BBD 02.16.04 Lying Like A Dog
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02.16.04
Lying Like A Dog
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect,
so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written
in the Law and in the Prophets. I have hope in God, which they themselves
also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just
and the unjust. This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience
without offense toward God and men. - Acts 24:14-16.
You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. - Leviticus
19:11.
Sofia Aguilar’s car, a Mitsubishi 3000 GT, was having some transmission
problems and she did what most of us would do - she took her car to a
mechanic. Rocky Castilleja, a San Antonio, Texas mechanic for weeks told
Sofia that her car was not yet repaired. When she went by the mechanic’s
shop to check on it in person she found the car had an extra 190 miles on
the odometer. Castilleja explained that the extra miles was a result of
diagnostic testing which seemed reasonable to Sofia. Several weeks later
(Her car had not yet been returned.) Sofia and her family went to the races.
She was shocked to see her mechanic on the track, and…he was driving her
car!! Upon closer inspection they found that it was indeed her car and with
an additional 340 miles on it. Sofia called the police and the mechanic
claimed that Sofia, “knew I was going to test drive her car.” However, after
a short investigation officers arrested Castilleja for unlawful use of a
vehicle.
It is amazing the creative license some take with the truth! Too many times,
I have been disappointed to learn that someone has looked me in the eyes and
lied. Sadly, I have a relative that would rather tell a lie than tell the
truth. It is hard for me to understand why a person would persistently tell
one lie after another except that they do not know the Lord as their Savior.
I will confess that I have lied before but it is not something that I can do
habitually because it wounds my conscience and grieves the Holy Spirit. I,
as did the apostle Paul, strive to keep my conscience clear before God and
man because to do otherwise is much too painful.
Why did the apostle Paul strive to keep his conscience clear? As he
explained before Felix, he had hope in God. In other words, he believed that
God was real and that there would some day be an accounting for our actions.
Paul had a fear, a reverence, and respect for God because he looked beyond
to eternity. There is more to life than what just meets our eyes. There is
something more important than any situation where we are tempted to tell an
untruth to make things better for us or to make ourselves look better. God
knows exactly what we are doing. Let us ponder very carefully our actions in
view of the eternal fact that there is a God and some bright shining day we
who know Jesus as our Savior will walk by sight in His presence.
(Please pray for my lost relative that God will intervene in their life.)
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