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BA30
Not Lying to God

BA30

We are not to lie to God.

Category: God & Yeshua

Type: Negative

Form: Implied

Source dataset: New Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Not specified

Literal Application: Not specified

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • Acts 5:1-6
Supportive NT Scriptures
  • Acts 5:7-10

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

The Bible has much to say about God’s abhorrence of lying, but Acts 5:1-10 is the only passage of Scripture about lying to God; all the others are about lying to people. In a way, that makes sense because how can one lye (withhold truth) from God who is all knowing and can read men’s minds? We know from the Scripture that Ananias and Sapphira lied to Peter, but it is puzzling of how it was even possible for them to lie to God. The answer may lie in verse 9 in which Peter chastises Sapphira for plotting (presumably with Ananias) to test the Holy Spirit – i.e. to see if the Holy Spirit lied to them about God’s requirement that they bring all of the proceeds of the sale of their property to the emissaries. Similar to how Adam and Eve (who were in a personal relationship with God) believed Satan that nothing bad would come of their eating from the forbidden tree, Ananias and Sapphira (presumably followers of Yeshua) likewise believed Satan to the extent that they were willing to test the Holy Spirit’s veracity, and this may have constituted blasphemy of the Holy Spirit that we are warned against in Matthew 12:31-32 .


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