Biblical lies - 20 January 2012 |
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Here’s a surprising cluster of texts, in which the Bible either implicitly or explictly commends lying or deception. Taken from (and very helpfully explained by) John Frame in his Doctrine of the Christian Life, pp. 834-840.
Exodus 1:15-21 The Israelite midwives lied to Pharaoh
Joshua 2; Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25 Rahab hid the spies and lied to the Jericho troops
Judges 4:18 Jael deceived Sisera
1 Samuel 16:1-5 Samuel deceived Saul about the purpose of his mission
1 Samuel 19:12-17 Michal deceived and lied to Saul’s messengers, saying that David was ill
1 Samuel 20:6 David tells Jonathan to lie to Saul
1 Samuel 21:13 David deceived Achich King of Gath into believing he is mad
1 Samuel 27:10 David lied to Achish about his raids
2 Samuel 5:22-25 David and his troops deceived the Philistines in battle
2 Samuel 14:34 David urged Hushai the Archite to deceive Absalom
2 Samuel 17:19-20 A woman deceived and lied to Absalom’s men
1 Kings 22:19-23 God sent a lying spirit to Ahab
2 Kings 6:14-20 Elijah misled the Syrian troops
Jeremiah 38:24-28 Jeremiah lied to the officials
Luke 24:28 Jesus misled his disciples by acting as if he was going farther
2 Thessalonians 2:11 God sends a powerful delusion so that his enemies will believe a lie
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Posted by Steve Jeffery · Topics: Bible, Minister's Blog