Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Have you heard the expression “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire,” to shame someone who is deceitful?

Maybe quoting Psalm 34:13-14 would work better.

Keep your tongue from evil

and your lips from speaking deceit.

Turn away from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

The Word of God is always a better rebuke because it has the power of our Sovereign Lord in it.

The second reason to quote these verses is that they provide an alternative to lying.

The way for us to overcome lying is to stop it and to do good.

If we seek true peace for those we speak with, we will not lie to them.

True peace can only be found in Jesus Christ.

We can’t lie about that and say there is any other way of salvation than through him.

If you want to know Jesus and his peace, watch my video on the Gospel on my profile page or on YouTube.

God bless you.

Bless the Lord

Can you say along with David in Psalm 34:1-3, that you will bless the Lord at all times?

Listen to what he said:

I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad.
Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together!

At all times, that means when times are good or bad you still praise and acknowledge the goodness of God.

You don’t think less of God when you go through trials or more of him when things are all peachy.

You praise him with your mouth so that others will hear and know that God is good.

Your soul, your innermost being boasts in the Lord. That means you know deep down in your gut that you are trusting him in all circumstances.

Humble people, those who fear the Lord and have placed their faith in Jesus then hear you and are glad.

So you invite them to magnify the Lord along with you.

You tell how great God is and in doing this you and all other Jesus followers will express the greatness of the name of God and Jesus.

You can’t do that if you don’t know Jesus.

If you want to know Jesus, watch my video on the Gospel on my profile page or on YouTube.

God bless you.

The Lord Sees You

Have you considered that the Lord sees you? Here is what Psalm 33:13-15 says,

The Lord looks down from heaven;
he sees all the children of man;
from where he sits enthroned he looks out
on all the inhabitants of the earth,
he who fashions the hearts of them all
and observes all their deeds.

 That could be very scary to think about if you are doing something wrong and even worse if you don’t know Jesus.

I’ll bet most people don’t really think about the fact that God sees everything we do.

The Bible says he sees all the children of man. He doesn’t just watch the important people of the world, but every one of us.

It says he sits enthroned and looks at everyone. Being enthroned means he is sovereign and in control of all things.

He has made our hearts and even knows what is going on in our innermost thoughts.

So, he sees more than our deeds but also our motivation.

We can’t hide anything from him.

He knows if you really know him or not. You can’t pretend to be a Christian and get away with it.

If you know Jesus, then knowing God watches you should be a comfort and not scary.

If you don’t know Jesus, watch my video on the Gospel on my profile page or on YouTube.

God bless you.

God’s Instruction

Do you want to learn from God?

Here is what Psalm 32 says in verses 8 through 10.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you and watch over you.

Do not be like the horse or the mule,

which have no understanding

but must be controlled by bit and bridle

or they will not come to you.

Many are the woes of the wicked,

but the Lord's unfailing love

surrounds the man who trusts in him.

What a contrast between a teachable person and one who will not be taught by the Lord.

God will watch over the teachable person.

The unteachable will be like someone who has to be controlled by pain.

What do you want? The Lord’s unfailing love or the woes of the wicked?

Being taught by the Lord starts with knowing Jesus.

If you don’t know Jesus, watch my video on the Gospel on my profile page or YouTube.

Confessing Sin

How did you come to Christ? We all come in different ways and different times. But there is one thing every person should do when they come to
Christ. It is found in Psalm 32 verse 5.

David wrote,

I acknowledged my sin to you,

and I did not cover my iniquity;

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

If you haven’t confessed your sin to the Lord, you aren’t a Christian.

If you haven’t confessed your sin to the Lord, you aren’t forgiven.

You will still have to suffer the eternal consequences of your own sin.

The consequences will not be removed from you until you turn to Jesus for salvation and confess your sins.

If you want to know more, watch my video on the Gospel on YouTube.

Concealing Sin

Does God let you get away with sin?

King David thought so for a while then he recorded what happened in Psalm 32 verses 3 and 4.

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.

Concealing sin has physical consequences in this world. God didn’t let David get away with his sin.

Even though he did not admit his sin, he still knew what he did was wrong and he suffered physically for it.

Many so-called diseases are a direct result of unconfessed sin.

Addictions, anger, ruined relationships, sexual deviancy all have physical consequences such as depression, ulcers, and many more.

If you know you are sinning but are trying to hide it, you may have physical or mental problems as a result.

If you don't know Jesus, then watch my video on YouTube and repent.

Are You Blessed?

How do you know if you are blessed by the Lord?

Listen to Psalm 32 verse 1 and 2. The verses will tell you.

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Are your transgressions forgiven?

Are your sins covered?

Does the Lord not count your iniquity, your sins, against you?

Is there no deceit in your spirit?

 

Plain and simple. If you have trusted Jesus Christ for all of this, then you are blessed.

If you haven’t then you are the opposite of blessed and that is cursed.

If you don't know Jesus, then watch my video on YouTube, "The Gospel in 3 Minutes" learn how to be blessed.