MFM Daily Devotional 8 May 2024 

TOPIC:  Don’t Bear False Witness

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Chronicles 18, 2 Chronicles 19, 2 Chronicles 20, Luke 3, Luke 4

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 19:15-21 
¹⁵ One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

¹⁶ If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

¹⁷ Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

¹⁸ And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

¹⁹ Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

²⁰ And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

²¹ And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

MEMORY VERSE
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Proverbs 19:9

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES: Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

PRAISE AND WORSHIP: Take praise and worship songs as led by the Holy Spirit.

PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY: Every tongue bearing false witness against you is hereby condemned, in the name of Jesus.

MFM Daily Devotional 8 May 2024 MESSAGE

The sin of bearing false witness against one’s neighbor is great in God’s presence. Anything that cannot be proven, anything that is not genuine and anything that is not true should not be said or written down and used falsely against anyone. To bear false witness is to accuse someone wrongly. It means giving untrue testimonies about someone in order to damage their reputation.

The scripture warns against false witnessing. For example, Exodus 23:1: “Thou shalt not raise a false report; put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.” Proverbs 24:28: “Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.” Whenever a person bears false witness he is aligning himself with satan, who is spoken of in John 8:44 as“a liar, and the father of it.”We need to be careful.

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It is quite unfortunate that a lot of innocent souls have been sent to their early graves because of false witnessing. And a lot of others are serving jail terms for sins they know nothing about. Some of the victims are often helpless and defenseless people. But be sure that their blood will cry for vengeance like that of Naboth in 1 Kings 21:1-19. The Lord of Sabaoth is the God of vengeance. It is even more saddening for so-called believers to bear false witness against fellow believers in a bid to bring them down at all costs. Some do it to obtain cheap favor or get church positions. Beloved, if you have to bring someone down to attain it, then it is not worth it.

Many people are now faced with challenges, problems, incurable sicknesses, and diseases today and are wondering where they came from. They go before God in prayers, but their prayers are not answered because they have made false witnesses against their fellow human beings once upon a time in their lives. This wicked act will never go unpunished either sooner or later.

Beloved, you may need to take a close look at your life. What are you going through now that has defied solutions may have been caused by this sin. You may need to swallow your pride and prayerfully carry out restitution before you can be truly free. May God help us to live right, in the name of Jesus.

MFM DAILY PRAYER POINTS 8 MAY 2024

MORNING
1. Father please forgive me of any sin of false witnessing I may have done in time past, in the name of
Jesus.
2. Father, show me the root of my problem, in the name of Jesus.
3. Bitterness in my heart, die by fire, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Conspiracy to bring me down by false witnessing, scatter to desolation, in the name of Jesus.
5. Anyone hired to witness against me to damage my good name, receive an angelic slap, in the name of
Jesus.
6. I refuse to bear evil reports, in the name of Jesus.
7. O God, arise and purify me, in the name of Jesus.