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:I 1. Recognize that lying is always wrong.

Exodus 20:16 You shall not give false testimony against your
neighbor.
:I Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off
your old self with its practices.

~ 2. Lying is a sin that is a struggle from one's youth.

Psalm 58:3 Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb

;; they are wayward and speak lies.

Romans 1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and
worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator.
; 3. God hates lying.

; Psalm 5:6 You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty

deceitful men the LORD abhors.
and

Psalm 31:18 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and
I contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
Proverbs 12:22 The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in

. men who are truthful.

4. Lying is not a choice for the believer.

;I Psalm 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from
speaking lies.

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5. Telling the truth is God's way.

Ephesians 4:25 Therefore each of you must put offfalsehood and
speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off
your old self with its practices.

1 John 2:21 I do not write to you because you do not know the
truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from
the truth.

Psalm 15:1-2 LORD,who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who

may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who
does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart.

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