"People are fickle...they like you one minute, and hate you the next.
People can be undependable,...they make promises, and rarely (can) keep them.
Promises are cheap.
People lie.
Most promises are eventually broken.
It is better NOT to promise and make a vow, then to say you will do something and then default.
Don't be rash with your words.
Most people are *people-pleasers*...they cannot say no, and thereby make false promises they never intend to keep.
This is dangerous, and wrong.
It is a sin.
It is making and telling a lie.
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Broken promises make broken lives...
broken hearts...
broken dreams...
broken minds...
broken hopes.
Lying brings destruction and heartache...and breeds in (as) anger and resentment.
(And listen:) it is MOST dangerous to make vows and promises to God your Father.
The Lord is displeased with lying promises.
He is not mocked: you will (eventually) reap what you have sown.
Do not promise what you cannot- or will not - do! It is much better NOT to make promises, then to break them!
God KEEPS His promises.
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In contrast, the Lord God always keeps His promises.
His Word is His promise.
If He has said it, He will (eventually) do it.
He is a man of His Word!
He is faithful.
He does not lie.
Men and women lie, but our God our Father does not!
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Who is the *father of lies*?
The enemy, of course.
He loves lies and relishes in lying.
He is the ultimate liar, and has been from the beginning.
His lies got him kicked out of Heaven. (and his pride and rebellion.)
Yes, lying goes along with pride and rebellion: all attributes of the evil one.
Compare this mess to the great truth of the Lord!
The Spirit of God is the Spirit of Truth.
Jesus is the way, the TRUTH, and the life...in Him is no lie, no darkness, no evil.
-pause-
If you are caught in the grip of lies; of lying...I admonish you to repent.
Resist the enemy, the devil, the liar...and he will flee.
Submit to God, and be humbled under His mighty hand of truth.
The truth, you know, WILL (eventually) set you (totally) free!
And whom the Son (Jesus) has set free, is free indeed:
free from the devil and sin!
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So, many decisions will come your way.
You can decide to follow Jesus and His truth, or you can follow Satan and his lies.
But, beware, (for) sometimes the truth is polluted.
Sometimes the enemy uses partial truths in order to trap the sheep. (believers)
He is a master of lies,
of trickery,
of deceit,
of (the) false-SEEMING-true.
He is a *bluffer*.
He is a manipulator and a deceiver.
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I, the Lord, will lead you into all truth....as you continue to follow Me.
Remember,
forcefully resist
the lies,
the condemnation,
the slander,
the attacks:
for I WILL have a free people!
I am fighting for you, My children, My precious lambs!
I am interceding for each and every one of you!
I care deeply for EACH of you.
Believe Me and My Word: for I do not lie!
You can count on Me and My promises.
Stick with Me and I'll stick with you!
I love you, kids!"
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*end writing at 12:10am, 6-2-2005...25 minutes duration
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Scripture references
JOHN 16:13A "Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth..."
REVELATION 12:9 "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
JOHN 14:6 "Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father but by Me."
JOHN 8:32 "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
JOHN 8:36 "If the Son therefore shall make your free, you shall be free indeed."
JOHN 14:16, 17 "And I will pray to the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter,
that He may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot recieve, because it sees Him not, neither knows Him:
but you know Him; for He dwells with you, and shall be in you."
JOHN 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do.
He was murderer form the beginning, and abode not in truth, because there is not truth in him.
When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
HEBREWS:7:25b "...He ever lives to make intercession for them." (referring to Jesus)
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Definitions
admonish = to caution, forewarn
rash = hasty, rushed, hurried, thoughtless, impulsive, careless
relishes = to revel in, delights, enjoys, bask in, gloats over
fickle = changing frequently, especially as regards to one's loyalties, interests, or affection; vacillating, unpredictable, capricious, changeable, disloyal
bluffer = one who misrepresents, deceiver, counterfeiter, one who misleads by presenting a bold front
promise = declaration of assurance, guarantee, pledge, obligation, oath, committment, covenant
enemy = Satan, Devil, Lucifer, deceiver, liar, accuser, destroyer, murderer, thief, adversary, evil one, dragon, serpent
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