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Tuesday, April 09, 2019

In our last visit we began to amplify the second point in our outline under the title: Developing Christ-like Communication Skills.  We discovered, flawed character inevitably corrupts communication.  It leads to lying lips which the Lord detests (Proverbs 12:22). 

Why?  Because it hurts everyone: the one lying, the one being lied about or being lied to.  Proverbs 19:5 and 9 warns that “a false witness will not go unpunished,” and, “he who pours out lies will perish.”  Proverbs 21:28 spells out a twofold consequence, “A false witness will perish, and whoever listens to him will be destroyed forever.” 

Proverbs 15:4 declares, “a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.”  Deceit and lying are destructive partners.  Though it might seem you get away with it, a positive outcome lasts only a moment according to Proverbs 12:19.  Yes, “A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare” (Proverbs 21:6).  Solomon, who was unbelievably wealthy declared in Proverbs 19:22, “better to be poor than a liar.”  The malignant web that lying creates causes the liar to be deceived as well.  Proverbs 17:4 says, “a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue.” 

Solomon affirmed that lying lips are unsuited to a ruler.  Lying is deceitful.  It’s a destructive malignancy to be avoided if we want to develop Christ-like communication skills. 

 

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