Sometimes love overlooks a lie and sometimes there needs to be a confrontation in love to seek the good of another person. Proverbs 19:11 says, "...it is a glory to overlook a transgression." This proverb is directed more at an interpersonal relationship where you are insulted. The person my lie and deny the insult when confronted. At that point it may be best to overlook it, especially if there are family relationships involved. Our level of relationship with a person will determine the level of confrontation. A business relationship is one level. A marriage relationship is another and both of these have different consequences for their outcomes.

Good question. On the surface it looks contradictory. I was hesitant about even including point 6 in the message.

Let me include both here in the answer for those who do not have access to these two points. Point 1 "A lie is a false statement made knowingly with the intent to deceive." Point 6: "Honesty has a fence." I think they can work together if we keep in mind the qualifier of love: "Willing the good of another." If what you do is always will the good of another, you will be able to tell everything at one point, but at another it would harm for them to know everything at that time. You "fence" some of it.

God does not tell us everything about us, even about our sinful nature. That does not mean He is lying. It does not mean that He will withhold that information forever either. He will reveal it as we are able to handle it. If the intent is not to deceive, but to protect, then there is no conflict. It is like the Hebrew midwives who lied to the Egyptian soldiers about the births of the baby boys they were ordered to kill. They were willing the good of another. It is good to note that by doing so, they put their own lives on the line.

Jesus said that he was the "Truth" (John 14:6). I don't think there is a time when the truth would keep a person from coming to Christ. I think a misconception of the truth could. A search for truth will actually lead a person to consider Jesus Christ. A rejection or misunderstanding of truth would then keep a person away. Truth, by definition is what corresponds with reality.