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The Refuge of Lies

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · BATTLE CREEK, MICH. · Jan 4, 1870

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 35, No. 2.

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The Refuge of Lies.

Isaiah represents the wicked as hiding under falsehood, and making lies their refuge. Isa. 28: 15. But he tells us that the great hail-stones shall sweep away this refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. Verse 17; Eze. 13: 11–13; Rev. 16: 21. We cannot take shelter under the truth without obeying it; but if we do obey it, it will be our refuge and defense in the day of wrath. But we can hide under falsehood without making any sacrifice or bearing any cross. But when the storm of God's wrath descends, the refuge of lies shall not protect our heads from the terrible hail. What folly to deceive ourselves to our own utter ruin. What bitter disappointment shall be the portion of those who find themselves shattered only by a refuge of lies.
We can have shelter in the truth by putting away our sins. The refuge of lies promises us a defense without thus doing, but it is a miserable and ruinous deception.