The Truth that Is Slander
Published on Facebook, July 17, 2010
By Bud Powell
24 And Noah
awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his
brethren. --Genesis 9
All Ham did was tell the truth. His father Noah was drunk and naked in the
tent. All Ham did was report the fact to his other brothers. They, more
honorable than he, took a garment, put it on their shoulders, went backward,
and covered their father. They refused to look on his nakedness. They knew that
those who received slander were as guilty as he who utters it. Ps 15:3 "He
that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh
up a reproach against his neighbor." Le 19:16 "Thou shalt not go up
and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the
blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD."
Proverbs 6:16 "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an
abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to
mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren."
Love covers sin and hides shame; it covers a multitude of sins. What do you
think that God thinks about this kind of slander? Fast forward to the conquest
of Canaan by Joshua, who was given orders to kill every man, woman, and child
among the Canaanites, fulfilling the curse of Noah. The ways of God are very
hard to those who transgress His commandments, especially to those that use
truth as they see it to do harm.
This kind of slander in families is especially damnable, because faults are so
well known by those who should love each other, making uncovering nakedness a
horrible sin that not only is against morals but against nature and against the
covenant of the home. If it includes father and mother it is contrary to the
Fifth Commandment.
God did not curse all of Ham's seed, only a part of it, that in the line of
Canaan. God had many good things for the Egyptians in the age of the Gospel and
for the black race also descended from Ham. But the Canaanites were to be
exterminated. [btw, the horrible idea that the curse of Noah condemned the black
race to perpetual servitude is a damnable fiction; this part of the curse was
fulfilled in the servitude of the Canaanites to the Jews after the conquest: ie
the Gibeonites and others. God knew that they would not exterminate all of them
but put them under bondage.]
But God looks with horror upon those who spread shame and uncover the nakedness
of others. Jesus came to hide sin and put it away. God puts it behind is back
and does not spread it around.
In fact, slander is the very work of the devil, for his works are lies and
murder, and they are closely related, for [Pr 26:28] "A lying tongue
hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh
ruin."
The prophet pronounces [Hab 2:15] "Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou
mayest look on their nakedness!" Many a secret harmful to others have been
revealed when people have been drunk, and clever people know how to do this.
For thousands of years spies use alcohol very effectively to discover the
secrets of other nations.
One of the beautiful treasures gained by leading a man to Christ is this: Jas
5:20 "Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of
his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins."
Never is the heart of Christ more revealed than in the hiding of sins.
On the other hand the inmost desires of Satan are revealed by the exposure of
people to shame and disgrace, for Satan is the ultimate slanderer: Re 12:10
"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and
night."
Of course, in legal procedures in church and state it is right and holy for men
to give true accounts of the case before them, even if it means revealing the
truth, shameful though it be. However, the Biblical principle described above
is still seen in Western law that protects a spouse from the witness of his/her
spouse, and children are not compelled to testify against parents or parents
against children.
Satanic law, however, knows no such restraints and sets children against
parents and parents against children, so that totalitarian states encourage and
reward these betrayals. The public media has become an institution of slander
for reward, especially since the courts have virtually exempted them from
slander suits.
Proverbs 130:3 "If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who
shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be
feared."
