Why did god lie?

Answer 1

Answer:The question is not whether God hardens the heart of man or allows man to follow after his own desires, but whether God himself lies unto man, and the answer is no.

God does not lie and the scriptures states just that.

• Num 23:19

  19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

• 1 Sam 15:29

  29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

• Titus 1:2

  2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

• Heb 6:18

  18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

AnswerIt is impossible for God to sin. And to lie is a sin, so no. God is holy, so that means He has never sinned. In fact, that's why Adam and Eve got kicked out of the Garden of Eden. They sinned, and God's holiness could not be with that. Yes, God lies by proxyHe sends prophets or lying spirits to deceive.

1 Kings 22:23 Now, therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

2 Chronicles 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets.

Jeremiah 4:10 Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people.

Jeremiah 20:7 O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived.

Ezekiel 14:9 And if a prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.

Answer 2

Why did God lie? God does not lie.

God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? (Numbers 23:19, New International Version)

Ans: All human is potensil to be a GOD ,therefore before before perfaction he may have lied.