Revelation 21: 8 “But cowards,
unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice
witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of
burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
It is amazing how believers today say
anything notwithstanding the consequences to them and others. The sad thing is
that most times we are gossiping about people we have no business talking about
and when we run out of gist we are compelled to make up additional stories,
which are all lies, just so that we can keep our audience and remain the center
of attraction. Unfortunately, despite all that the bible says about lying and
gossiping, these evil have become normal amongst us and are eating into the fiber of
our souls. Not only are they destroying our unity thereby reducing the strength
of the church, they also destroy lives – the lives of both gossiper and
listener. Every person who gossips consistently, must be a liar because the
desire to remain relevant and command attention will drive them to forge or
embellish stories when they run out. Very often, such people suffer from deep
insecurities which they refuse to deal with but either choose to blame others
or use them as their excuses; they don’t realize that they unwittingly make
satan their fathers re-charting the course of their lives. No one who honestly
professes Christ can continue in these things. They destroy our relationship
with God.
John 8: 43- 45 "Why can’t you
understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me! For you are
the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he
does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his
character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. So when I tell the truth,
you just naturally don’t believe me!"
These people who gossip and unwittingly
ruin the lives of their listeners are idle. In their free time, which is almost
all the time, they choose to wreck the lives of those who listen to them. The
truth is gossip never ruins the life of the person being talked about, except
if the person also meddles, God has a way of favoring the person that is being
talked about. He ensures that they ultimately enjoy benefits from the gossip.
However interesting, engaging or sweet gossip may seem, it is a destroyer to
both the gossipers and listeners. They incur God’s wrath, suffer loss of time
and the listener makes his/her mind a garbage can for the gossiper’s trash. No
life can be improved like that. Indeed, these things make it difficult for us
to tap into the benefits due to the heirs of salvation. You will only suffer
loss.
Proverbs 19: 5 "A false witness
will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape."
Proverbs 17: 4 "Wrongdoers eagerly
listen to gossip; liars pay close attention to slander.”
These things do not reflect God’s
nature. We can’t let our flesh take us back to a life we turned our backs on
and where empowered to resist when we received salvation. They are poison which
must be flushed if found in our system. They belittle the gossipers who don’t
realize that they make other people, including their audience, see them less
than God made them. They have even given you a name but you don’t and it’s not
a good one. Whilst you are deceived into thinking you are relevant because
people come to you for information on everyone else, the bible says you are
“forming out your own shame.” It may be fun to you but remember that you will
also account for the lives of innocent people who have made bad decisions that
may ruin their lives, from listening to the lies you told them about others. Be
certain that though they are accountable for their lives, you will be called to
question concerning too. Heaven holds you accountable also. Though there will
always be gossipers in this world, it does not have to be you, partaker of the
godly heritage
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