All Liars

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All Liars

• Revelation 218

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Questions Answered in This Lesson

• Why is lying common today?
• What does the Bible say about it?
• How are lies committed?
• What are the consequences of lying?
• What should be our attitude toward it?

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Lying is a Common Problem

• It is easy to do
• It is habit forming
• It gets one out of a bind quickly
  (fear, profit, hurt others, etc.)
• It is easily justified, excused or minimized
• It is committed by good men like Abraham,
  Isaac, and Peter

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Lying is a Common Problem

• Some enjoy lying (Psa. 624)
• Some lie to protect themselves (Gen.
  1211-13 202 267 Isa. 2815)
• Some lie for gain (2 Pet. 21-3)

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The Bible and Lying

• Satan is the father of lies (Gen. 34 Jn. 844)
• Lying is condemned in the OT (Lev. 1911)
• God hates liars (Prov. 617,19 1222 195,9)
• The first recorded sin in the NT church was lying
  (Ac. 53)
• Lying is condemned in the NT (1 Tim. 110)
• All liars will be punished (Rev. 218)

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The Bible and Lying

• Is it sometimes right to lie? What about Rahab
  the harlot?
• She was a harlot and a liar (Joshua 21-7)
• She is commended for her faith in God, not her
  prostitution or lying (Heb. 1131 James
  225)
• Lying is always wrong!
• No such things as little white lies
• No situation that justifies lying

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How Lies Are Committed

• Speaking that which is not true (Prov. 1219
  Eph. 425 1 Tim. 27 1 Jn. 221)
• This can be done in religion (1 K. 1311ff
  Jer. 1414 2332 Ezek. 136-19)
• This can be done through gossip, blasphemy,
  malice, slander, backbiting, boasting,
  half-truths, lying to self, carelessness, etc.
• Taking a true statement out of context (Mk.
  1457-58 compare with Jn. 222)

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How Lies Are Committed

• Remaining silent
• Acting out of duplicity (Mt. 2648-49)
• Acting hypocritically living a lie
  (1 Jn. 16,8, 24 420 Jer. 74-11)

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Consequences of Lying

• Hurt self (Gen. 314ff Psa. 1201-4 Rom.
  125-26)
• Hurt others (Gen. 1217-18 2610 Prov.
  1217-21 1425 2518-19 2628 Isa. 327
  Jer. 93-5)
• Lie to God (Hos. 713 Acts 54)
• Tracks cannot be covered forever (Gen.
  268 Prov. 195,9)

If you tell the truth, you have to remember only
one story.
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Consequences of Lying

• Benefits are momentary (Prov. 216)
• Creates delusions (Jer. 2332)
• Become hardened (1 Tim. 41-2)
• Destroys influence

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Lying Would Be Nice IF

• We could get away with it, but we cant (Num.
  3223 1 Tim. 54)
• It would change the truth, but it wont (Rom.
  124-25)
• It would do any good, but it wont (Rom.
  38)
• It would keep us from Hell, but it wont (Rev.
  218)

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Our Attitude Toward Lying

• Recognize it as the evil it is
• Hate it (Psa. 316 404 11928-29,163
  Prov. 135 308)
• Rebuke it (Tit. 112-13 Rev. 22)
• Put it off (Col. 39)
• Love truth (1 Kings. 1311ff 2 Thess. 29-12)

If you tell a lie big enough, loud enough and
long enough, a lot of people will believe you.
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Our Attitude Toward Lying

• Guard your heart (Mt. 1519-20)
• Speak truth no matter the cost (Eph. 425)

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Liar, Liar

• We serve a God who cannot and will not lie (Tit.
  12 Heb. 618)
• As such, God will not accept liars into heaven
  (Psa. 1017 Rev. 1415 2127 2215)
• Where will you spend eternity? In Heaven as a
  truth-teller, or in Hell as a liar?