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IX. false testimony
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sport
business
denial
Lies R us
PERSONAL
gossip
Exodus 2016 You shall not give false testimony
against your neighbour. .
media
exaggeration
politics
pretence
slander
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divine
God says
We need the bedrock of truth
Exodus 2016 You shall not give false testimony
against your neighbour.
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divine
Three challenges
1. Believe in truth
God is truth
Psalms 315 Into your hands I commit my spirit
redeem me, O Lord, the God of truth.
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divine
Three challenges
1. Believe in truth
Truth rescues
Proverbs 1213 An evil man is trapped by his
sinful talk, but a righteous man escapes
trouble.
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divine
Three challenges
1. Believe in truth
Proverbs 1217 A truthful witness gives honest
testimony, but a false witness tells lies.
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divine
Three challenges
1. Believe in truth
Truth builds
Proverbs 1218 Reckless words pierce like a
sword, but the tongue of the wise brings
healing.
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divine
Three challenges
1. Believe in truth
Truth lasts
Proverbs 1219 Truthful lips endure for ever,
but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
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divine
Three challenges
1. Believe in truth
Truth produces joy peace
Proverbs 1220 There is deceit in the hearts
of those who plot evil, but joy for those who
promote peace.
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divine
Three challenges
or the expediency of lying?
1. Believe in truth
Proverbs 1222 The LORD detests lying lips, but
he delights in men who are truthful.
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divine
Three challenges
1. Believe in truth
John 832 you will know the truth, and the
truth will set you free.
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divine
Three challenges
2. Believe in lies
against God
John 844 You belong to your father, the devil,
, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he
speaks his native language, for he is a liar and
the father of lies.
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divine
Three challenges
2. Believe in lies
against others
Psalms 1202 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
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divine
Three challenges
2. Believe in lies
against others
Proverbs 616 - 19 There are six things the LORD
hates, a lying tongue, .. a false witness
who pours out lies
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divine
Three challenges
2. Believe in lies
against ourselves
Psalms 516 Surely you desire truth in the
inner parts you teach me wisdom in the
inmost place.
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divine
Three challenges
3. Believe in Jesus
who took it all to the cross
Mark 1456 Many testified falsely against him,
but their statements did not agree.
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divine
Three challenges
3. Believe in Jesus
who took it all to the cross
Luke 817 For there is nothing hidden that will
not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will
not be known or brought out into the open.
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divine
Three challenges
3. Believe in Jesus
who took it all to the cross
John 146 Jesus answered, I am the way and the
truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father
except through me.
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