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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.49,0:00:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were talking during the meal
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.19,0:00:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the issue of lying,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.83,0:00:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is there ever a reason for a Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.65,0:00:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lie, like to save a life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.25,0:00:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or things like that, because there's situations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.27,0:00:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Old Testament like Rahab or
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.31,0:00:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people lying and it seems as though
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.49,0:00:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good things happened as a result of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.45,0:00:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So is there ever a reason
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.98,0:00:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or would it ever be ok for a Christian to lie today?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.34,0:00:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, first of all, the fact that good things happen
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.12,0:00:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of something doesn't mean anything
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.73,0:00:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about whether it's right or wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.16,0:00:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a number of passages
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.68,0:00:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Old Testament that raise questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.50,0:00:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that it's a very risky thing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.32,0:00:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start talking about lying being right
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.06,0:00:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a situation because it has to do
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.24,0:01:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my integrity and my character.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.31,0:01:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would God lie to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.96,0:01:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's acceptable, then God might lie to me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.87,0:01:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to accomplish a greater good.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.47,0:01:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think we have to take it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.14,0:01:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God condoned Rahab's lie,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.73,0:01:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather that He condoned her faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.91,0:01:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I'd be very cautious about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.86,0:01:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get into all kinds of issues
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.92,0:01:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you have things like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.97,0:01:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you leave a light on in the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.45,0:01:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're trying to make people think you're home,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.49,0:01:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're not.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.39,0:01:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A general does a diversionary tactic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.41,0:01:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to make the enemy think that he's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.63,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing such-and-such;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, he's deceiving them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.43,0:01:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when a soldier's taken in battle,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.35,0:01:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is he under obligation to tell the truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.67,0:01:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some argue that wherever
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.100,0:01:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a covenant of truth between people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.86,0:01:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's where there's an
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.81,0:01:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obligation to tell the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.63,0:02:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in other words, I ought to expect
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.41,0:02:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an enemy soldier not to have to tell me the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.35,0:02:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't know if there's any validity to that or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.50,0:02:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems to me that in light of the character of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.93,0:02:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He is a God of truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.68,0:02:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of those questions where you bring up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.05,0:02:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it right to lie...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.34,0:02:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that comes up in ethics classes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.18,0:02:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stuff like that;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.02,0:02:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost always those classes are designed in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.21,0:02:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such a way not to help you to understand better
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.74,0:02:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you should do, but to undermine your faith
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.20,0:02:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in right and wrong entirely.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.74,0:02:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they never bring in the vertical of God being there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.24,0:02:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they always are on the horizontal level.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.11,0:02:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of times whenever you see the Lord's answers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.83,0:02:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to questions, somebody will ask Him a question
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.84,0:02:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'll set up the ground that the battle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.95,0:02:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be fought on,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.34,0:02:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you do that you're going to lose.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.15,0:02:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Lord would answer -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.50,0:02:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it said Jesus answered and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.13,0:02:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's clear over here somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.39,0:03:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't even seem to relate to the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.59,0:03:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of times the devil tries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.73,0:03:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to set us in situations where,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.63,0:03:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, well, look you've got to sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.64,0:03:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, you don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.35,0:03:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many, many things like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.40,0:03:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have to tell the Germans about the Jews
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.91,0:03:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hiding in your house and things like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.70,0:03:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think probably what would happen to me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.10,0:03:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that I'd be killed before too long,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.27,0:03:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the idea of lying about something,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.34,0:03:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be able to say something like
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.10,0:03:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,search and see or something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.83,0:03:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, Corrie Ten Boom's sister strongly believed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.53,0:03:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you should not lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.05,0:03:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had a trap door under the table,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.38,0:03:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her brothers hid in that trap door
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.62,0:03:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Germans came.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.98,0:03:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had a rug over the trap door
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.08,0:03:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then a table sitting on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.45,0:03:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they said, "where are your brothers?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.72,0:04:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "They're under the table."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.52,0:04:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They looked under there and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.32,0:04:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"don't play games with us."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.61,0:04:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, actually, they were under the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.59,0:04:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God protected them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.13,0:04:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not always that way either.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.61,0:04:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to be much help on that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.100,0:04:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there are times when we can avoid
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.37,0:04:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.95,0:04:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think we have to say everything.