BIBLICAL VIEW | FALSE WITNESS (3)

1. Introduction

Proverbs 19:5 New Living Translation (NLT)

⁵ A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.

2. Naboth wrongly accused and stoned...

a) Naboth set up, accused, stoned based on a false witness...

1 Kings 21:8-13 New Living Translation (NLT)

⁸ So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived. ⁹ In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor. ¹⁰ And then seat two scoundrels across from him who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

¹¹ So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters. ¹² They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people. ¹³ Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the people, saying, “He cursed God and the king.” So he was dragged outside the town and stoned to death.

b) The boundary line between truth and lies must never be trifled with...

i) Partial truth is not acceptable.

ii) Do not allow your children to blur the line.

iii) Lies may not hurt anyone, but the root of a lie itself is evil.

iv) Never allow yourself to lose respect for the truth.

v) Better to suffer loss by telling the truth, than losing your soul.

vi) Lies are like poison.

vii) Lies do great damage inside everyone who allows them to control their life.