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HOUSMAIL HM073 1 April 2001 APRIL FOOL -
HARMLESS FUN? OR SERIOUS SIN? April
first is the day of the year when many people set out to get a laugh at the
expense of the discomfort of others they call "friends". They
do this by first telling them a LIE designed to DECEIVE them into taking some
action which will make them look foolish. Then,
when it blows up in their face, everyone else who is in on the
"joke" laughs ..... and laughs ..... and laughs ..... Is
that how you think we should deal with our "friends"? Is
it only a bit of harmless fun? Or is it perhaps something more serious than
that? Check
out the list of those who are left outside the City of God, and in the Lake
of Fire, in Revelation 21:8 and Revelation 22:15. The list includes: "WHOSOEVER LOVETH AND MAKETH A LIE." (Revelation 22:15 KJV) Makes
you think doesn't it? Am
I just being a "killjoy"? Or is it just possible that God would be
more pleased with people who will NOT DECEIVE their friends for any reason at
all? In
the light of those verses in Revelation, how do we think God feels about ALL
deception? Especially if the deception is deliberately designed to discomfort
and embarrass others? Would "April Fool" be included? Does
"April Fool" measure up to the sacrificial love described by Jesus
in John 13:34? Never
forget -- The serpent did something quite similar to deceive Eve into eating
the fruit in the garden of Eden! And here we all are 6000 years later, still
reaping the harvest of that! Allon |