Lies

“Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.” (Psalm 119:69)
What do you do when someone tells lies about you? Do you fight back or do you leave it with the Lord? When the Psalmist was a victim of lies he turned to the Word of God.
Satan is called the father of lies. When one person lies about another they are doing the work of Satan. It is a terrible thing when someone lies about you but when it is someone in the church then it hurts even more. People lie to protect themselves but they forget that Scripture says that all liars have a place reserved for them in the lake of fire.
In the early days of the United States the Baptists in Kentucky had a problem. Should they tell the natives the truth when they came looking for their families which were hidden or tell the truth. The church became divided in lying Baptists and non-lying Baptists. That is not what is meant here. The lies were not to protect the Psalmist’s family but rather to slander another person. The first can be questioned as whether or not one should do it but the second is a sin against the Holy God.