Feb. 26
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
TRUTH ESTABLISHED
"The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is
but for a moment" Prov. 12:19
Truth wears well. Time tests it, but it right well endures the trial.
If, then, I have spoken the truth, and have for the present to suffer
for it, I must be content to wait. If also I believe the truth of God,
and endeavor to declare it, I may meet with much opposition, but I need
not fear, for ultimately the truth must prevail.
What a poor thing is the temporary triumph of falsehood! "A lying lip
is but for a moment!" It is a mere gourd, which comes up in a night,
and perishes in a night; and the greater its development the more
manifest its decay. On the other hand, how worthy of an immortal being
is the avowal and defense of that truth which can never change; the
everlasting gospel, which is established in the immutable truth of an
unchanging God! An old proverb saith, "He that speaks truth shames the
devil." Assuredly he that speaks the truth of God will put to shame all
the devils in hell, and confound all the seed of the serpent which now
hiss out their falsehoods.
O my heart, take care that thou be in all things on the side of truth,
both in small things and great; but specially, on the side of Him by
whom grace and truth have come among men!