Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
The first lie that was ever told on earth led to death, which demonstrates the power of what is called false witness (Lucifer/God). A lie has the power to destroy the worth (Commandment 8) and the name of another (Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit). Satan is called 'a liar and the father of it' by Jesus (John 8:44) and the power he wields is based on his own...
Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
The first lie that was ever told on earth led to death, which demonstrates the power of what is called false witness (Lucifer/God). A lie has the power to destroy the worth (Commandment 8) and the name of another (Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit). Satan is called 'a liar and the father of it' by Jesus (John 8:44) and the power he wields is based on his own self-deception of the worth of God and God’s name, and his deceiving of others with this same lie.
Bearing witness to the truth
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no fault in Him at all.
Truth (Strongs concordance al??thinos – not concealed, ie, revealed) - that which has not only the name and resemblance, but the real nature corresponding to the name, in every respect corresponding to the idea signified by the name, real, true genuine (it is what it is). It is opposite to what is imperfect and defective.
As human beings and believers we are imperfect and defective, but we believe that we have ‘Christ dwelling in our hearts by faith’ (Ephesians 3:17) so we are conscious that we have the imperfect and defective ‘old self being’ to live out from or the ‘new self being’ created by God to live out from (Ephesians 4:22). One expresses the TRUE nature of God and the other expresses our ‘old self’ nature. One is complete and one is imperfect and defective.
What is truth means truth is what is (Who are we – Which I AM are we – there is a choice)
1John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
John 16:13,14 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, inasmuch as he will receive what is from me and show it to you."
The revelation then, is Jesus; not a system of doctrines, but him. The teaching of Jesus, with his life, death, and resurrection, obviously involves doctrine, but dogmatic formulations can never take the place of the revelation in Christ. God’s will shall be done in and through us as revealed by the Holy Spirit and as heard and obeyed by us at that time. We can’t just grab a Scripture and declare it to happen because we read it.
John 5:39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
1John 2:27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.
A renouncement of false teaching
Benny Hinn has been a leading proponent of prosperity gospel theology since the 1980s, teaching that God rewards active faith with health and wealth. But on September 2, during his 50-minute weekly broadcast, Hinn said he had changed.
“I am correcting my own theology and you need to all know it,” the televangelist told his studio audience and those watching online. “The blessings of God are not for sale. And miracles are not for sale. And prosperity is not for sale.”
Hin said he now believes such give-to-get theology is offensive to God. He specifically repudiated the practice of asking for “seed money,” where televangelists tell people that God will bless them if they give a specific dollar amount. Hinn himself has done this numerous times, promising God will give material blessings in exchange for a gift of $1,000. On Monday, he said he wouldn’t do it anymore. “I think giving has become such a gimmick,” Hinn said. “It’s making me sick to my stomach. And I’ve been sick for a while too. I just couldn’t say it. And now the lid is off. I’ve had it. You know why? I don’t want to get to heaven and be rebuked.” (Christianitytoday.com September 2019)
A person can repent of false teaching and stop being a false teacher and that is commendable but false teaching gets picked up and passed on by those who love it and won’t let go of it and there are consequences. 2Thessalonians 2:10 they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion,
LET US ASK GOD TO GIVE US A LOVE OF THE TRUTH AND LET US RECEIVE IT. THE BAR IS HIGH.
