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This is the gift of discernment (common sense).
"The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."~Luke 6:45
5 Things God Will Show You When Someone Is Lying to You
1. If God Is Showing You that Someone Consistently Manipulates Half-Truths to Support Their Own Agenda, This Is a Sign God Is Exposing a Liar to You
Untrustworthy people love to live in the grey. They know if they just tell a bold-face lie that has zero factual elements of truth to it, it is highly unlikely that they will be able to manipulate anyone into believing them. Therefore, most liars learn to incorporate some truths in the webs they weave.
They then use these stories filled with half-truths to manipulate the facts in the ways that most benefit them. A cheater will admit they saw their ex at the party, but they will deny that anything happened. A thief will admit that he took some money, but he will claim he was only borrowing it and was going to pay it back as soon as he got paid next week. A pastor will admit that he knew about the abusive behavior of one of his staff, but he will deny that he knew the full extent of it.
This is what happened with Ananias and Sapphira. They sold some land and they did actually give a generous gift to the church, but they presented the money to the church as though they were giving all the proceeds from their land when in fact they kept back some for themselves. Acts 5:1-5 states:
The Holy Spirit did not judge them for keeping a part of the money for themselves. He judged them for presenting it as though they were giving all the money to the church when in fact they were not. Likewise, God will expose the half-truths of liars in your life too.
2. If God Has Already Exposed This Person as a Liar Through the Authority of Someone Else, This Is Often God’s Warning to You as Well
One really bad trend among many Christians is that we are quick to believe the story of the person we hear first. It’s all too common to meet some pastor who was removed from leadership at a different church but who claims that church mistreated him. And since you are only hearing his side of the story, it is very easy to just believe him. Years later, however, you will often learn the hard way that this man was removed from leadership for a good reason and is now simply repeating his former ways in your church too.
Or perhaps you start dating someone that has a reputation of being a player. You decide to only listen to this person and since they are rather convincing and seem like a very honest person, you believe them. But then as time goes on you see this person really is just a player like all your friends were trying to tell you.
Proverbs 19:5 states, “A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.” If someone has a history of getting disciplined and rebuked wherever they go, you should not be so quick to just believe their side of the story. Some punishment is just. And if someone has experienced lots of punishment by others in their life, oftentimes that means they did something to deserve it.
The point is, oftentimes God exposes someone as a liar through some other authority but we believe we are the only authority to be respected and thus we feel we must retry this person’s case ourselves; but we then do so with only the facts this person provides. I’m not saying that every church is right and every individual defending themselves against that church is wrong. I’m not saying that everyone who has a reputation of being a player is a player. I’m just saying that all too often God has already had someone else do the hard work of exposing a liar. Sometimes we just need to listen so we don’t have to learn this truth about this liar the hard way ourselves.
For example, when talking about certain officials in society, Romans 13:4 states, “For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.” Yes, people abuse the power God gives them to enforce justice. But not always. Sometimes those who are trying to tell you about someone’s dangerous character are telling you the truth.
Continued in post #2
"The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."~Luke 6:45
5 Things God Will Show You When Someone Is Lying to You
1. If God Is Showing You that Someone Consistently Manipulates Half-Truths to Support Their Own Agenda, This Is a Sign God Is Exposing a Liar to You
Untrustworthy people love to live in the grey. They know if they just tell a bold-face lie that has zero factual elements of truth to it, it is highly unlikely that they will be able to manipulate anyone into believing them. Therefore, most liars learn to incorporate some truths in the webs they weave.
They then use these stories filled with half-truths to manipulate the facts in the ways that most benefit them. A cheater will admit they saw their ex at the party, but they will deny that anything happened. A thief will admit that he took some money, but he will claim he was only borrowing it and was going to pay it back as soon as he got paid next week. A pastor will admit that he knew about the abusive behavior of one of his staff, but he will deny that he knew the full extent of it.
This is what happened with Ananias and Sapphira. They sold some land and they did actually give a generous gift to the church, but they presented the money to the church as though they were giving all the proceeds from their land when in fact they kept back some for themselves. Acts 5:1-5 states:
"But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.’ When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.”
The Holy Spirit did not judge them for keeping a part of the money for themselves. He judged them for presenting it as though they were giving all the money to the church when in fact they were not. Likewise, God will expose the half-truths of liars in your life too.
2. If God Has Already Exposed This Person as a Liar Through the Authority of Someone Else, This Is Often God’s Warning to You as Well
One really bad trend among many Christians is that we are quick to believe the story of the person we hear first. It’s all too common to meet some pastor who was removed from leadership at a different church but who claims that church mistreated him. And since you are only hearing his side of the story, it is very easy to just believe him. Years later, however, you will often learn the hard way that this man was removed from leadership for a good reason and is now simply repeating his former ways in your church too.
Or perhaps you start dating someone that has a reputation of being a player. You decide to only listen to this person and since they are rather convincing and seem like a very honest person, you believe them. But then as time goes on you see this person really is just a player like all your friends were trying to tell you.
Proverbs 19:5 states, “A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.” If someone has a history of getting disciplined and rebuked wherever they go, you should not be so quick to just believe their side of the story. Some punishment is just. And if someone has experienced lots of punishment by others in their life, oftentimes that means they did something to deserve it.
The point is, oftentimes God exposes someone as a liar through some other authority but we believe we are the only authority to be respected and thus we feel we must retry this person’s case ourselves; but we then do so with only the facts this person provides. I’m not saying that every church is right and every individual defending themselves against that church is wrong. I’m not saying that everyone who has a reputation of being a player is a player. I’m just saying that all too often God has already had someone else do the hard work of exposing a liar. Sometimes we just need to listen so we don’t have to learn this truth about this liar the hard way ourselves.
For example, when talking about certain officials in society, Romans 13:4 states, “For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.” Yes, people abuse the power God gives them to enforce justice. But not always. Sometimes those who are trying to tell you about someone’s dangerous character are telling you the truth.
Continued in post #2
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