OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. SUNDAY DECEMBER 20 2015.

 

THEME : BEARING FALSE WITNESS II.

MEMORISE : A false witness shall not be unpunished,

and he that speaketh lies shall perish. PROVERBS 19 :

9.

READ : GENESIS 39 : 7 - 20 :

7 And it came to pass after these things, that his

master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she

said, Lie with me.

8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife,

Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the

house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my

hand;

9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither

hath he kept back any thing from me but thee,

because thou art his wife: how then can I do this

great wickedness, and sin against God?

10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by

day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or

to be with her.

11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph

went into the house to do his business; and there

was none of the men of the house there within.

12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie

with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and

fled, and got him out.

13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left

his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

14 That she called unto the men of her house, and

spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an

Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to

lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up

my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me,

and fled, and got him out.

16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord

came home.

17 And she spake unto him according to these words,

saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought

unto us, came in unto me to mock me:

18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and

cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.

19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the

words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying,

After this manner did thy servant to me; that his

wrath was kindled.

20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into

the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were

bound: and he was there in the prison.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : PROVERBS 8 : 1 - 11 : 15 AND1

PETER 4 : 12 - 5 : 14.

"And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans

write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and

true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;"

Revelation 3 : 14.

In the above Scripture, Jesus Christ is called the

Faithful and True witness. Because He is the Truth,

He hates lies. A false witness is a liar. It therefore

implies that Jesus hates the bearing of false witness.

If you are a false witness, your nature is at variance

with that of Jesus who is the Faithful and True

witness. If you claim you belong to Him and yet you

bear false witness, you lie, and the truth is not in you.

If you lied against someone and got the fellow into

trouble before you were saved, although God has

forgiven you your sins at the point of salvation, you

still need to make right that wrong deed. It is very

worrisome to hear that false witnesses exist in the

Body of Christ today. It is reported that some people

arrange for some fellows to testify against particular

individuals in order to discredit them or their

ministry. Such testimonies have ridiculed and even

disqualified some people from a particular office,

position or imminent promotion. If you are guilty of

such act, you must be prepared to restitute to the

fellow you lied against. Yes, it could be humiliating,

but you have to do it.

Another area where people are guilty of bearing false

witness in the body of Christ today concerns the

issue of sexual harassment. There are ladies who, for

one reason or another, decide to blackmail a servant

of God. They may come to that servant of God with

an issue, arrange a scenario of compromise, and

then allege that he was about to rape them. They are

like Potiphar's wife, who consistently tried to entice

Joseph into adultery, but he kept resisting her.

Eventually, when all her antics had failed, she falsely

accused him of trying to rape her. Joseph went to

prison because of that lie. Some pastors have lost

their ministries to false witnesses. Some people have

been demoted because someone lied against them.

Some families are suffering because of the lies a

member of the extended family told against them.

Some church leaders are fighting some innocent

workers and ministers because of the lies told by

somebody. Are you a false witness? God can expose

your evil deeds. Go and straighten your crooked path

or else, the journey you thought would lead you to

Heaven will end in Hell.

ACTION POINT :

Are you a victim of false witnesses? Ask God to

vindicate you and restore whatever you have lost.

AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE.