BEARING FALSE WITNESS

How long will God allow someone to continue to spread lies about you? Why has He allowed your enemies to prosper? Why has He let that person destroy your reputation? Does God not care? 

How many of us feel this way? I can recall the countless times I have thought about this in my own head. I couldn't understand why Jesus has allowed people to lie about me and lie to destroy my reputation. I had spent countless years dealing with liars on every level. My own family, the people who I thought were my friends, ex's, a boss and even my own Pastors. 

The only way to get answers in our life to the most disturbing experiences, is to begin to seek God, pray and read His Word. All of the answers in LIFE are in His Word. Satan wants us to get angry at God and blame Him. He puts thoughts into our mind like..."Well...see if God cared, He would have stopped them", or...."If God really loved you, He would have destroyed them. You see, God doesn't care about you". The enemy will do ANYTHING to accuse God to you. He HATES God. He twists everything. He is called a LIAR and the Father of Lies. 

We live in a fallen world. Satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). He controls the minds of the unbelievers and many professing believers in Christ. Bearing false witness means we are a lawbreaker. It is the 9th commandment in the Bible (Exodus 20:16). God calls it a SIN. He does not take this lightly. Many people are filled with bitterness. Their intent and motive is the key. People who lie to destroy others actually have hate in their hearts. Any man who does not LOVE does not know God (1 John 4:8). They exaggerate stories and even tell truths mixed with lies to destroy one's reputation. They are driven by an evil desire to make sure that person is hated by others. In the Bible, Potiphar's wife lied about Joseph and that landed him in jail. The beauty of Joseph's suffering is that God used it for good. He had gone through so much, but yet the Lord did a mighty work in his life. He was used to bless his family, who were his own enemies. He took care of their needs at the end. 

The 1st thing we must do is FORGIVE. God said if we do not forgive others, He will not forgive us and then He will send the tormentors (Matthew 18:24). You will bring others into your bitterness and begin to start a clan against an individual. The ROOT of bitterness must be uprooted and repented of. Every time you think about that person, you will have a demonic hatred. You will become like them.  

The 2nd thing is we must love and pray for our enemies (Matthew 5:44). I know this is hard. They are on their way to hell and they don't know it. Self-deception is POWERFUL. They have no idea the Satan is going to destroy them. We must pray that they repent. We must OBEY God no matter how we FEEL. They beat God's servants and they don't realize they are  a tool of the enemy (Matthew 24:49). 

The 3rd thing is we must do good to them in time of need (Romans 12:20). Do you remember how much God has forgiven you for? He could have crushed you while you living in sin. You didn't deserve His mercy. He causes it to rain on the just and the unjust. If they come to you for food or water, feed them. It doesn't mean you are "friends" or you trust them. It just means, you are obeying God above your FEELINGS. 

The 4th thing is to pray that God will deal with them. No one gets away with anything. Some people's sins are found out in this life. Others in eternity. Let God take vengeance. Don't rejoice when they fall. God will be displeased with you. Pray that God will bring them to repentance. Don't take it into your own hands.

Lastly, move on. Ignore them. Don't become distracted. Weapons will form but they will not prosper. God has the final word. The enemy will get you all caught up in his agenda to make you angry and unfruitful. Stay OUT of Satan's battlefield. The Battle is the Lord's! 

Exodus 14:13-14  And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”