7月27日
标 题：弃绝谎言
经 节：所以，你们要弃绝谎言，各人与邻舍说实话，因为我们是互相为肢体。（以弗所书四章25节）
因为你是基督徒，你的生命一定要被真理所充满。在你重生的那一刻，神把真理的灵放置你的心中（约翰福音十六：13）。圣灵的角色是引导你进入所有的真理。圣灵要以所有真实的事，充满你的心思意念（腓立比书四：8）。如果你愿意让圣灵以神的真理充满你，你的行事为人、与人相交，都会很真诚。根据耶稣的意思，这就是：你们的话，是，就说是；不是，就说不是（马太福音五：33～37）。
世人认为真理是可有可无。欺诈充满社会每个角落，因为世界的王子是撒谎的首创者，也是谎言之父（约翰福音八：44）。从它第一次与人类接触，撒但就开始欺骗人类，引诱他们拒绝真理，活在虚谎之中。
世界要你妥协真理。你可能以为隐瞒真理能达成更佳果效。这是一种狡诈的瞒骗。你不能够以欺诈创建神的王国！神拒绝以罪恶的方式，达成祂神圣的目的。你可能想要创建自己虚妄的形像，而活在谎言中。耶稣说这是假冒为善（路加福音十二：56）。当你犯罪，你会想隐瞒实情；然而，惟有你承认事实真相，才能被饶恕与释放（雅各书五：16）。
你口中所说的话，反应你的心灵实况（马太福音十二：34）。倘若你的心被欺诈所充满，你口中就说出虚谎的话。求神以祂的真理充满你，好让你能见到生命中每一种虚伪可鄙的形式。
Put Away Lying
Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one
of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.
(Ephesians 4:25)
Because you are a Christian, your life ought to be
permeated with truth. When you were born again, God put the Spirit of truth in
you (John 16:13). The Spirit’s role is to guide you into all truth. The Spirit
wants to fill your mind with whatever is true (Phil. 4:8). If you allow the
Spirit to fill you with God’s truth, you will be truthful in your actions and
in your relationships. According to Jesus, this means that your yes will always
be yes, and your no will always mean no (Matt. 5:33–37).
The world considers truth optional. Deception
permeates every corner of society because the prince of this world is the
author and father of lies (John 8:44). From his first contact with people,
Satan has been lying to them and persuading them to live in falsehood rather
than in truth.
The world will tempt you to compromise the truth.
You may be fooled into thinking that you can accomplish greater good by
withholding the truth. That is a demonic deception. You cannot use deception to
build the kingdom of God! God refuses to use sinful means to accomplish His
holy purposes. You may be tempted to live a lie by projecting a false image of
yourself. Jesus condemned this as hypocrisy (Luke 12:56). When you sin, you
will be tempted to conceal the truth; yet only as you confess the truth will you
be forgiven and set free (James 5:16).
What you say reflects what is in your heart (Matt.
12:34). If your heart is filled with deception, your mouth will speak
falsehood. Ask God to permeate you with His truth so that you find falsehood,
in any form, abhorrent.
