Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

 Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!

(Open in Prayer)

                   Welcome to My Little House of Prayer. I am your host Dayla Smith. I am so very glad that you could join me today. What a title, huh? But, I want to talk about the many ways we lie and there is a penalty for lying. But, for Christians there is hope. You see, the LORD is getting ready to come for His bride and her maids. He wants us to be ready. Are you ready for His return with the voice of a trumpet? I am trying to be ready for His return. Some days, I feel like I’ve come so far. But yet, I still have so far to go. And with the help of the LORD, I will make it. You see His grace is so unfathomable. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52  51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, 

but we shall all be changed,52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 

                  You see, for  believers, as long as we remain willing to be taught by the Holy Spirit and repent of our sinful ways, whatever sinful ways are left will be obliterated. Jesus Christ’s blood paid for the sin of ignorance. Isn’t His righteous justice awesome? Does this mean we can justify our sin and remain practicing those sins that the Holy Spirit and God’s word convicts us of not to do? Certainly not. He does not condone practiced or premeditated sin. When the LORD convicts us of sin, we are to practice asking the Lord for His forgiveness and then repent of that sin. My friend has a wonderful habit of dropping those sins the Holy Spirit convicts her of like when we handle a hot potato. She just drops it.

         Today, I feel that the Lord has impressed upon me that He wants to talk about our tongue and the sin of lying. That with our tongue alone we can sin left and right. When we begin to use our tongue to lie, that leads us to deceive ourselves and others. When we begin to use our tongue to deceive ourselves and others, it leads us into the occult. All of these end in death. Remember Jesus said in John 10:10-12  10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. Then, He talked of Satan in John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 

                     Here are two diagrams I want to explain to you. You can also go and research if what I am saying is true or not. 

               The top two are the LORD’s four square or tetragrammical name and what each leads you to in His name. Remember Satan wants to lift up his name above the name of the LORD. Isaiah 14:12-15  12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. Satan wants to set up his kingdom in our hearts. Satan was created in the beginning. But, he does not know all the mind of the Father and Son. But, what he does know, he twists.So, let us begin. 

                  So, the first corner of warfare is our speech. Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. We have to be so careful about our words. They reveal our true selves. They can not only be harmful to others, but also to ourselves. Proverbs 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. What does the enemy want to do? Set a trap for us. He can take our words and twist them to bring harm to ourselves and others. Remember, he is like a lawyer. The book of Daniel calls him the accuser of the brethren. We can not win against him except through the precious blood of the Lamb. We need to apply it all day every day every aspect of our lives. Proverbs 18:7-8  7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. When we gossip, the Lord revealed to me we are lying. When a person is not there to defend themselves, good or bad, it is gossip. Gossip is lying. 

                   The bible says that the Lord will hold us accountable for every idle word we use. You know, words just to fill up the empty space in the atmosphere. Before I started walking with the Lord, I could not stand the silence. I always had to have noise. If I didn’t have a T.V. or radio on, I had to be talking. I would talk about anything and everything. I am still on the experiential side of taming my tongue. Now this usually shows up as a hardship when I’m angry. But, through the steady help by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I am steadily overcoming.  Look at James 3:5-8  5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

                      According to Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. It says that we hold the power of life and death in our tongues. But, just because we hold that power, does not mean we will necessarily enjoy the effects of our speech. You know, “You will eat your words.” I believe this is where we get it from. And man wants to say that the bible isn’t true. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The bible is a handwritten letter from the LORD. It is our road map home. We will have to learn to tame our tongue if we are to make heaven our home. 

             Now, let’s look at  James 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. Most of us know that old saying, “While you are pointing your finger at me, you better look at the three pointing back at you.” I have had a sign for years. I loved it. It said, “Discernment is God’s call to intercession.” Sometimes, the Lord reveals someone’s character or imperfections. This is not for you to run to the local prayer chain and say, “Let’s pray for poor brother so-and-so.” This is judgemental gossip. It is not for you to discuss with anyone else but the Lord. If the Lord puts this in front of you, it is because he is trusting you enough to keep it to yourself and to go in your closet and pray for them. To pray for them as if you would be the person with their character flaw or imperfection. This is the way we truly pray for one another. This is how we can give the devil an old heave-hoe. This is just the intro on the ways the enemy wants to set up his kingdom in our hearts using our tongue. Matthew 15:17-20  17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. Even Jesus knew that to eat with unclean hands means we will just make yourself ill. Where have our hands been before we eat? Washing our hands removes bad germs. But, like I said earlier, our tongues reveal our true selves.

              So, if we do not learn to tame our tongue in our speech, it will lead to a lifestyle of lying. Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. What this verse says is that we are not supposed to lie. We are not supposed to lie about ourselves or others. How many times have we heard someone say about someone, “He is a pathological liar.” What they are really saying is that that person lives a life of lying. Let’s look at Genesis 3:1-19  3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. So the serpent entered the garden of Eden with a twist on the truth in God’s torah truth. He then got Eve to sin. Then, she sells Adam a lie that God is holding something back. So, Adam believes a lie and sins. What happens next? The Lord questions them. Why? To get them untangled from the snare Satan bound them in. Each question was to entice them to do the right thing. Be totally honest and to repent. Instead of just being totally honest, they played the blame game. And, do you see their penalty for their sin? Then, let’s look at Genesis 4 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.15 And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. Can you see how the habit of lying carried on from Adam and Eve to Cain and Abel? We have to own up to our misdeeds. There is no deliverance in shoving sin under the rug. You see, the Lord is not out to outright judge us without first trying to redeem us. He wants us to make heaven our home as much as we do. He is righteous. Sin cannot dwell in His presence. Therefore, we have to be honest with both ourselves and the LORD. Just like with Cain, we can be rest assured that our sins will find us out if we continuously try to shove them under the rug and lie. Colossians 3:5-11  5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

Ephesians 4:23-25  23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

                           So, we see so far that an untamed tongue can lead to a lifestyle of lying. Which has effects on generations to come. But, generational curses can be broken through repentance and the Lord’s forgiveness. But, if we don’t repent and ask the Lord for His forgiveness  it will lead to a life of deception. You know, “He lies so much that he believes his own lies.” Ephesians 5:6-21  6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. The apostle Paul warns us to be very careful. To avoid all the evils of a loose tongue. Joking profanely and even talking of things that are so vulgar, they shouldn’t even be mentioned. “It’s just a joke.” or “I thought it was funny.” Remember, we talked earlier that gossip is lying. 

                 So, a loose tongue leads to a lying lifestyle. A lying lifestyle leads to a life of deception. A life of deception brings that life into the occult. The occult is the complete worship of Satan. We are called to Worship the LORD alone. We cannot serve two masters. We can only serve one or the other. Deuteronomy 18:10-12  10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 

                   So, sin will take us further than we want to go, make us stay longer than we want to stay, and make us pay more than we

want to pay. How about we look at Annanias and Saphira. Acts 5:1-11

5 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. 

               Annanias and Saphira were given opportunities to change their minds concerning this choice that they were making. They did not have to choose to lie. Yet they did. They paid for it with their lives. It was prophesied in 1998 at a church that I was attending at the time that there would be a day coming as it was in the days of Annanias and Sahira. Where respectful fear will return to the Church again.

                        If you do not know the Lord Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. Let me introduce you to Him. It is really simple. First you must acknowledge that you are a sinner in need of a savior according to the mirror of the law of the Lord. Ask Him for His forgiveness for all of your sins and call them out to Him. Thank Him for His forgiveness. Then, forgive those who have sinned or transgressed against you. Then, repent. Repent means to change your mind concerning sinful habits. Change your choice making decisions. Let Him influence your choice making decisions as you get in His Holy Word. Ask Him to be Lord over your life. I want to pray this prayer with you. But, this is just an outline. The real work begins after I pray with you because it is a very personal walk with the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. 

                    Lord Jesus, I confess my sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please come into my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take complete control of my life and help me to walk in Your footsteps daily by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for saving me and for answering my prayer. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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