LIARS AND THEIR LYING LIES

Rev. 21:8, 27; 22:14-17

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE SOURCE OF LIES

1. Satan [John 8:44, 1 Timothy 4:1-2]

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

2. Self, i.e., the Sin Nature [Psalm 58:3, Jer. 17:9]

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

3. Society, i.e., the World [1 Jn. 2:15-22]

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

II. THE SERIOUSNESS OF LYING

1.It is Against the Ten Commandments [Ex. 20:16]

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

2. God Hates Lying [Prov. 6:16-19]

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

3. The Penalty for Lying is Severe [Proverbs 19:5,9]

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

III. THE SOLUTION TO LYING

1. Confess the Saviour [Rm. 10:9-13]

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

2. Confess the Sin [1 Jn. 1:8-10]

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

3. Call It What It Is [Proverbs 26:19, 28:13, Ephesians 4:25]

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.