Part 1: It's Just A Little White Lie

UNHOLY HABITS

Part 1: It’s Just A Little White Lie

Proverbs 12:22

Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”

THE LORD HATES LYING:

Proverbs 12:22, “The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.”

John 8:44, “…[Satan] 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 tongue… he is… the father of lies.”

Proverbs 6:16-19, “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 to evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.”

TO WHOM DO WE LIE?

1.) We Lie To Each Other.

Jeremiah 9:5, “Friend deceives friend…”

Colossians 3:9-10, “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”

2.) We Lie To Our Creator.

Acts 5:4, “What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”

3.) We Lie To Ourselves.

Psalm 119:27, 29, “Help me understand the meaning of your commandments and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds. I weep with sorrow. Encourage me by your word… Keep me from lying to myself…”

1 John 2:4, “Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar.”

WHY? WHAT’S THE MOTIVATION?

I Lie Because: _____________________________________.

John 8:32, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”