Psalm 119:163
Psalm 119:163
Psalm 119:163 “I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love Your law.”
Truth represents God; falsehood represents Satan. The reason we should hate and abhor falsehood is because it is a misrepresentation of God. We should be as absorbed with this as David was. We should literally hate anything that is not a true representation of our God. Sometimes I think we don’t fully understand how important this is. What is more important than our God? Who is more important than our God?
Anything that distorts who He is should be hated, especially by those who profess to love Him. The law of God is truth. It leads people to life. Falsehood leads people to death.
It is interesting to see how we allow certain falsehoods, in our lives as adults, but get very upset when our children/grandchildren allow the same ones in their lives! We allow the world to entertain us. We allow worldliness to set our standard of dress. However, when our children begin to reflect some of the things this world stands for, it upsets us as parents. Why is it upsetting to us? Because it is a falsehood that is leading them to death. It’s leading them to an existence without the presence of God. Too often we tolerate evil rather than hate it.
“Keep falsehood and lies far from me… Otherwise, I may… say ‘Who is the Lord’” Proverbs 30:8-9. The attitude here is, “Who does God think He is?” Falsehoods keep us from the truth of who God is. I believe we have lost a true sense of the glory and majesty of our God. We, too, have this flippant attitude of “Who is God anyway?”
The influence of falsehoods have convinced us that we can live a wholesome life without fully honoring God. That is a lie and anyone who has believed that lie lives in great danger of eventually not sensing any need for sanctification or holiness. Hebrews 12:14 says, “Without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
Now let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse, as you do; ask yourself if you truly understand the glory and majesty of your God.
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