Subscribe to Ailbe Newsletters
Sign up to receive our email newsletters and read columns about revival, renewal, and awakening built upon prayer, sharing, and mutual edification.
The Ninth Commandment: Statutes and Precepts (4)
Leviticus 19.1
“‘You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.’”
Colossians 3.9
In this statute we can see the interconnectedness of the Law of God, and why, if we break one of God’s Laws, we break them all.
The Law turns now to being truthful with our neighbors. Stealing and lying are in the same category of transgression; each is a form of not being truthful. If we steal from our neighbors we lie by saying that what we possess is ours and not theirs. If we lie to our neighbors we steal from them the truth God intends them to know.
Any lying to our neighbors of any kind is unacceptable to the Lord, a violation of trust and an offense against God Himself, Who is the truth.
T. M. Moore
The Law of God is the soil which, fertilized by the rest of God’s Word and watered by His Spirit, brings forth the fruit of Christian life. If you’d like to understand this process better, and how to make best use of the Law in your walk with and work for the Lord, order the book, The Ground for Christian Ethics, from our online store.
Except as indicated, Scripture taken from the New King James Version. © Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.