Keep taking the tablets

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Keep taking the tablets
Exodus 2016 "You shall not give false testimony
against your neighbour.
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why does truth matter?

• God is truth

Psalm 315 Into your hands I commit my spirit
redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.
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why does truth matter?

• God is truth

Titus 12 the hope of eternal life, which God,
who does not lie, promised before the beginning
of time..
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why does truth matter?
God detests lies
Proverbs 616-19 There are six things the LORD
hates, seven that are detestable to him haughty
eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent
blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet
that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness
who pours out lies and a man who stirs up
dissension among brothers.
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why does truth matter?
God detests lies
Proverbs 1222 The LORD detests lying lips, but
he delights in men who are truthful. .
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why does truth matter?

• lying corrupt us

James 36 The tongue also is a fire, a world of
evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the
whole person, sets the whole course of his life
on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
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why does truth matter?

• lying corrupt us

John 844 You belong to your father, the devil,
and you want to carry out your father's desire.
He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding
to the truth, 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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Why does it matter?

• we are called to be different

Colossians 38-9 But now you must rid yourselves
of all such things as these anger, rage, malice,
slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do
not lie to each other, since you have taken off
your old self with its practices
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what does it look like?
gossip..
Phil 48 Finally, brothers, whatever is true,
whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is
pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirableif anything is excellent or
praiseworthythink about such things .
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What does it look like?

• gossip..

James 310-12 Out of the same mouth come praise
and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can
both fresh water and salt water flow from the
same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear
olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a
salt spring produce fresh water.
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What does it look like?

• trapped in a web of lies

Matthew 1026 There is nothing concealed that
will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be
made known.
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What does it look like?

• past hurts

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words
will never hurt me
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What does it look like?
past hurts
False
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words
will never hurt me
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Augustine of Hippo
past hurts
No physician can heal the wounds of the tongue
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What can be done about it?

• examine your heart

Matthew 1233-34 Make a tree good and its fruit
will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit
will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its
fruit.You brood of vipers, how can you who are
evil say anything good? For out of the overflow
of the heart the mouth speaks.
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What can be done about it?

• examine your heart

Psalm 5110 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
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What can be done about it?

• examine your heart

Matthew 1235 The good man brings good things out
of the good stored up in him, and the evil man
brings evil things out of the evil stored up in
him.
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What can be done about it?

• refuse to gossip / flatter / exaggerate

Phil 48-9 Finally, brothers, whatever is true,
whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is
pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirableif anything is excellent or
praiseworthythink about such things. Whatever
you have learned or received or heard from me, or
seen in meput it into practice. And the God of
peace will be with you.
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What can be done about it?
be an encourager
Eph 429 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out
of your mouths, but only what is helpful for
building others up according to their needs, that
it may benefit those who listen.
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What can be done about it?
Think

• Be and encourager

Think
Think
THINK..
Think
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What can be done about it?
T is it true? H will it help? I is it
inspiring? N is it necessary? K is it
kind?
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What can be done about it?

• Be true to your word

Psalm 154 LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who may live on your holy hill? He who speaks
the truth from his heart and has no slander on
his tonguewho keeps his oath even when it hurts
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What can be done about it?

• Be true to your word

Matthew 537 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and
your 'No,' 'No' anything beyond this comes from
the evil one.
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What can be done about it?

• Jesus mends broken hearts

Isaiah 611-3 He has sent me to bind up the
broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the
captives and release from darkness for the
prisoners to comfort all who mourn, and provide
for those who grieve in Zion, to bestow on them
a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of
gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of
praise instead of a spirit of despair.  
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What can be done about it?

• seek forgiveness

1 John 19 If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just and will forgive us our sins and purify
us from all unrighteousness.