Truth or Consequences
A Study in the Book of Ephesians: The Wealth and Walk of the Believer • Sermon • Submitted
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Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Lying Defined
Lying Defined
A statement that is contrary to fact, spoken with the intent to deceive.
A statement that is contrary to fact, spoken with the intent to deceive.
It is not a lie if I tell you it is noon, but then realize my watch has stopped and it is actually 1 pm.
It is a lie if it is 1 pm (and I know it’s 1 pm), I tell you it is noon -and I did so with the intent of making you late for a meeting because it would get you fired and I would be promoted to your position.
Examples
Examples
False Statements
Bill Clinton - “I did not have sex with that woman.”
Lies of omission - leaving out information.
Parent: Where are you going tonight?
Teen: Spending the night at friends house (truth)
-Leaving out that before spending the night at friend’s house you are going to a party.
Lies of exaggeration - it may contain truth, but false statements are added to the truth to make the liar look better.
Guy I used to play golf with - would tell me how he had hit drives 350 yds. (always when playing with someone else)
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
No false statement
No truth left out (No omissions)
Nothing added to the truth (exaggeration)
White Lies (telling someone you’re busy - when you’re not - because you don’t want to accept their invitation) - you don’t want to hurt them is the excuse.(Problem - over time you will lose credibility)
Falsifying Tax Returns
Breaking a Contract (I will do this, I didn’t - I lied)
Cheating on a Test (this is my work, my answer - it’s not)
Lying Detested(;)
Lying Detested(;)
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: But they that deal truly are his delight.
These six things doth the Lord hate: Yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, Feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
Lying Derived (; )
Lying Derived (; )
The source of everything that we are and everything we are supposed to be is our Father.
Our Father is the God of truth ()
Our Father is the God of truth ()
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. ()
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. ()
The Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth. ()
The Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth. ()
The Word of God is truth. ()
The Word of God is truth. ()
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Lying Depicted
Lying Depicted
Abraham (; )
Abraham (; )
Isaac ()
Isaac ()
Rebekah and Jacob ()
Rebekah and Jacob ()
Rebekah and Jacob ()
Rebekah and Jacob ()
Laban ()
Laban ()
Jacob’s Sons ()
Jacob’s Sons ()
Joseph’s Brothers ()
Joseph’s Brothers ()
Ananias and Sapphira ()
Ananias and Sapphira ()
Peter ()
Peter ()
Lying Designed
Lying Designed
To avoid consequences
To avoid consequences
-honest mistake (Sarah - laughing)
-sin (Cain; Joseph’s brothers)
Fear of man
Fear of man
Fear of opinion (knowing the real you)
Fear of harm (Abraham; Peter)
Lying is the great revealer that one fears man more than God. (I’m more concerned with what you think of me, what you can do to me - that what God thinks of me, what God can do to me)
Personal Gain
Personal Gain
-Rebekah, Jacob (Deceiving Isaac)
-Taxes, cheating on test
To influence others opinion of us.
To influence others opinion of us.
-Annanias/Sapphira
-We feel we have to distort the truth about us to get others to think highly of us.
Lying Damages
Lying Damages
Our Testimony ()
Our Testimony ()
Our Relationships (; )
Our Relationships (; )
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
The Lives of Others (; )
The Lives of Others (; )
Abraham endangered Sarah
There were financial consequences for Abimilech
-Isaac followed in dad’s footsteps, Jacob followed in grandpa’s footsteps
Lying is selfish
-It is self-promotion, self-protection, self-absorbed and ultimately self-destructive.
Lying Defeated ()
Lying Defeated ()
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
The only way you can put away lying is by speaking the truth
The only way you can speak truth is to put away lying.
The only way you can speak the truth is by putting away lying.
Speaking truth (being honest)
Promotes a clear conscience
Promotes a clear conscience
Promotes authentic relationships
Promotes authentic relationships
Preserves one’s integrity and testimony
Preserves one’s integrity and testimony
Promotes a clear conscience.
Promotes a clear conscience
Promotes authentic relationships.
Promotes authentic relationships
Maintains one’s integrity
Preserve one’s integrity and testimony.