Falsehoods of the tongue can be confessed and repented of. Forgiveness can be received and amends can be made. However, when the lies go unconfessed, unrepented, and unconfronted, they become a falsehood of the heart that “in time depraves all its good dispositions.”
Jesus shares the parable with his disciples, the Pharisees and others. In the story, a father has two sons. Luke 15:11–32 (ESV)
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. Acts 8:23.
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void...
