“Would you tell a lie for three cents?” asked a teacher of one of her boys.
“No, ma’am,” answered Dick very promptly.
“For ten cents?”
“No, ma’am.”
“For a dollar?”
“No, ma’am.”
“For a hundred dollars?”
“No, ma’am.”
“For a thousand dollars?”
Dick was staggered. A thousand dollars looked like such a very big sum. Oh, what a great many things he could buy with a thousand dollars! While he was thinking about it, and trying to make up his mind whether it would pay to tell a lie for a thousand dollars, a boy behind him cried out, “No, ma’am.”
“Why not?” asked the teacher.
“Because, ma’am,” said he, “THE LIE STICKS. When the thousand doars are all gone, and the good things bought with them are all gone, too, the lie is there all the same.”
Yes, dear reader, “a lie sticks” and the Bible says, “God requireth that which is past.” Eccl. 3:1515That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. (Ecclesiastes 3:15). How many tell lies, use bad language, do many other sinful things and forget that those sins are going to be brought against them for judgment some day. The Bible says that “all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone.” Revelation 21:88But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (Revelation 21:8). How solemn!
And yet we have good news to tell. The Lord Jesus bore the punishment of sin for all those who believe in Him, while He hung upon Calvary’s cross. Now if you turn to Him, He can cleanse you from all your sins in His precious blood. Why go on with all your sins “sticking” to you, when God graciously offers to pardon you. Turn to Him today and be saved.
ML 01/24/1954