Lies

     Do you love the truth?  How do you know?
     This is an important question because God says that he wants people to live out steadfast love.  It is better to be poor for clinging to the truth than lie and get ahead (Proverbs 19:22).  Furthermore, the Scriptures teach that lying is not neutral, but an imitation of the evil one: "[The devil] was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies."  John 8:44.