Jeremiah 23:25-32 Asv

To say these are all “lies” is unbiblical, irresponsible, and misleading. While I could elaborate with a number of Scriptures for each of these, take just the last one, said to be a lie: the Cross was God’s idea. Acts 4:27-28 says, “Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. What God said to Jeremiah about the dreams and words of so-called prophets in that day applies to us today when it comes to our choice between believing what God has said in His revealed Word, or believing the new and more appealing things that people say to replace the biblical teachings: “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? They think the dreams they tell one another will make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship. “Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully.…

Discernment is more important than anything as we evaluate any book or movie.…

BENT, BROKEN, UNBOWED The Ten Commandments for Today THE “COLOUR” OF THE LIE DOESN’T MATTER The ninth commandment deals with something that seems like such a little “bump” in the moral and ethical road that we are tempted to ignore it. Lying has become an accepted part of our society. From potentates to paupers, everyone seems to be doing it. J. John writes: “It is at all levels, and we have a thousand terms for it. Politicians are ‘economical with the truth,’ statistics are ‘massaged,’ signatur…

BENT, BROKEN, UNBOWED The Ten Commandments for Today THE “COLOUR” OF THE LIE DOESN’T MATTER The ninth commandment deals with something that seems like such a little “bump” in the moral and ethical road that we are tempted to ignore it. Lying has become an accepted part of our society. From potentates to paupers, everyone seems to be doing it. J. John writes: “It is at all levels, and we have a thousand terms for it. Politicians are ‘economical with the truth,’ statistics are ‘massaged,’ signatur…