Repercussions of Lying

Repercussions definition 

Consequence of an action

Example:

You scream fire in a crowded place.

The consequence:

You go to jail for causing chaos and possible injury.

What is a lie?

It's something that is not true.

It is sin in its purest form.

It is rebellion toward God, your parents, your siblings and yes, even your friends.

Learn control. 

Words are not harmless, they have a bite that cuts deep and can leave a wound.

Satan looks for wounds, he picks at them causing all manner of trouble.

So what can you do if you've told a lie?

Repent, that is turn from it, apologize and learn the peace that comes from truth.

Others will try to judge you.

You answer to God and He forgives.

What are some of the consequences of lying?

You get the reputation of not being trustworthy.

You will not have credibility.

People will not trust you.

So, lying is not worth it!

If you keep lying, it begins to defy who you are.

People will cringe when they see you coming.

Lying can easily become a habit.

If you do it enough, you will not be able to distinguish between the truth and a lie.

Learn from your mistake!

Think before you speak!

Verses about lying:

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. - John 8:44

20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

25 And this is the promise that he made to us-eternal life.

26 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie-just as it has taught you, abide in him. - 1 John 2:20-27

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." - Revelation 21:8

Lord, protect our words. 

Let them be praise to You for Your mercy.

Forgive us as we repent.

Give us peace in you.

Amen