Our Lying Culture

Lying seems to be more virtuous than the does the truth in our modern culture. Sadly, fabricating false stories in an attempt to embellish one's standing seems to be the norm for many. Someone has said something to the effect that Satan has many tools in his arsenal but lying is a handle that fits them all. As the old adage says, "some people would lie for a check when they could get cash for telling the truth." Sadly, I have known some people like this, even some professing to be Christians.

We have seen it in a President resigning in disgrace; to a President whose legacy will be forever tarnished by parsing verbs and lying about his adulterous affairs; to newscasters who have tried to disgrace Presidents with false stories; to newscasters and Secretaries of State who have lied about their own personal experiences in an effort to make themselves appear noble and brave; and even now, to a Little League team who lied to win a Little League World Series. Everyone one of these initial lies was followed by another lie to cover up the first lie!

Lying has become so endemic to our culture that it is ripping the moral fabric of our society to shreds. Lying is the very foundation of idolatry. Quite frankly, we have reached the level of idolatry in our country that it is easier to find a person who will lie, than it is to find a man who will speak the truth. 

The following statement is only too strongly worded for us, if we have become more comfortable with the lies of our culture than we have the truth. Listen carefully, we need to be reminded, ALL IMPENITENT LIARS HAVE CONFIRMED THEIR RESERVATION FOR HELL when life is over! LYING IS A SIN! "But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, AND ALL LIARS, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8)