Murder has been around since Cain killed Able out of jealousy (Genesis Chapter 4). But rumors have been around even longer…since the serpent deceived Adam & Eve (Genesis Chapter 3). So, if you’re ever asked what came first…rumors or murder…you know the answer. But really, they are the same.
Wait, what…how can murder be the same as rumors? Well, according to scriptures they are. In Romans Chapter 1 versus 28-32, the Apostle Paul
includes gossip, slander, & deceit in the same context as murder & all
other manner of evil wickedness, verse 32 says all these deserve death. In the eyes of God, sin is sin, no matter the
level of evil we put on it. In our world
perjury might get you five years but murder results in a life sentence. But spreading falsehoods & murder both
result in spiritual deaths according to scriptures.
So how does that make you feel Ms. Busybody with all your
false gossip? How does it make you feel
race baiters? How does it make you feel,
liars. You are all just as guilty as a
murderer.
These are hard statements for many to understand, so let me
make it easier for you. For example,
your dream job is finally going to happen, you’ve worked hard, paid your dues
& now you are about to be awarded the position of CEO of a large
corporation. You stand to make millions
of dollars & provide a life for yourself & your family you didn’t think
possible, but it’s about to come true.
On the day of the promotion & announcement, you find out it has been
cancelled. Apparently, there’s a story
floating around that you made unsavory comments and sexual advances on a coworker…ten
years ago!!! The rumor is false, but the
damage is done, you don’t get the promotion…but guess who does…the guy that
started the rumor. See how that works…a
rumor just killed that man, maybe not physically, but his dreams are dashed
& his hope in the future diminished to a point he becomes an alcoholic and
dies at an early age of liver failure.
Think I made that story up? Well,
you’d be wrong about that.
Here's an even easier one, for you youngsters out
there. You are a girl in high school,
have a crush on a boy and he’s asked you to the school dance. You are so excited, but three days before the
dance he changes his mind. Apparently, a
rumors going around that puts you in a not so flattering light. Your friend’s distance themselves from you and
you skip the dance, and you find yourself alone, an outcast because of rumors
started by who? The girl that went to
the dance with your crush, but you’re the one crushed emotionally & as
things get worse & spiral out of control…you kill yourself.
Now I ask you…when is a rumor equal to murder? In our world it is when jealousy, hate, envy,
greed, and power lust make people do & say things that impact others in
sometimes severe ways. No one charges
the coworker or high schooler with murder, no one knows they were the root of
the deception, but the results are two dead people. Think I made that up, well you’d be wrong
about that too.
Family matters are even worse. People will tell lies that can split families in two, separating families and causing great emotional distress, all for selfish reasons.
What is the result...satan wins again as he inserts deception into an otherwise peaceful family. In the corporate world, financial rumors can be a boom or bust. In the political world, lives are slandered, races are won & lost by the false lips of chatter, spread by a world wide web of deceit. We have very recent examples of that, need I say more!!!
So, to all you rumor starters & deceivers out there (media
included) know your deeds are not unnoticed, just as the murderer faces trial,
so will you…it just might not be in a courtroom you’re used to.
And if you hear an unsubstantiated rumor, don’t repeat it, ask the serpent for some proof, before you bite from that apple, otherwise your life may never be the same.
Be Honest,
Be Truthful & Be Loved.
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