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The Truth About Biblical Christian Morality: A Survey

Explore the significance of the Ninth Commandment, which prohibits lying and bearing false witness in the biblical Christian context. Discover the different types of lying, the reasons why people lie, and the harmful consequences of lying. Learn why telling the truth is important and how to speak the truth in love. Challenge yourself to make speaking truth in love a goal in every circumstance.

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The Truth About Biblical Christian Morality: A Survey

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  1. Right, Wrong, or Irrelevant? A Survey of Biblical Christian MoralityTO TELL THE TRUTH Exodus 20:16 Pew Bible p. 74

  2. Frequency of Lying • Teacher: Did you read the assignment? • Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over? • Dentist: Have you been flossing regularly? • Software: I have read and agree to the terms of service.

  3. The Ninth Commandment Exodus 20:16 • You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. NIV • Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. KJV

  4. Basic Meaning • To give “testimony” implies a courtroom setting. • Prohibits lying under oath in a court of law; “perjury” • “Neighbor” here means anyone you come in contact with.

  5. Extended Meaning • The 9thCommandment has broader implications. • The intent is to prohibit lying of all sorts. • To lie is to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive.

  6. Kinds of Lying Perjury Slander Fibs Swearing something is true Concealing or withholding truth Half truths

  7. Affirmed throughout the Bible • The Law—Exod. 20:16, Deut. 5:20,Lev. 6:3 • Wisdom Literature—Psalm 5:6,9; 34:13; 59:12; Prov. 19:5

  8. Psalm 23:12-13 Whoever of you loves lifeand desires to see many good days,keep your tongue from eviland your lips from telling lies.

  9. Affirmed throughout the Bible • The Law—Exod. 20:16, Deut. 5:20, Lev. 6:3 • Wisdom Literature—Psalm 5:6,9; 34:13; 59:12; Prov. 19:5 • Prophets—Is. 59:4,13; Jer. 9:3,5; Mic. 6:12

  10. Affirmed throughout the Bible • Jesus—Matt. 5:33-37, 15:19, 19:18 • Acts 5:1-11 • New Testament Letters—Col. 3:8-9, 1 Tim. 1:10, Rev. 21:8; especially slander Rom. 1:30, 2 Cor. 12:20, Eph. 4:31, 1 Pet. 2:1

  11. Colossians 3:8-9a But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other…

  12. Why Do People Lie? • Embarrassment • Fear of injury, loss, punishment • To cover up something they have done wrong

  13. Why Do People Lie? • To avoid hurting others’ feelings • To protect someone they care about • To get something they want which they feel they cannot get honestly or easily • To hurt others

  14. Why Lying Is Wrong Lying perverts justice. Lying destroys trust. Lying results in hurt and damage. Lying is self-destructive.

  15. Why You Should Tell the Truth and Not Lie • To be like God, and not like Satan • God cannot lie. Num. 23:19, 1 Sam. 15:29, Tit. 1:2, 1 John 1:5

  16. Romans 3:4 CEV God tells the truth, even if everyone else is a liar.

  17. Why You Should Tell the Truth and Not Lie • To be like God, and not like Satan • God cannot lie Num. 23:19, 1 Sam. 15:29, Tit. 1:2, 1 John 1:5 • Truth liberates; lying enslaves.

  18. John 8:32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

  19. Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

  20. Speak the Truth in Love • There are times when the truth is better left unsaid.

  21. Proverbs 17:9 He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.

  22. Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions.

  23. Speak the Truth in Love • There are times when the truth is better left unsaid. • Tell the truth when it builds up or edifies others.

  24. Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

  25. Speak the Truth in Love • Sometimes speaking the truth in love means speaking up, even when others may not want to hear it.

  26. Proverbs 27:5-6 Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy

  27. Speak the Truth in Love • Sometimes speaking the truth in love means speaking up, even when others may not want to hear it. • The goal is to speak the truth, but to do so in love.

  28. Proverbs 25:11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

  29. Truths to Take Home Christ calls His followers to speak the truth in love.

  30. Challenge Make it your goal to learn how to speak truth in love in every circumstance.

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