Your Heart's Firewall

God gave us a conscience to protect us from harmful actions together with thoughts...

"When God made you, He gave you lot a built-in 'firewall' to protect you lot from making destructive decisions...This firewall is known equally the human conscience." 
Dan Delzell 

According to the interrogation of psychologist Robert Feldman, yesteryear historic menstruum iii most children "understand the short-term benefits of deception," together with the average adult lies thirteen times a week. 

Feldman says the "most troubling finding" from his interrogation is how easily or together with thus people prevarication together with how speedily they forget that they lied. 

Psychologist Dan Ariely agrees, explaining that what separates harmless from harmful liars is how they "rationalize their dishonesty." 

Apparently, harmful liars are those who convey lied together with thus oftentimes that they induce to believe their ain lies. 1 Timothy 4:2 describes them equally "liars whose consciences are seared.” 

Today let's intend carefully together with prayerfully nigh our record: Are nosotros careful to tell the truth together with quick to acknowledge together with repent of lies? It's the exclusively means to keep our God-given firewall. 

Source: "Liar, Liar" yesteryear Sarah Jio, Oprah Magazine, July 2013, page 77-80.
Opening quote: HERE

Your Heart's Firewall

God gave us a conscience to protect us from harmful actions together with thoughts...

"When God made you, He gave you lot a built-in 'firewall' to protect you lot from making destructive decisions...This firewall is known equally the human conscience." 
Dan Delzell 

According to the interrogation of psychologist Robert Feldman, yesteryear historic menstruum iii most children "understand the short-term benefits of deception," together with the average adult lies thirteen times a week. 

Feldman says the "most troubling finding" from his interrogation is how easily or together with thus people prevarication together with how speedily they forget that they lied. 

Psychologist Dan Ariely agrees, explaining that what separates harmless from harmful liars is how they "rationalize their dishonesty." 

Apparently, harmful liars are those who convey lied together with thus oftentimes that they induce to believe their ain lies. 1 Timothy 4:2 describes them equally "liars whose consciences are seared.” 

Today let's intend carefully together with prayerfully nigh our record: Are nosotros careful to tell the truth together with quick to acknowledge together with repent of lies? It's the exclusively means to keep our God-given firewall. 

Source: "Liar, Liar" yesteryear Sarah Jio, Oprah Magazine, July 2013, page 77-80.
Opening quote: HERE

Reaping, Sowing & Tangled Webs

"Oh, what a tangled spider web nosotros weave when kickoff nosotros practise to deceive!"  Walter Scott 

Not all things inwards life come about amongst equality. Some rewards together with punishments must expect for heaven. 

But deception oft brings earthly results. 

The Bible gives us an first-class example: Jacob together with his woman bring upwards successfully tricked Isaac into giving Jacob his older brother's approbation (Genesis 27). 

Fast frontward together with nosotros detect that Jacob meets his match. After working 7 years to wed Rachel, her manful somebody bring upwards Laban tricks Jacob into marrying her older sis Leah. 

There are remarkable similarities: Jacob concealed his identity to brand his manful somebody bring upwards mean value he was his brother. Laban concealed Leah's identity to brand Jacob mean value she was her sister.

Jacob stole his older brother's approbation together with ended upwards equally "the older sister's blessing" (Genesis 29:16-27). 

God seemed to approve of Jacobs's consequences past times approbation Leah amongst many children together with placing her inwards the linage of Christ* (Genesis 35:23-24).

Galatians 6:7 volition eventually essay out true, either hither on public or inwards heaven: "God cannot travel mocked. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 human reaps what he sows." 
* Through her boy Judah
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