Does God punish those who are lied to

This is such a stupid question. I know. I know that. I’m just struggling today. My fiance and I are having a pretty complex issue, but we are going to therapy. In my heart, I believe I am making the right, true decision. I’ve prayed on it and when my OCD, anxiety, and fears are suppressed, I feel this truly is what I want to do and what I should do. However, my partner swore to me he’s telling the truth about something and I know I was upset, I believe I have heard you are not supposed to do this but I said do you swear on God? And he said he did. Now we are both devout Christian’s, so that’s very serious to us. But I’m some reason afraid well what if he did lie? Would I be punished for believing him? Even though, I’m trying to take a deep breath and say this is us moving forward after much pain. I love my life. I love my fiance so much. I prayed for my life with him, constantly and many friends told me they do believe it seems to be almost a test to make us stronger. I don’t usually believe that so I don’t have much to say. But I would like some comfort to breathe, that I wouldn’t be punished for believing and forgiving my fiance. Thank you all, and please be gentle with your words I’m pretty tired. The thing is I do believe him, I do, but my OCD is the doubting disease duh. So it’s always like “oh you can never be certain but you should be!” My partner did lie to me before, he never had but we have had a horrible rough patch. Miscarriage, arguing, no sleep, mental health collapsing. A lot going on. But he never said he swore. This time he has, and it does seem fully genuine. Idk. I’m tired.

Kevin V

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 8h

It is entirely possible that he did lie. You probably will never know for certain. You also don't need to know. Maybe God will punish you for believing him. You can accept that and make peace with it. Being punished by God might be unfortunate, but if that is how it will be, then you can accept that.

Hello777

Date posted: 8h

Hi! May I ask what the topic is about if you wish to share? I would say that a lot of what is important too is the seriousness of the allegations. For example, is it cheating?? That is something very serious and deserves to be strongly investigated, I would say. Also, he would not be behaving in a Christ-like manner if he did something like that. I think that God would forgive you and your husband about swearing an Oath in God’s name. God said that if we repent and are truly sorry that all sin is pardonable except for not believing on the Holy Spirit. I think that you have just been hurt before by your husband which is why you are looking for extra reassurance that he is being honest. Also, it’s really hard to have a good relationship if you feel like someone is not being honest. Is there any reason in particular that your husband would have difficulty being truthful about something? Is he running up against something in his own life? I think being truthful is something that we all need to strongly work towards in every relationship otherwise we are doing ourselves and others a disservice! I think that more context would be needed for me to better advise/give you my feedback because I don’t know the patterns/seriousness of the allegations! God bless you! 🙏💖💖

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