Acting a Lie
Colossians 3:9-11
Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;…


Once while Rowland Hill was spending an evening at the house of a friend, a lady, who was there on a visit, retired, that her little girl of four years old might go to bed. She returned in about half an hour, and said to a lady near her: "She is gone to sleep; I put on my nightcap, and lay down by her, and she soon dropped off." Mr. Hill, who overheard this, said: "Excuse me, madam: do you wish your child to grow up a liar?" "Oh dear, no, sir; I should be shocked at such a thing." "Then bear with me when I say you must never act a lie before her. Children are very quick observers, and soon learn that that which assumes to be what it is not is a lie, whether acted or spoken." This was uttered with a kindness which precluded offence, yet with a seriousness that could not be forgotten.



Parallel Verses
KJV: Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

WEB: Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,




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