Put away lying

Put away lying

 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. - Ephesians 4.25

In the rest of Ephesians we find a wonderful, clear, practical explaination about how to put things off and put things on with our new minds.

Paul starts with what seems to be a very simple instruction - put away lying. He follows that by saying what we are to put on instead - let everyone speak truth to his neighbour.

And then he gives a reason why- we are members of each other.

Telling the truth is such a simple, yet vital part of the Christian life. Lying is always opposed to God’s way. Lies are never of God – never.

Satan is the father of lies and he wants us to believe God is a liar. When he first tempted Eve he accused God of lying. We are responsible to make sure that we are not associated with lies because of who the father of lies is. 

I think we need to be very careful of our social media postings. We often see posts that appeal to us or own agenda or sensationalism and we can share them without ever checking if they are the truth or not. So, we click the button and pass on a lie.

Why is this so bad? Because lies affect our witness for Christ and they affect the reputation of believers. We are all hurt when any one of us is caught in a lie.

Put away lying. Put on the truth,