrighteousness. It is a means of confidence and peace; for those who keep the truth in their hearts will have it on their lips.

Anything less than a completely truthful witness will bring shame and distortion to the Name and cause of the Lord, who is Truth. The Psalmist said, "I have chosen the way of truth." Each of us who name His Name are to do likewise.

Deception is the mark of the devil and his children. Satan, the great deceiver and father of lies, has those who serve his purposes. We read in the Psalms that "their tongues utter deceit and their feet hasten to deception." This is why those who lie need to create other lies to substantiate their first lie.

Our actions will return to us a harvest of increase, either of good or of evil. "The folly of fools is deception" Proverbs 14:8b. If we are deceptive, we most certainly will be deceived because, "Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap.".

Jesus warned that great deception would come in the latter days. "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived" II Tim 3:13. When we think we stand, we must take heed, lest we fall.

We are not to be ignorant of the devil's devices. We can keep from becoming an easy prey to his deceptions by girding ourselves with truth.

Jesus is the light, and we are His children. Those who are walking in His light will not be found in fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather, will reprove them, making manifest their evil deeds.

Fools will despise wisdom and instruction, but the wise will hear and apply themselves to understand the wisdom of Godly counsel. It is of vital importance that we hold up the mirror of truth, that our lives may fully reflect our Lord Jesus Christ, who is truth.