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10 Stupid things We Do

• Fail to Tell the Truth
• Some people cant tell a lie
• Some cant tell the truth
• And others cant tell the difference.

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The Day AmericaTold the Truth

• Lying seems to be a way of life for many people.
• We lie at the drop of a hat.
• A survey was taken about Americans and how we lie.

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The Day AmericaTold the Truth

• The survey shows that 91 lie often about matters
  they consider trivial.
• 36 lie about important matters.
• 86 lie regularly to parents
• 75 lie to friends
• 73 lie to siblings
• 69 lie to spouses

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Tongue Commands

• Two of the Ten Commandments deal with the use of
  the tongue.
• Taking Gods name in vain
• How we speak of God
• Bearing false witness
• How we speak about each other

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Scriptures

• Psalm 1914 - Let the words of my mouth and the
  meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your
  sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
• Psalm 1202 - Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying
  lips And from a deceitful tongue.

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Scriptures

• Psalm 1413 - Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth
  Keep watch over the door of my lips.
• Proverbs 619 - A false witness who speaks lies,
  And one who sows discord among brethren.

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Scriptures

• Proverbs 1222 - Lying lips are an abomination to
  the LORD, But those who deal truthfully are His
  delight.
• Proverbs 195 - A false witness will not go
  unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not
  escape.

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Scriptures

• Matthew 1235-27 - A good man out of the good
  treasure of his heart brings forth good things,
  and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings
  forth evil things. 36But I say to you that for
  every idle word men may speak, they will give
  account of it in the day of judgment. 37For by
  your words you will be justified, and by your
  words you will be condemned.

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Scriptures

• Ephesians 425 - Therefore, putting away lying,
  Let each one of you speak truth with his
  neighbor, for we are members of one another.
• Colossians 39 - Do not lie to one another, since
  you have put off the old man with his deeds,

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Can I Stop?

• Consider the damage to others
• Send a man to his death
• Proverbs 1821 - Death and life are in the power
  of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its
  fruit.
• Peters denial Matthew 2674
• Victim
• Liar himself - reputation

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Types of Lies

• Boldfaced lie
• Colossians 39 - Do not lie to one another, since
  you have put off the old man with his deeds,
• False advertising Flattery Padded Resume
• Psalm 5521 - The words of his mouth were
  smoother than butter, But war was in his heart
  His words were softer than oil, Yet they were
  drawn swords.

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Types of Lies

• Unjust criticism Insinuation
• Hypocrisy
• Gossip
• Silence
• Lie to God
• Half-truth
• False Oath
• Excuses

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How to Avoid Lying

• Be Aware of the Source Satan
• John 844 - You are of your father the devil, and
  the desires of your father you want to do. He was
  a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand
  in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
  When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own
  resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

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How to Avoid Lying

• Be Aware of the Source Satan
• Imitate
• God Titus 12 - in hope of eternal life which
  God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,

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How to Avoid Lying

• Be Aware of the Source Satan
• Imitate
• God Titus 12 - in hope of eternal life which
  God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
• Jesus John 146 - Jesus said to him, I am the
  way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
  Father except through Me.

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How to Avoid Lying

• Be Aware of the Source Satan
• Imitate
• God
• Jesus
• Love the truth

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How to Avoid Lying

• Be Aware of the Source Satan
• Imitate
• God
• Jesus
• Love the truth
• Speak the truth

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How to Avoid Lying

• Be Aware of the Source Satan
• Imitate
• God
• Jesus
• Love the truth
• Speak the truth
• Consider the blessings

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The Real Dangers

• Harms our relationships
• Others learn that we cannot be trusted
• Destroys the reputation of others
• We lose our soul
• Revelation 218 - But the cowardly, unbelieving,
  abominable, murderers, sexually immoral,
  sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have
  their part in the lake which burns with fire and
  brimstone, which is the second death.

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The Final Issue

• How do you feel when you lie?
• Good? I got away with it!
• Glad that you did not get caught?
• Hope no one finds out the truth?
• OR Do you feel
• Guilty for your deception?
• Sorry for the harm you caused?
• Like a sinner, away from God?