Everything In The Bible Is True Including Lies

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Someone once asked, “Is everything in the Bible true?” The answer is no, it isn’t. Don’t stop reading! The reason, it includes quoted lies. Our verse for today is one of them.

Jonathan replied, “David earnestly asked me if he could go to Bethlehem.” 1 Samuel 20:28

After David killed Goliath, he met Jonathan, and they became instant friends. The scripture says that Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.

Jonathan sealed the pact by taking off his robe and giving it to David, together with his tunic, sword, bow, and belt. 1 Samuel 18:4

It didn’t take long for Jonathan’s father, Saul the King, to become jealous of David. The Israelite people publically credited David with a greater victory than they did Saul.

This made Saul very angry. “What’s this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with only thousands. Next they’ll be making him their king!” So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David. 1 Samuel 18:8-9

David realized that Saul planned to kill him, but Jonathan knew nothing about it. So they agreed that David would not show up at the king’s table to see how Saul responded.

The king didn’t know that Jonathan lied when his father questioned David’s whereabouts. But he was so upset because David wasn’t there he threatened David and his son.

But why should he be put to death?” Jonathan asked his father… So at last Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David. 1 Samuel 20:32-33

The Bible records many lies, but the message of the Bible is true. At the very beginning, the serpent lied to Eve in the Garden of Eden. Here, Jonathan lied to his father to save David’s life.

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Did David and Jonathan Need to Lie?

So, let’s ask a question worth asking. Did David and Jonathan need to conjure up a lie to save David’s Life? Think about it: Samuel had already anointed David as the next King of Israel.

In chapter 16, God rejected Saul as king. So, He told Samuel to find a man named Jesse who lived in Bethlehem. God had selected David, the youngest of his sons, for Samuel to anoint.

So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. 1 Samuel 16:13

Everything about God in the Bible is True

God doesn’t lie or use deceit because He doesn’t have to. He never did, and He never will. The Bible reveals facts about God and how He uses sinful people to accomplish His will.

Have you ever considered the kinds of people God used throughout the pages of the Bible? It makes a person wonder why He used such people.

Jacob was a deceiver, and yet the 12 tribes of Israel are his direct descendants.
David pulled some pretty shady stuff, yet God called him a man after His own heart.
Peter denied Jesus and became one of the main leaders of the church.
Paul persecuted the early church and jailed many Christians. Yet he ended up writing most of the New Testament.

Even with all the deceitful people written about in the Bible, we can count on it as the truth.

Maybe we should focus closer to home and take a look at ourselves. Since I’m writing this, I’ll use myself as an example.

Let’s Talk About Lies Found Outside of the Bible

I have always tried to be good, sometimes to the tune of others calling me a goodie two shoes. But like everyone else, I’ve had my share of deceitful and sinful ways.

Sometimes, envy got the best of me when I heard testimonies of how some had experienced God’s deliverance. Also, how the Lord pulled people’s lives out of the gutter.

I hate to admit it, but those feelings came from a young, immature Christian. I never thought of the pain and misery they went through, I just knew my testimony wasn’t exciting.

Even though I went to church all my life, I never heard the salvation message until my teenage years. As I grew and matured in the Lord, I realized the error in my thinking. The scripture says,

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Romans 3:23

It doesn’t matter if someone grew up in the church or lived a respectable life outside of the church. Neither does it matter if someone fell into the gutter of sin and shame.

Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. Romans 3:24

Even the most liked and accepted people on the face of the earth fall short of God’s glory. Therefore, we all need to call upon the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of our sins.

To believe otherwise means we have allowed a lie to overshadow the truth of God’s Word in us.

Accept the Bible, It is True

Even though everything in the Bible is true, we choose to accept a lie. The Bible Teaches, Everything the Devil Says is never true

That’s how the serpent deceived Eve along with her husband, Adam.

“You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5

Why God Uses Who He Uses

Why did God use the sinful and deceitful people that we read about in the Bible? Because He knew their hearts. And He used the strengths within them to accomplish His will.

He does the same thing with us. God will use our strengths and those characteristics that charted our lives before our salvation to further His Kingdom.

Case in point, the zeal of Paul used to destroy the church, God used to build the church. Remember the people God used in the Bible. He can use you, too.

Lord, I am thankful for my testimony and the testimony of others. No matter where we have come from and what we have been through, we offer ourselves completely to you.

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