BEARING FALSE
WITNESS II
Memorise: A false
witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Proverbs 19:9
Read: Genesis
39:7-20,
7 And it
came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon
Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold,
my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all
that he hath to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath
he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then
can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day,
that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went
into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house
there within.
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me:
and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his
garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto
them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in
unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my
voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came
home.
17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying,
The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried,
that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of
his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant
to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the
prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the
prison.
Bible in one year:
Proverbs 8:1-11:15, 1st Peter 4:12-5:14
“And unto the angel of the
church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and
true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;”
Revelation 3:14
MESSAGE!
In the above Scripture, Jesus Christ
is called the Faithful and True
witness. Because He is the Truth, He hates lies. A false witness is a liar. It
therefore implies that Jesus hates the bearing of false witness. If you are a
false witness, your nature is at variance with that of Jesus who is the Faithful
and True witness. If you claim you belong to Him and yet you bear false
witness, you lie, and the truth is not in you. If lied against someone and got
the fellow into trouble before you were saved, although God has forgiven you
your sins at the point of salvation, you still need to make right the wrong
deed. It is very worrisome to hear that false witnesses exist in the Body of
Christ today. It is reported that some people arrange for some fellows to
testify against particular individuals in order to discredit them or their
ministry. Such testimonies have ridiculed and even disqualified some people
from a particular office, position or imminent promotion. If you are guilty of
such act, you must be prepared to restitute to the fellow you lied against. Yes,
it could be humiliating, but you have to do it.
Another area where people are guilty of bearing false witness in the
body of Christ today concerns the issue if sexual harassment. There are ladies
who, for one reasons or another, decide to blackmail a servant of God. They may
come to that servant of God with an issue, arrange a scenario of compromise,
and then allege that he was about to rape them. They are like Potiphar’s wife,
who consistently tried to entice Joseph into adultery, but he kept resisting her.
Eventually, when all her antics had failed, she falsely accused him of trying
to rape her. Joseph went to prison because of that lie. Some pastors have lost
their ministries to false witnesses. Some people have demoted because someone
lied against them. Some families are suffering because of the lies a member of
the extended family told against them. Some church leaders are fighting some
innocent workers and ministers because of the lies told by somebody. Are you a
false witness? God can expose your evil deeds. Go and straighten your crooked
path or else, the journey you thought would lead you to Heaven will end in
Hell.
Action Point
Are you a victim of
false witnesses? Ask God to vindicate you and restore whatever you have lost.
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