Lying in the Bible: When the Spirit Gives Life and the Letter Kills
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Have you ever told a lie with good intentions? Maybe you stretched the truth to protect someone, or maybe you bent the facts to spare another person's feelings. If you have, you are not alone. But here is the question that shook me to my core this morning: what does God actually think about that? I woke up this morning with a stirring in my spirit. I did not have a plan for what to talk about today on Coffee with Conrad. I did not have a bullet point list or a carefully crafted outline waiting in my notebook. What I had was a prayer and an open heart. I started seeking the Lord, asking Him to show me what He wanted me to share with you today. And you know what He did? He gave me three examples from the Bible of people who lied with good intentions. Now stay with me here because this may blow you away. When the Spirit Led Me to Lying As I was praying, the phrase "lying with good intentions" came into my mind, and I started following it like a thread. The Spirit and the Wor...