Moses was in the desert for decades, it's fairly plain to see that the story there was that God was working with him, getting rid of the lies.. but could not get rid of them all, that's why Moses struck the rock and got punished, sort of.. the lies are what make us sick and aged, Moses was 120 and had not aged... so we cannot get rid of all of it maybe but the first 80% is easy... nobody is perfect...
Job took it on the nose from the devil and all his friends and his wife... and he argues that he was a good guy.. then, it's at the very end of the book, last chapter, he's goes "Oh wow, I get it, my righteousness is powerless but God's righteousness is the greatest" and he gave up his own righteousness and God gave him His and his life was fine after that ... right after Jesus died [I mean, three days later anybody that asks, their lies are bought and paid for and discarded, ANYBODY THAT ASKS] His disciples spent 40 days in the Upper Room praying, they must have been confessing stuff and getting rid of the lies because they emerged and changed the world permanently...
I'm sorry about the horrible things that Christians have done and are doing, there are winners and losers in that arena in all senses of the words...