Sixth, is “A False Witness Who Pours Out Lies”.
Once again, we go back to the root of all
sin: Pride. A prideful person is quick to lie about others in order
to make themselves look better. If they accuse others falsely, they can
blame others for something they did or something that they should have
done. I have heard this occur many times in the workplace. Some
will constantly be blaming others at work for their own lack of
responsibility. When things go wrong, they are always quick to point the
finger. It is what one co-worker of mine said: “They threw me under the
bus.” This means that they got blamed for something that they did not do
and they were not responsible for in order for the lying person to look like a
better worker. They fail to shoulder the blame for something that they
should have done or actually did do in order to accuse an innocent person who
is not present to defend themselves.
A false witness will lie in court, perhaps
even at the risk of perjury, just to get out of a crime that they committed,
while assessing the blame on an innocent party. A person who “pours out
lies” loses all credibility in time and eventually, people will tend to not
believe anything they say. Lies catch up with a person because they have
to speak other lies to cover up the first one and many times they become so
entrapped by their many lies that they become like a fly ensnared in a web.
Their web gets so tangled up with their many lies that they often forget them
all and it comes back to bite them.
This is a very hurtful and disgusting way
of lying to make someone else look bad, or to damage their character or their
honor or honesty in order to accomplish a sinister goal.
Related
to this is number seven, “one who stirs up conflict in the community”.
Finally,
this sin is one that has divided many churches. Gossip is one way to stir up conflict and divide even the closest of
friends. A person who stirs up this conflict is like a person who throws
gas on a fire that others are trying to put out. It’s like dragging up
old issues that might have been resolved but a person stirs up the issue over
and over again. When they are constantly stirring it up, like coals of a
fire, it becomes hotter and hotter, and eventually erupts into a bonfire. Or,
a person who deliberately grabs a stick and stirs up a bee’s nest. The person
who is continually stirring up conflict is also a person who is full of pride.
They want others to get stung, while they are considered to be a person above
reproach. It will destroy a church and a community.
These are the things that should not be any
part of a Christian’s life or lifestyle.
I would suggest going back and reading all seven once again, lest we forget that these are things God hates!
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