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THE LAWS OF GOD - #9

The Nineth Commandment and Related Scriptures

God has set forth HIS Laws in the Holy Scriptures for ALL Mankind to know--and obey (Proverbs 14:34 and Isaiah 60:12)!

9. THOU (you) SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY (Your) NEIGHBOR...(lie)!

(Exodus 20:16 - Deuteronomy 5:20)...
The Devil is known as the Father of Lies (John 8:44). Consequently, his workers will stop at nothing to lie and deceive to get their way! Correspondingly, God's People are to be known as People of the TRUTH. Thus lying, deceptions, and falsehoods should not be found among us. And, most especially to the point, lying MUST NOT be allowed to pervert justice and the correct administration of the Law (i.e. maintance of Proper Due Process)!

.A POPULAR IMMORALITY:

Unfortunatley, the common man does not usually regard the TRUTH (Pslams 116:11). Consequently, a variety of laws and rules are needed to correct his tendancy to easily wander out of the proper path, here!

..1 LYING:
deliberately telling as the TRUTH what you know to be a falsehood is the work of the Devil and his followers (Isaiah 44:24-25, John 8:44)! And, we are sternly warned that DAMNATION awaits those who follow such practices (Deuteronomy 33:29; Jeremiah 50:36; I Timothy 1:9-10; Revelations 21:8)!

..2 DECEPTION (Partial-Truths or Little White Lies):
the Devil and his followers are fast at work deceiving people, deluding them into thinking that reality is not what God has established (Genesis 3:4-5, 13, 27:6-13, 41; Proverbs 12:5, 17, 20; Romans 3:13, II Thessalonians 2:11-12; II John 1:7). Consequently, we must steadfastly resist the common temptation to fib, for if we do not adhere to the Truth, who will believe us when we talk about the things of God!

.B COMMON FORMS OF FALSE WITNESS ROUTINE:

..1 MALICIOUS GOSSIP:
telling embarassing stories about someone with the intent to do them social or psychological damage or harm (Whisper Campaign), usually involving:

..2 SLANDER OR LIBEL:
publicly saying (slander) things about people that are not true to the damaging of their reputation or public image--or (libel) printing, publishing, broadcasting such things in the various media (Psalms 31:13, 50:20, 101:5; Proverbs 10:18; Jeremiah 9:4-5; Revelations 12:10), for this is the job of Satan (the Slanderor) and his workers.

..3 FALSE ACCUSATION:
officially accusing or charging someone of committing a crime that you know that they did not do (Nehemiah 6:7; Job 2:5; Jeremiah 37:13-15; Matthew 5:11; I Peter 3:16)--typical Geselschaft operation.

..4 PERJURY:
telling lies about someone while under an official oath to tell only the truth about them (Leviticus 6:3, 19:12; Deuteronomy 19:16-18; Zechariah 5:1-4; Matthew 15:19; Luke 3:14; I Timothy 1:9-10)--hence attempting to subvert and derail the proper Due Process of Justice.

..5 PUNISHMENT FOR FALSE ACCUSATION AND PERJURY:
the basic Scriptural Principle is to do to the perpetrator(s) what they would have had done to the victim of the falsehood (Deuteronomy 19:18-21; Hoseas 4:2-3; Malachi 3:5; James 3:6).

..6 VIGILANTI ACTION FORBIDDEN:
the typical result of a Whisper Campaign or Character Assassination Program is that after false rumors are spread about the person (Gemeinschaft), and a false accusation is officially entered into the records somewhere (Geselschaft), then when justice fails to take action (due to lack of evidence) a secret vigilanti committe is organized to take the law into their own hands and punish the victim, or run them out of town. This is the work and tactics of the Devil and God's People should NOT participate in it! Rather WE are to respect and follow the Due Process of Law laid out by God in the Holy Scriptures--below #9.D.4.

..7 GEISTING (Image Damage) FORBIDDEN:
the workers of the Devil often attempt to go beyond the Gemeinshaft-Geselshaft Routine and attempt to establish an atmosphere or image (spirit) about a person by the spreading of such lies in the community about them, so that under social pressure (from others who believe the lie), the person will do or preform as the perpetrator(s) set up--making people into robots or zombies by their lies (Matthew 12:24-28; John 7:19-21).

.C COMMERCIAL DECEPTIONS:

Unfortunately, as too many of mankind seem predisposed to telling falsehoods, this also carries over into commerce and business, to the damage of the consumer. (See also, LAW-8.B.8 FRAUD under Stealing.)

..1 FALSE ADVERTISING:
All too often, products or services are presented as something that they are not--deceiving the consumer into thinking that he is getting something that he is not (Genesis 3:4-5).

..2 BAIT AND SWITCH:
Sometimes, businessmen are tempted to offer some product or service for sale at a fantastic price (without actually having the item) in order to just draw crowds into their store and then sell them something else that is more expensive (II Kings 10:18-25).

..3 FRAUD:
When a businessman deliberately represents himself or his product (services) as something that he is not, so that he has gained some commercial advantage (usually money) by mis-representing the true facts or in deliberate deception of the customer (Acts 8:9-11 & 13:6-11). See also LAW 8.B.8. FRAUD under Stealing.

.D SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLE OF LIBERTY--Foundation of Due Process:

The Holy Scriptures set forth many Divine Rights that form Our Civil Rights and Human Rights, under the General Principle of Liberty. These are presented in the following article.

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.E PROPER DUE PROCESS OF LAW:

The Holy Scriptures set forth many rules that make up the Proper Due Procees of the Law, as an extension of the Principle of Liberty. These are presented in the following article.

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