Date: Tuesday, 28th January, 2025
Text: James 3:13-17
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
When some people make or tell lies they claim they are using wisdom. They think they are being smart. No you are not! Rather you are being cunning or crafty. Cunningness or craftiness is Satan’s corrupted version of God’s wisdom. To be cunning is to be deceitful; craftiness is being cleverly dishonest. Such ‘wisdom’ is described as earthly, sensual and devilish- James 3:15
However, godly wisdom is described as pure, peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy-James 3:17.
One of the problems with lying is that you will have to cook up other lies to cover up the previous lie. Another thing with lies is that when you cook up a lie, you may not remember that lie the next time you are asked the same question.
For example, someone who frequently lies about his name may give different names to the different people and may not remember the previous name he mentioned about himself. Therefore, consistency becomes a problem.
When detectives want to know if a person is lying, they will ask him the same question at different times. A liar will give different answers to the same question at different times. Some liars are so hardened that they will tell the same lie again and again. Even for them, it will take extra mental and effort to be able to do that.
But if you are saying the truth, your answer remains unchanging and you don’t have to do so under extra mental effort or stress.
Prophetic Nugget: Receive the grace to live a truthful life in Jesus name.
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