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Remember his strength – Day 21
Frank Retief

Remember his strength – Day 21

Lying

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

BAEFESE 4

Melao ya bophelo bo botjha

25Ka baka leo, tlohelang leshano, motho ka mong a bue nnete le wa bo, hobane re ditho tsa mmele o le mong.

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MAELE 19

5Paki ya bohata e tla ahlolwa,

ya buang leshano

a ke ke a phonyoha.

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MAELE 19

22Meharo e hlabisa motho dihlong;

ho molemo ho futsaneha

ho ena le ho bua leshano.

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JAKOBO 3

Leleme

1Bana beso, le se ke la iketsa baruti kaofela, kaha le a tseba hore rona re tla ahlolwa haboima ho feta. 2Bohle re wela diphosong hangata. Haeba e mong a sa fose ka dipuo tsa hae, eo ke motho ya phethehileng, ya tsebang ho itshwara bothong bohle ba hae.

3Ha re kenya ditomo ka melomong ya dipere, re a be re etsa hore di tle di re mamele, mme re di tsamaise kamoo re ratang kateng. 4Hape bonang le dikepe: Le hoja di le kgolo haholo, mme di sututswa ke difefo tse matla, empa di tsamaiswa ka lesokwana le lenyenyane, di ye moo mosoki a ratang hore di ye teng. 5Le leleme le jwalo. Le hoja e le setho se senyenyane, empa le ka ithorisa ka tse kgolo.

Bonang kamoo tlhase ya mollo e hotetsang moru o moholo kateng! 6Leleme le lona ke mollo. Hara ditho tsa rona, le ka lefatshe la bokgopo, hoo le silafatsang botho bohle ba rona, le hotetse bophelo bohle ba rona; le hoteditswe ka mollo wa dihele.

7Mefuta yohle ya dibatana, ya dinonyana, ya dihahabi, le ya tse lewatleng, tsohle di ka thapiswa, ebile di thapisitswe ke bohlale ba motho, 8empa ha e le leleme, ha ho motho le ya mong ya ka tsebang ho le thapisa. Le kgopo hoo le ke keng la laolwa, le tletse mahloko a bolayang.

9Ka leleme re rorisa Morena, Ntata rona, mme ka lona re bile re rohaka batho bao e leng setshwantsho sa Modimo. 10Molomong o le mong ho tswa thoriso le thohako. Bana beso, ha ho a lokela ho ba jwalo. 11Na mohloding o le mong wa sediba ho ke ho kolle metsi a monate le metsi a babang? 12Bana beso, na feiye e ka beha ditholwana tsa mohlwaare, kapa morara tsa feiye? Ka mokgwa o jwalo, ha ho sediba se ka kollang metsi a letswai le metsi a monate.

Bohlale bo tswang hodimo

13Ke mang hara lona, ya bohlale, ya nang le tsebo? Ka boitshwaro ba hae bo botle, a ke a bontshe hore mesebetsi ya hae e etswa ka boikokobetso bo dumellanang le bohlale. 14Empa haeba ka dipelong tsa lona le na le lefufa le lebe le moya wa dikgang, le se ke la ithorisa, la senya nnete ka ho bua leshano. 15Bohlale bo jwalo hase bo tswang hodimo, ke ba lefatshe, ba botho, ba bodemona. 16Moo lefufa le dikgang di leng teng, ho na le meferefere le mesebetsi e kgopo.

17Empa bohlale bo tswang hodimo, pele ho tsohle, bo hlwekile; hape bo na le kgotso le mosa, bo bonolo, bo tletse lereko le ditholwana tse molemo; ha bo na leeme, ha bo iketsise. 18Ditholwana tsa ho loka di jalwa ka kgotso ke ba etsang kgotso.

JAKOBO 3SSO89SOBula ka mmadi wa Bibele

Amongst the people of God, there should be no lying or untruthfulness. We belong to the One who said, “I am the Truth”, and truth and transparency should categorise everything we do.

Many of us will know the hurt, chaos and conflict that has been brought about by people telling lies. Perhaps, you yourself have been the victim of some sort of deceit. You then know how hurtful and shocking it can be.

We know that we live in a world of lies. Not only do our politicians and public figures often lie to us, but also we can hardly escape the falsehoods and deceptions contained in the small print of many of the documents we have to sign, just to live in this world. Our TV shows are full of all the things that break our society. Just think of the titles of some of the soap operas as you read this. They all speak to you of lies, deceit and unfaithfulness.

Proverbs 19:5 says, “A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who tells lies will not escape.” We all know that lies and half-truths all eventually are found out, but how sad it is to see the characters of young people being forged and formed by living in an environment where everyone lives by lying to each other.

This is not so with us as Christians. We know, by instinct, that truthfulness should form and shape our lives. We know the truth of Proverbs 19:22: “… it is better to be a poor man that a liar”. We remember the teaching about the power of the tongue – how it can set a great forest on fire with a small spark (James 3).

Let us avoid lying at all costs. We follow the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose mouth no falsehood was found. Whatever others may do, let us always determine to tell the truth and be people who are known to be trustworthy and dependable, for Christ’s sake.

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