ARE YOU A FALSE WITNESS?
Memorise: A false witness shall not be
unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. Proverbs 19:9
In Exodus 20:16, God commanded that we should not bear
false witness against our neighbour. The consequence of being a false witness
is found in proverbs 19:9. Wicked people cannot survive without false
witnesses. They rely on false witnesses to perpetrate their evil deeds. For
example, Ahab could not have gotten rid of Naboth but for the use of false
witnesses ( 1 Kings 21:13). It was the false witness of Rehum the chancellor,
Shimshai the rebuilding project of Zerubbabel (Ezra 4). These people wrote
false allegations against the jews and their leadership and sent the document
to King Artaxerxes. The result as stated in Ezra
“Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem . So it ceased
unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia .”
The effect of false witnesses are unimaginable. As a
matter of fact, a false witness is a murderer in disguise. His or her motive
cannot be mistaken: it is to destroy. I pray for you that false witnesses shall
not destroy your destiny in Jesus’ Name.
When the Jewish leader could find nothing to nail
Jesus Christ, they opted for blackmail and false witnesses. Jesus had earlier
told those who were following him in John 14:30 that:
“…for the prince of this world cometh, and hath
nothing in me.”
So the only way they could get at Jesus was through false
witness. Despite the conspiracy, the Bible in Mark 14:56 says:
“For many bare false witness against him, but their
witness agreed not together.”
There is a great lesson that you as a follower of
Christ must learn from this story. You must live above-board like your Master
if you don’t want to become an easy prey for the accuser of the brethren –
Satan. In the same vein, you must learn to be transparently honest. This will
prevent you from being a false witness. When you engage in false witnessing and
lying, you are crucifying Jesus Christ again and the danger is that you will
fall into a state where it becomes difficult to be restored (Hebrews 6:4-6),
another danger of being a false witness is that it exposes one to becoming a
reprobate. This is a state where the conscience no longer checkmate a person
against wrongdoing (2 Timothy 3:8, Romans 1:28-32). In what areas of your life
are you a false witness? Fake affidavit? False claims that you are married with
so many children whereas you have a family of just three? I pray for you that a
lying tongue will not blot you name from the book of life in Jesus’ Name..
Prayer Point
Father, deliver me from a lying tongue
and help me to be a true witness of the Cross of Jesus.
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