CHILDREN THAT WILL NOT LIE.

 
DECEMBER 16.
 

Children that will not lie.
Isaiah 63:8

 
THUS God describes his own,
  those whom he saves, and
   with whom he sympathizes.
 
The God of truth must hate a liar.
 
The true God must hate falsehood and pretense.
 
Lying is especially condemned in God's word, and
  all liars are excluded from the new Jerusalem.
 
It is impossible for God to lie, and
  it is equally impossible for God
  to sanction, tolerate, or allow lying in any of his own children.
 
To lie is to deceive, or to attempt to deceive,
  by word or deed.
 
The practice springs from the depravity of the heart, and
  where persevered in, or excused, is a proof that the heart
   has never been renewed by divine grace.
 
“Lying lips are an abomination unto the Lord.”
 
“All liars shall have their portion in the lake which burneth
  with brimstone and with fire;
    which is the second death.”
 
“He that speaketh lies shall not escape.”
 
“He that speaketh lies shall perish.”
 
These are very fearful passages;
  they are the true sayings of God.
 
Let us carefully examine ourselves.
 
Are we in the habit of practicing deception in word or deed?
 
Memory ! retain the fact,
“NO LIAR CAN ENTER HEAVEN !
  NO LIAR CAN ESCAPE HELL ! “
 
 

In vain we talk of Jesus’ blood,

And boast his name in vain,

If we can slight the laws of God,

And prove unjust to men.

 
James Smith 1849