Why is it wrong to lie? because God never lies. Yes, one reason why you shouldn't lie is because people don't trust a liar and don't confide in one who twists truth. BUT the latter is only so because lying is intrinsically wrong! Why would you love your neighbor as yourself and why would you forgive? because God loves His neighbors and He forgives. Yes, one reason you love others is because you want to be a healthy lover, receiving love and exercising the love onto others (as opposed to a fat lover that constantly takes and never exercises!). BUT the latter is only true because the former is true. God acts in truth; therefore, He is wise.
You see truth belongs to God. When you stumble upon truth, you have stumbled upon something that God has instituted because, by its very nature, it is fair and just and logical. A person cannot own truth/wisdom because she (wisdom) worked by God's side in the foundation of the world (read Proverbs 8). Not only should one do what is right because truth is absolute and uncompromising, one should do what is right because by being near to God, what is right permeates through the old self. A Christian saved by the glory of God should now echoes His characteristics (That's just how it works!).
One way we do this is to glorify God with the way we operate our bodies. Don’t think that once you’re married, the lust issue isn’t an issue any more. No, it is something that a person should seek to control because controlling our bodies is something that God instituted and is simply the correct way. The Bible wasn't givent to us so we could find loopholes--no! It was given to us so there would be no loopholes. A teacher gives a student a syllabus at the beginning of a course so there would be no question about what was to come, what was to be expected and so that a student may read it promptly, as he/she is responsible for the information presented in it. By the very nature of the Bible, it was created to make life easier. I think that if a person never lied, he/she would never have to free himself/herself from his/her neighbor's hands (Proverbs 6:1-5). The Bible both creates social order and a basis for unity among men, and between man and God.
It is for the glory of God that man trusts Him; it is for the glory of God that the house is not burnt down as we experiment in search for truth. Truth is basic and simple; man complicates it.
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