The Love of a Lie

A country pastor once caught his dozing congregation’s full attention by telling an obvious lie about a sow that gave birth to green pigs, then rebuked them: while he preached God’s life-giving truth they slept, but when he told nonsense they were all ears. His point remains strikingly true far too often even Christians respond more eagerly to gossip, slander, and foolish talk than to the Word of God. Scripture warns that those who “love and make a lie” stand outside God’s Kingdom (Rev. 22:15), and that delighting in evil even while claiming not to believe it reveals a corrupt heart. Instead, God commands, “Ye that love the LORD, hate evil” (Ps. 97:10), and urges us to take our delight in Him (Ps. 37:4). Each time we hear both truth and lies, we ourselves are tested: which one captures our attention?