John 7:8-10

Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

( John 7:8-10 )

John 7:8-10, is only a lie if you omit the word “yet,” from the translation. Many modern Bible translation do indeed omit this word. This is not an example of God lying, but it is a perfect example of why you should be studying the King James Version, and not a version of the Bible which has been based on the use of corrupted texts.

Matthew 16:28, Mark 9:1, Luke 9:27

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

( Matthew 16:28 )

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

( Mark 9:1 )

But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

( Luke 9:27 )

Yet again this comes with no explanation as to WHY it is a lie. In each case, however, the very next sentence begins a description of the transfiguration, when Peter, James and John saw Jesus in his true glory and meeting with Moses and Elijah. Peter, James and John did not have to die to see the Son of man coming in his Kingdom.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

( Matthew 12:40 )

This one, like the others, doesn’t come with any explanation of exactly WHY it is a lie. I can only conclude that the reason is that the traditional Good Friday and Easter celebrations have Jesus crucified on the cross on Friday, in the grave Friday and Saturday night, then he rises from the grave Sunday morning. Technically speaking this means that Jesus was in the grave only two nights, not three.

The resolution is quite simple: the Bible is right, the Christian calendar is wrong. Humans are great at rationalizing things, and it fits everyone’s schedules much better if the Easter celebrations start on a Friday night. If we stick with the premise that God cannot lie and the Bible is true (which we are seeing very clearly now) then obviously Jesus was crucified on Thursday night.

Ezekiel 14:9

And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

(Ezekiel 14:9) KJV

Context is like cause. Words in isolation are an effect. I have discussed that a symptom of the reprobate mind is the inability to comprehend the necessity of cause, and its relation to effect.

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Jeremiah 4:10, 20:7

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

( Jeremiah 4:10 )

O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

( Jeremiah 20:7 )

Neither one of these passages are examples of God lying. They are both examples of the Prophet Jeremiah crying out in anguish of spirit because reality fell short of his unrealistic expectations. In the former passage the situation was that God had promised, repeatedly throughout the history of the Israelites and again in the ministry of Jeremiah, that:

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

( Jeremiah 4:1 )

However, despite what may have seemed like an enthusiastic response to Jeremiah’s preaching, the people did not put away their abominations and they suffered the consequences that God warned them about. Jeremiah was bitterly disappointed, but God had not lied.

The latter passage again shows Jeremiah’s disappointment and confusion. He had anticipated that the people of his time would respond to his repeated warnings and preaching about the judgment of God by turning back to God in repentance. They didn’t, and they threw Jeremiah in jail.

God did not lie. God didn’t promise Jeremiah that his ministry would be fruitful, he told him to minister.

I have always been mindful of these passages while starting the ministry of Matty’s Paradigm. Jeremiah’s ministry took place at the very end of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, right before and up to the taking away into captivity. Jeremiah made an heroic effort to preach repentance to the people in the hope that this outcome could be avoided. They didn’t listen. They were carried off to Babylon. In large part due to this I am fully prepared to see the ministry of Matty’s Paradigm fall on dead ears. Are we not in the last days of this current world system? Is there not now a need like never before to return to the Lord? Will the people listen?

NO.

Thankfully, the passion and devotion of Jeremiah serve to strengthen my resolve to continue my ministry.

Proverbs 6:16-19

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

( Proverbs 6:16-19 )

This tells us that the Lord God hates lying. It is another example of an atheist lying about God.

Psalm 201:7

There is no Psalms 201. However, in case this is a typo for Psalms 120…

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

( Psalms 120:7 )

This is a lament of a person, such as King David, in context it is not God speaking, neither is it an example of a lie, other than being another example of an atheist lying about God.

Job 1:21

And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

( Job 1:21 )

This is not an example of God lying. It is an example of an atheist lying about God.

2 Chronicles 18:22

Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.

( 2 Chronicles 18:22 )

This is a recounting of the same event as in the example from 1 Kings 22:6, 22:19-23. It is not an example of God lying, it is an example of an atheist lying about God.