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2`LIE OR NOT `2 LIE`THAT IS THE OUESTION?
WRITTEN BY: MINISTER ORNDARY F. MURPHY

WHY IS IT THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE A `LIE` BEFORE THEY WILL BELIEVE THE `TRUTH`? IS IT BECAUSE THEY HEAR `LIES` MORE THAN THEY HEAR THE `TRUTH`, OR IS IT THE FACT THAT A PERSON HAS DEVELOPED AND PERFECTED THE ART OF `LYING` WHILE SPENDING LITTLE TIME DEVELOPING AND PERFECTING SPEAKING THE `TRUTH` NO MATTER WHAT.

`LIES` TELL SOME WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, WHILE THE `TRUTH` SAYS WHAT A PERSON NEED TO HEAR. SOMETIMES A `LIE` WILL BRING FORTH A SMILE FROM SOMEONE, WHILE THE `TRUTH` WILL SOMETIMES DRAW A FROWN FROM SOMEONE.

WHY IS THERE AN OPPOSITE ATTRACT?
ONE WOULD THINK THAT WHAT IS TRUTHFUL WOULD BE ASSOCIATE WITH A POSITIVE REACTION WHETHER GOOD OR BAD, AND WHAT IS A `LIE` WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE MET WITH A NEGATIVE REACTION BECAUSE NOTHING POSITIVE CAN COME OUT OF A `LIE`.

BOTH THE `TRUTH` AND A `LIE` IS LIKE A CONTAINER AND IN THOSE CONTAINERS ARE MANY THINGS SEPARATE BY GOOD AND BAD.

IN THE `TRUTH` CONTAINER IS GODS LOVE FIRST AND FOREMOST! I LOVE AND HONOR GOD SO THEREFORE MY OBLIGATION TO GOD IS TO TELL YOU THE `TRUTH` WHETHER IT HURT OR NOT.

NEXT IN THE `TRUTH` CONTAINER IS HONESTY! BECAUSE OF MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD I MUST STRIVE TO BE HONEST IN ALL MY DEALINGS WITH ALL PEOPLE SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES.

NEXT IN THE `TRUTH` CONTAINER IS FREEDOM BECAUSE THE `TRUTH` SETS US FREE FROM REPEATING A `LIE` TO COVER A `LIE`.

NEXT IN THE `TRUTH` CONTAINER IS OUR CAPSULE THAT SURROUNDS US AND KEEP US FROM ACCUSATIONS, MORAL ATTACKS AND SPIRITUAL DEATHS.

CHECK THIS OUT! YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD MEMORY IF YOU TELL THE `TRUTH` BECAUSE IT WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME WHENEVER YOU REPEAT IT.

NOW IN THE `LIE` CONTAINER FIRST AND FOREMOST IS A VOID OF ANYTHING GOOD! THE NEXT THING THAT REST IN THE `LIE` CONTAINER IS HURT.
NEXT IN THE `LIE` CONTAINER IS EXPOSURE OF THAT `LIE` BECAUSE THE `LIE` CONTAINER IS POSSIBLY A STATIONARY NEGATIVE POSITION ON ONES CHARACTER, MORAL ATTACKS, AND LASTLY A SPIRITUAL DEATH.

`LIES` CAN SOMETIMES BIRTH DESTRUCTION AND ALMOST CERTAINLY BRING ABOUT TRAGICAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO SPEAK THEM AND THOSE WHO ARE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THEM.

HOPE I’VE MADE THIS POINT CLEAR AND IF NOT, YOU WILL FIND IT OUT FOR YOURSELVES. EITHER YOU ARE GOING TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF A `LIE` OR ON THE GIVING END OF THE `LIE`.
EITHER OR IT COULD BE DEVASTATING.

CHECK THIS OUT! NOW YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD MEMORY IF YOU ARE A `LIAR` BECAUSE IN ORDER NOT TO GET CAUGHT IN THAT `LIE` YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE `LIE` YOU HAVE TOLD.

SOMETIMES IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO RECOVER FROM TELLING A `LIE` OR BEING `LIED` ON ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT `LIE` HAVE CAUSED YOU OR SOMEONE TO HURT SO BAD, AND THAT HURT REMAINS IN VIEW. HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE TO SAY I’M SORRY, AND WHAT DOES THE WORD SORRY TRULY MEANS?

WE KNOW WHAT THE DICTIONARY SAYS. HOWEVER DO SOME REALLY UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORD SORRY?
IF NOT ARE WE TO INVENT SOME OTHER MEANING OF THE WORD TO GET SOMEONE ELSE TO A POINT OF ACCEPTANCE?

CAN IT BE THAT THE HURT AS A RESULT OF THE `LIE` IS TOO GREAT AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE PERSONS ACTIONS OF SORROW TO TRANSMIT INTO THE OTHER PERSON SPIRIT OF RECOGNITION?

OR IS IT THE FACT THAT SOME WOULD JUST LIKE TO HOLD ON TO THE HURT AND NOT ACCEPT THE APOLOGY, BECAUSE IT CAN PUT THEM IN A POSITION OF POWER AND MANIPULATION OVER THE OTHER PERSON, KEEPING THEM AT THEIR MERCY?

AGAIN THE QUESTION IS WILL YOU HOLD ON AND SPEAK THE `TRUTH` OR WILL YOU LET GO AND TELL A `LIE`.

A `LIE` THAT CAN CAUSE YOU AND SOMEONE ELSE TO BE PLACED IN A HURTING POSITION, THAT CAN LEAD TO AN UNHEALTHY POSITION MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.

NOW YOU HAVE THE FACTS.
SO `2 `LIE` OR NOT `2 `LIE` THAT IS THE QUESTION?

AND YOUR ANSWER SHALL BE REVEALED IN TIME.

NOW TOO HELP YOU OUT WITH YOUR DECISION. `JEREMIAH` 7:8 SAYS- YOU TRUST IN `LYING` WORDS THAT CANNOT PROFIT.

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