For he that will love life, and wee good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good,; let him seek peace, and ensue it. (1 Peter 3:10-11)

We can see many instructions about tongue in the Bible. It is closely connected with sins of Adam and Eve, the first man. Satan tempted Eve to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil through a snake. There are several reasons about why he did so, but first reason is that snakes have tongues divided into two. It means that the animal can tell the Good and the Evil at once, that is, it tells lies well.

One thing we must remember is that another nickname for Satan is the father of lie. It means that he makes people tell a lie and make them confused. Then, we must get an answer for it. God hates lying. So, we must keep a lookout for lies, and eliminate it completely in our minds.

Through early church, we can meet a surprising event “the death of Ananias and Sapphira”. There are a lot of opinions about their salvation, but they made up their minds to devote themselves as a member of their church, and they had a mind of giving to God though they gave only a part of what they promised to him. However, they breathed their last because of only one reason ‘a lie’. We ought to realize how much telling lies is dangerous.

Nowadays, many people are handy with lies, and they think that it is foolish to live an honest life. The same goes to churches. Many congregations decide something in front of church, but they change their minds when circumstances become different or disadvantageous. We must remember that those things are the things that God dislikes.

We ought to refrain our tongues. Lord wants to open his heart to an honest and trustworthy people and talk with them. If we are given to lies, he will block his ears and many people will become estranged from us. I hope that we live with a figure of truthfulness to become an imposing Christian in the face of God.