{"id":2897,"date":"2021-07-04T03:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T03:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:34:40","slug":"false-allegations-in-the-bible-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=2897","title":{"rendered":"FALSE ALLEGATIONS IN THE BIBLE, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I made the point yesterday that it seems we are inclined towards disbelieving denials: when an allegation is leveled at someone, we are more likely to side instinctively with the accuser than the accused.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I find it interesting how often this very issue comes up in the Bible &#8211; and the prominence of false accusations in Scripture should definitely give us pause when we are tempted to jump to conclusions of guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although one could argue that the first false accusation in Scripture comes out of the mouth of the serpent in the opening chapters of Genesis, I am wanting here to stick to major passages dealing SPECIFICALLY with the concept of false accusations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are at least 3 big ones. Here is the first:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) As a sin, making a false allegation ranks among God&#8217;s Top Ten. The eighth commandment is this: &#8220;Thou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor&#8221;. (Exodus 20:16) Consider the fact that this is found on the same list as murder, theft, adultery, and worshipping false idols.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prohibition against false accusations making it into the Ten Commandments should be enough to give us pause, but there&#8217;s much more &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made the point yesterday that it seems we are inclined towards disbelieving denials: when an allegation is leveled at someone, we are more likely to side instinctively with the accuser than the accused.\u00a0 I find it interesting how often this very issue comes up in the Bible &#8211; and the prominence of false accusations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2898,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions\/2898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}