Good morning and welcome to todays Higher Everyday for Monday, July 28, 2014

TITLE : WRONG WITNESS.

TEXT:“If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong...” Deuteronomy 19:16(KJV)

It is somewhat common in many parts of the world to see an angry mob beating or lynching a person that has been merely accused of an offence. It is called “jungle
justice” – a situation where people take the law into their hands.

Indeed, people are becoming more impatient with the slow
legal process, but that is not enough an excuse to by-pass the due process of the law. This is meant to protect innocent
people from unnecessary punishments. God is displeased to see a person suffer for a
crime he or she never committed.

This is why He gave commandment against false
witness (false accusation) in the Ten Commandments. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour”, it states.
God instructed the Israelites that if a person falsely accused another, the accuser would be made to suffer the punishment he
intended for the accused.

And to avoid any malicious accusation, more than one
witness is required to establish a matter. A Christian must not accuse people falsely.

Challenge: A true witness of Christ must avoid false allegation.

Prayer:Lord, help me never to accuse anyone wrongly.

Further Reading: Proverbs 19: 9

Quotation:No one should by-pass the law.