𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗔 𝗦𝗜𝗡⁇

ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴇɴʟɪɢʜᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ ɪᴍᴘᴜʟsɪᴠᴇ ᴅʀɪᴠᴇɴ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ

Lying is sometimes the best weapon of choice against an enemy, who can judge me a sinner for using it when necessary? Perhaps this is what legalism is, placing more importance on the law than on its intentions and the intentions of those who seemingly disobey it.

Here are a few examples of instances when lying is not a sin:

Hiding someone’s location from an enemy threat, this happens a lot where Christian persecution is prevalent yet ironically most Christians oppose lying even for the sake of the churches own preservation., installing false surveillance cameras to deter criminals when you can’t afford to buy the real thing, fabricating excuses to avoid having your rights in fringed such as false medical conditions to avoid being forced to wear a mask or take a vaccine.

Lying examples that are a sin: false witnessing against an innocent person, lying in an advertisement of a product you want to sell, lying to evade punishment for a sin/crime, lying about a medical condition so you can qualify for a vaccine or medical treatment at the expense of vulnerable people, lying about how safe a medical treatment is, lying to cause any injustice or evade any justice of any kind.

There is a difference between lying to hurt others and lying to defend yourself from others who want to hurt you.

Legalism is to say thou shall not (no matter what), true fulfillment of the law is to say ideally thou shall not but in our current fallen sinful reality there may be circumstances when exceptions are necessary.

A more simplistic example would be thou shall not kill, but yet it is widely agreed that sometimes you may need to kill for self defense, so clearly killing is not a sin in every circumstance, the same applies to lying and almost any other form of moral law.