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This essay was the last assignment of the year for me -- I'm DONE WITH SEVENTH GRADE! I finished sometime last week! We not be starting up again until next July (most likely) or maybe August. So, here is my essay on the sin of lying.

Have you ever told a lie? Of course you have! We all have. But In Proverbs 6:19 it says that a false witness who speaks lies is an abomination to the Lord! The Bible says a lot about not telling lies. One of the Ten Commandments is about not telling lies. It is obviously not something that the Lord wants us to do!

What exactly is a lie? It is pretty easy to say that a lie is a falsehood, something that is not the truth. But what about half-truths? Is that exactly lying? Yes; NO lie is of the truth. Half-truths do not please God anymore than total lies. Satan often mixes truth and lies together.

There is a fine line between teasing and lying. If you are teasing someone and they know it, that is one thing and that is okay. But if they do not know that you are just joking, that is NOT okay, no matter what your intentions are! You may not lie on purpose, but it is still a lie; the other person took it for the truth.

One time when I was seven or eight someone told me that Wal-Mart was her favorite store and I believed her. I did not know she was being sarcastic until I found out a lot later. That was just a little thing, but I believed it! That is why we need to be careful about saying things to little children that are not true. Five-year-olds will believe the most ridiculous things, such as if they are told that the earth is millions of years old and that man evolved from apes!

What is another reason why God does not want us to always be telling lies to one another? Well, remember that the Lord does not make rules to torture us. He makes them for our good. One reason why lying would hurt you is that no one will trust you after you tell too many lies. They will never know when you are lying and when you are telling the truth! No one will take you seriously. The Lord does not want us to have to live like that. Proverbs 25:18-19 says, A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Another reason why you should not lie is that if you tell a lie to cover something up, you will later have to remember what you said in case someone asks you! If you told the truth in the first place you would not have the problem of having to remember! You would just tell the truth again.

Yet another reason why we should not lie: God does not lie. Titus 1:2 says that God CANNOT lie. The Lord wants us to be like him, and lying is not like him; it is like the devil. The Bible says that Satan is the father of lies. Satan told the first lie recorded it the Bible. We know that God does not want us to be like Satan! Proverbs 19:5 says, A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

It is important to always tell the truth and never tell a lie. If you do something wrong you will probably get in more trouble for telling a lie than if you told the truth in the first place. Part of obeying the Lord and following His example in everything is to never tell a lie and to always tell the truth. He will bless you for it.