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Taking Away From The Truth – To take away from the truth is not telling the whole truth. They are at the bottom half of the graphic.

Here are three examples of what I call “Christian lying,” though these practices are not the exclusive domain of Christians. If he does not return humility, I can pursue my local church for help to repair our relationship.

If I don’t speak the truth, I will grow in bitterness, regret, anger, resentment, and unforgiveness.Ĭan I trust the Lord to follow the guidelines in Matthew 18:15-17 by going to my spouse and sharing my heart? If he responds in humility, I will win him, and we can mature in our relationship.

If I don’t communicate the truth, I will be tempted to find affirmation and encouragement in other places.

If I don’t speak the truth, my soul will diminish into a gnarled-up mess.

Learning to speak the whole truth is a hard concept to apply, particularly for the vulnerable spouse who lives with a proud and angry mate. The truth-telling spouse learns to avoid the truth, which eventually builds a cancerous resentment in the soul. Many marriages work this way: one spouse is afraid to speak the truth to the other spouse because of the anger that blows back on the humble spouse. Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth? – Galatians 4:16 Then there are other times when sinful motives are in play because we do not want to be in conflict with someone. Caring for others “can be” wise, pure, and right in some situations. Maybe we do not want to hurt their feelings. Lying is a pragmatic response from the person who is afraid to love someone well by speaking the truth.

We have a name for this it is called little white lies. It is where we spin, alter, or avoid the truth. The bigger temptation for us is when we fall into the “inbetween area” of lying, where it is not black or white. We do not typically live in the black because it is conscience-altering and soul-diminishing. Most God-fearing Christians know better than to tell blatant, obvious lies. The solid black circle in the upper right is a lie and to its left is the truth. Typically when we think about truth and lies, we think in black and white terms, which you see in the top half of the graphic. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. For example, avoidance of the truth is one of those forms of deceit we need to give consideration. There are other forms of lying than willfully altering the truth from a blue to a brown sky. Every Christian is tempted to lie, and most of us do lie to each other–even more than we might realize. Then one may ask, “Should we rightfully assume Christians do not lie?” No, not at all. Only a fool would try to convince you that the sky is brown, pink, or made of sorbet. If the sky is blue, you say the sky is blue. The difference between truth-telling and lying is easy to discern. You’ve Been Lied to About Your Marriage.If you want to comment on this content, go here. Our podcasts are on iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud, TuneIn, or Stitcher. To willfully alter reality to untruth should not be part of any Christian’s game plan. It is morally wrong not to tell the truth. Most Christians do not tell big bold lies.