I know the 10 commandments command us not to bear false witness against our neighbor but what about other lies?
Thank you. That clears that up.It's one of a group of 7 sins that are especially detestable:
Bible Gateway passage: Proverbs 6:16-19 - New International Version
Lev 19:11 You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.I know the 10 commandments command us not to bear false witness against our neighbor but what about other lies?
I know the 10 commandments command us not to bear false witness against our neighbor but what about other lies?
Thank you. That clears that up.
Yes love fulfills the law so bearing false witness against someone would not be love.This is an excellent study, my friend. What seems to be intrinsically part of the bearing false witness, is any malice involved towards the party lied about and seeking their harm or demise.
It's part of a "heart condition" that God is focusing on.
You make a good point. Yes, love fulfils the law.In a key way, yes it does. When someone asks about a 'white lie' like telling someone they look fine when you think it's less than fine, I think of the way Christ said Matthew 7:12 as how to know. You put yourself in their shoes, and then ask what you'd want in their shoes, if you were in their position. As I think of it, a real lie is meant to take advantage of others, so that it is like theft in a way. To put others at disadvantage for one's seeming own gain at their expense.
When you think on it well, you see that many 'white lies' are not ok -- they are not what you'd want if you were in that position.
I know the 10 commandments command us not to bear false witness against our neighbor but what about other lies?
Yes love fulfills the law so bearing false witness against someone would not be love.
Thank you.There is no specific commandment against lying per se, but "biblical" lying, such as "all liars" found in the Revelation refers to what we today call fraud. The Didache warns that a lie leads to theft, while the Shepherd of Hermes compares it to robbery.
Lying in a business transaction was considered especially heinous in biblical times. One stern warning in the old testament was against holding back the wages of a worker. To cause a man to work a full day and then not pay him is the same as stealing from him. The old testament also warns against using rigged scales.
But you should always be truthful. Maybe even about "the one that got away".
Thank you.Sometimes we are forced in the world to choose the "lesser of evils". Rahab lied to protect Joshua's spies, the midwives lied to protect Moses and the other Hebrew babies. Lying is still technically a sin, but if we are forced to answer something, it is a greater sin to deliver up the innocent to murder.
Yes what is His intent? Im meditating on love.Excellent point. It's right in sync with the "intent" of the heart, via the "heart condition". The stickler here, is examples of Rahab, and those protecting others in "hiding" from evil intent, for instance.
The bottom line is, what is and has been God's intent when He speaks of bearing false witness, and falsehoods, etc?
Yes what is His intent? Im meditating on love.
Yes, do unto others as you would have them do to you. I would want someone to lie to the Nazis in order to protect me from them.That's deeep, isn't it?
The bottom line is, for example how we are to respond to someone running (Jewish people or anyone else being hunted down) and hiding from for instance the Nazi's, etc.
I know the 10 commandments command us not to bear false witness against our neighbor but what about other lies?
There is a rabbinic principle determined from such OT stories that says that (with a couple of exceptions) when they are in conflict, negative commands, “Thou Shalt NOT,” are trumped by positive commands; “Thou Shalt.” Our Lord Himself appealed to this in several instances like healing on the Sabbath. So the principle stands.Sometimes we are forced in the world to choose the "lesser of evils". Rahab lied to protect Joshua's spies, the midwives lied to protect Moses and the other Hebrew babies. Lying is still technically a sin, but if we are forced to answer something, it is a greater sin to deliver up the innocent to murder.