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76 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES as a result, they lost this life and the life that is to come. The same God who punished them, to-day condemns all falsehood. Lying lips are an abomination to Him. He declares that into the holy city ^Hhere shall in no wise enter . . . anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie.''" Let truth-telling be held with no loose hand or uncertain grasp. Let it become a part of the life. Playing fast and loose with truth, and dissembling to suit one's own selfish plans, means shipwreck of faith. ''Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth. ' ' ' He who utters untruths, sells his soul in a cheap market. His falsehoods may seem to serve in emergencies ; he may thus seem to make business advancement that he could not gain by fair dealing; but he finally reaches the place where he can trust no one. Himself a falsifier, he has no confidence in the word of others. In the case of Ananias and Sapphira, the sin of fraud against God was speedily punished. The same sin was often repeated in the after-history of the church, and is committed by many in our time. But though it may not be attended by the visible manifestation of God's displeasure, it is no less heinous in His sight now than in the apostles' time. The warning has been given; God has clearly manifested His abhorrence of this sin; and all who give themselves up to hypocrisy and covetousness may be sure that they are destroying their own souls. - Eev. 21 : 27. . ^ Eph. 6 : 14.