CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

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CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

• Matt. 537
• But let your communication be, Yea, yea
  Nay,nay for whatsoever is more than these cometh
  of evil.

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CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

• I. Matt. 533-37 Always Tell the Truth With or
  Without an Oath.
• A. Law of Moses Do Not Dishonor God by
  Breaking Oath Taken in His Name.
• B. New Law of Christ Do Not Dishonor God by
  Any Kind of Deceit.
• C. Three Ways of Speaking Considered, Christ
  Accepts Only One Tell the Truth, The Whole
  Truth, Nothing But the Truth! Always!

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CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

• II. Lk. 191-10 Jesus Commends the Despised
  But Penitent Tax Collector.
• A. Tax Collectors Were Often Dishonest.
• B. Jesus Commends Zacchaeus for His
  Commitment to Total Honesty.
• III. Acts 51-11 God Condemns the Respected But
  Lying Members of the Church.
• A. Barnabus Was Loved for His Sacrifices.
• B. Ananias Sapphira Wanted to be Loved for
  Serving God But Lied in Serving.

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CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

• IV. Rom. 37-8 We Cannot Do Evil That Good May
  Come.
• A. God Is Glorified by His Plan to Forgive
  Sin.
• B. Paul Repudiated the Perversion, Let Us Do
  Evil, that Good May Come.
• C. If We Practice Dishonesty in Trying to Do
  Good, We Follow the Perversion, Let Us Do
  Evil, That Good May Come.
• D. If We Follow Christ as Paul, We Must Teach
  Total Honesty by Word Deed.

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CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

• V. 2 Cor. 41-5 Pauls Preaching Life
  Manifested Truth Because He Exalted Christ
  Not Himself.
• A. Paul Rejected All Dishonesty in His Work.
• B. Paul Manifested the Truth, But Many
  Rejected It.
• C. He Kept the Proper Focus Exalt Christ Not
  Self.
• VI. 2 Cor. 820-21 Paul Provided for Honest
  Things in the Sight of God Man.
• A. Paul Carried Funds, Other Brethren with
  Him.
• B. He Did Not Hide Anything From His Brethren.
• C. Both God Man Could See His Honesty.

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CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

• VII. Eph. 414-15 The Gospel Defeats Deception
  Teaches Only Truth.
• A. False Teachers Deceive Use People.
• B. The Gospel Teaches Truth in Love, People
  Grow to Spiritual Maturity in Christ.
• VIII. Eph. 424-25 United as One Body in
  Christ, We Must Not Deceive Each Other.

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CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

• IX. Col. 39-10 Put Off the Old Man with His
  Lies, Put On the New Man Created in the Image
  of Christ.
• A. If We Lie, We Slander the Image of Christ.
• X. Tit. 29-10 When Honest Even in Small
  Things, We Show the Gospels Beauty.
• A. We Might Steal or Deceive in Small Things.
• B. This Makes the Gospel Appear Dirty,
  Doubtful.
• C. Honesty Truth Show the Gospels Beauty.

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CHRIST TEACHES TOTAL HONESTY

• XI. Rev. 218 All Liars Are Destined to Hell.
• A. Lying Is Not a Small Sin to God.
• XII. Rev. 2211-15 To Die as a Liar Is to Seal
  Our Fate as Hopeless Forever.
• A. As We Die, Our Character Destiny Will
  Never Change.
• B. If We Want to Change Our Destiny, We Must
  Change Our Character Now!