September 18 2016 Telling The Truth
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Telling The Truth
Memory Verse: Exodus 20:16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
Psalm 34:12-13 (GN) "Would you like to enjoy life? Do you want long life and happiness? Then keep from speaking evil and from telling lies."
I. WHY DO WE LIE?
Type - Motive
The cruel lie - Resentment
The cowardly lie - Fear
The conceited lie - Insecurity
The calculated lie - Greed or selfishness
The convenient lie - Laziness
II. HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH
1. TELL THE TRUTH completely
Proverbs 10:10 (GN) "Someone who holds back the truth causes trouble."
Proverbs 28:23 (LB) ""In the end people appreciate frankness more than flattery."
2. TELL THE TRUTH consistently
Ephesians 4:15 (Amp) "Let our lives lovingly express the truth in all things - speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly."
Proverbs 11:3 (GN)"people who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty."
Proverbs 13:17 (LB)"Reliable communication permits progress."
3. TELL THE TRUTH lovingly
Ephesians 4:15 (GN)"Speak the truth in a spirit of love."
Ephesians 4:29 "(Speak) only what is helpful for building others up, according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."
4. TELL THE TRUTH tactfully
Proverbs 12:18 (GN) "Thoughtless words can wound as deeply as any sword, but wisely spoken words can heal."
Proverbs 16:23 (GN) "Intelligent people think before they speak."
Ecclesiastes 8:6 (GN)"There is a right time and a right way to do everything."
THE REAL PROBLEM....
Matthew 12:34 (GN)"For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of"
