No one likes to be lied to. When someone finds out they have been lied to it is a betrayal of the likes that takes time, forgiveness and more time to get over. Now on the flip side, many people can’t handle the truth, don’t want to hear the truth, or do not even believe the truth when they do hear it, but truth has a way of revealing itself as truth, but it must be spoken. If your have to err to one side or the other, I suggest erring on the side of speaking the truth, for if or when they find out you lied to them, it is going to be perceived as betrayal, for they would have rather you told them the truth and they rejected it, than you lying to them.

Life has a way of swinging the pendulum, we went from hell fire and brimstone preaching to tolerance of the likes you cannot even call it the Bible things people say to justify behavior. But neither swing of this pendulum is Biblical. We are not called to beat people with the Truth, we are not instructed to push so much fear they say a prayer, but we are also not told to ignore the Truth in order to not hurt their feelings. We must be people that Solomon speaks of in Proverbs 3:3-4 “Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man.”

When I wasn’t saved, I heard the Truth, but was not ready to change my life to conform to it. Sin had me in so much slavery, I could not even comprehend the freedom I was being presented with, so I rejected it. But once I was able to say yes to the Truth and follow the Lord, I remembered those people who tried to share with me and I rejected them and I thanked them for sharing truth with me even when I couldn’t hear it. We must be people who are kind, yes, but also speak the truth, for Solomon says this is how we find favor in the sight of God and man. We must be Truth speakers, for if we aren’t they will feel betrayed that we lied to them, when we knew the Truth and didn’t speak it.