A Few Bible Thoughts For Your Day

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Date: Feb 01 2017 4:21 PM

Hey Everybody,

I hope your week is off to a great start. The weather is beautiful, and I am ready for our Bible class tonight at 7. Come see us, we'd love to have you. For now, here are a few thoughts.

Bearing False Witness

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Exodus 20:16). These words come from the Ten Commandments, and are familiar to all. Defamation of character is forbidden.

To avoid such tragedies God commanded, "A single witness shall not prevail against a man for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed; only on the evidence of two witnesses. or of three witnesses, shall a charge be sustained" (Deuteronomy 19:15).

Even with this safeguard, it is possible for witnesses to bind themselves together in lying and destroy the innocent. Such was the case with Naboth and Jesus Christ. On the testimony of suborned witnesses, both were put to death.

We can only guess at the misery, hurt, loss of reputation, and death which has been brought about by false witnesses. Under the law of Moses those guilty of such deceit knew that it was going to be "life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." The people were enjoined, "You shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you." Why? So that "the rest shall hear, and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you" (Deuteronomy 19:16-21).

In the words of Burton Coffman, ''The lies men speak may go undetected. Vicious slander may achieve its goal. But the wrath of God is revealed against such wickedness. The base soul that stoops to murder the reputation of a human brother with a cunning, deceitful tongue shall not at last escape. God will punish the guilty."

Have a great week!

Mitch Robison

Enon Church of Christ

1366 Enon Rd.

Webb, AL 36376

[email protected]

enon.churchofchrist.info

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