Contributed by Rob De Jongh on Mar 15, 2021
God wants us to be right from within, and no amount of flattery on the outside will cover a rotten inside. We need to work on our own inner thoughts and desires first, so that the outward words and actions flow naturally from within.
In Psalm 5, David says this:
"For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue." (Psa 5:9)
Notice here that there are people who can flatter you and seem great on the outside, but
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