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Griefshare - The Autauga Baptist Association is hosting a grief recovery support group on Thursday mornings starting August 18. The group will meet at the associational office. If you want more info or want to sign up, you can call the ABA office or email Pam Hasselltine.

Wednesday Bible Studies - come join us Wednesdays at 6:30 for Bible study. We have groups for ladies and men, and a class for children too.

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Reading: Deuteronomy 5.20

Deuteronomy 5:20 ESV

20 “ ‘And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Pray

What Does This Commandment Reveal about God?

God Is Truth

John 1:14 ESV

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 14:6 ESV

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Revelation 19:11 ESV

11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

God Speaks Truth

Numbers 23:19 ESV

19 God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

2 Samuel 22:31 ESV

31 This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 119:160 ESV

160 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

John 15:26 ESV

26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

John 17:17 ESV

17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

God Loves Truth

Psalm 51:6 ESV

6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

Proverbs 6:16–19 ESV

16 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 16:11 ESV

11 A just balance and scales are the Lord’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Proverbs 20:23 ESV

23 Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

What Does This Commandment Require of Us?

We Must Be Truthful

Zechariah 7:9 ESV

9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,

Malachi 2:6–7 ESV

6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

2 Kings 22:7 ESV

7 But no accounting shall be asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for they deal honestly.”

Ezekiel 45:10 ESV

10 “You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.

We Must Speak Truth

1 John 1:8–9 ESV

8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 15:1–2 ESV

1 O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? 2 He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;

Zechariah 8:16–17 ESV

16 These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; 17 do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”

John 15:27 ESV

27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

We Must Love Truth

Proverbs 23:23 ESV

23 Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

John 18:37–38 ESV

37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, “I find no guilt in him.