Tag: God Calls Out Liars - Jeremiah 22-26

Jeremiah 23:9-10 (ESV Strong's)

(Lying Prophets)

Concerning the prophets:

My heart is broken within me;

all my bones shake;

I am like a drunken man,

like a man overcome by wine,

because of the Lord

and because of his holy words.

For the land is full of adulterers;

because of the curse the land mourns,

and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.

Their course is evil,

and their might is not right.

Tag:  God Calls Out Liars

Speaking truth should be the way all peoples speak.  But, we know that is not true.  Mankind is full of sin, and like the father of sin, Satan, they lie:

John 8:44 (ESV Strong's)

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Lying comes from a heart that has not be perfected in Christ.   Everyone lies.  Even priest, prophets, teachers and popes lie.  We have yet to be set totally free from untruth.  We live in a world of mis-truth and in bodies wrecked with sin and lacking truth. In the above passage, however, we see what happens when this bent on lying comes into contact, on a regular basis, with those who say they speak for God.  The prophets of Jeremiah’s day were full of lies.   God, in these verses and those following, calls them out for their deceit.   Toward the end of this passage Jeremiah states:  “... Their course is evil, and their might is not right.”    These “prophets” were speaking from a place of “power” (might).   Those in power should specifically speak truth; especially those who they say they speak for God; who is truth (John 14:6).    When they don’t God takes note and corrects all the falsehood.  We might not see it right away, but God is taking care of all those who use their power to speak falsehoods and deception.  That is good to know in a world that has many men and women of power speaking deception and half-truth in order to further their agenda’s and strengthen their might.