9th commandment-thou shall not steal-fighting truth decay-ps daniel-23/8/08

-Ex 20:16
>10 commandments are 10 sure steps to win in life.
>We are called to be people of integrity
>There's a pair of eyes watching you ALL the time-God's eyes.

3 points about lying
1}Why do we lie?
2}Why does God prohibits lying?
3}Ways we lie.

1}Why do we lie?
>We lie for convenience sake.
>We are not born liars,but through the times,we start to lie.
>Sometimes we lie to shift the blame.
>The ultimate reason of lying - putting our own interests above anything else,including truth.

-Lying is an epicdemic,it has become a plague in our society that if you don't lie,you are weird-TIME magazine

>It is an in-born tendancy to lie.
>Satan- father of lies.
-John 8:44
-Genesis 3:1-5
-Psalms 58:3
-Jeramiah 6

-Sin has many tools,but lie is the handle that fits them all-Oliver Wendell

2}Why do God prohibits lying?
-Proverbs 6:16-19
-Proverbs 12:22
-Psalms 101:7
-Revelations 21:8

3}Ways we lie.

a)The outright lie
-John 8:44

b)The insinuation-make a statement that leads people to think something that is not true.
>Stealth lying.

c)Half truth-simply not giving the full picture,thus allowing the recipient to distort the facts.
>A lie is a lie.

d)Excuse-making an excuse,we divert blame and shame from ourselves onto someone/something else.
>It needs to land somewhere.

e)Gossip-sharing tales about someone without concern of either truth or love.

f)Exaggeration

g)Silence-knowing the truth but not saying it out.
>It will cost you,but it's worth it.

>When we slander about someone,we will do irrepairable damage to the person.
-Colossians 3:8-9
>Don't say it if you don't mean it.

- T-Is it truthful? H-Will it help? I-Is it inspiring? N-Is it necessary? K-Is it kind?