{"id":1243,"date":"2025-01-05T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/329-simon-ogrady-the-wise-and-the-fool-the-righteous-and-the-wicked\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:27:46","slug":"329-simon-ogrady-the-wise-and-the-fool-the-righteous-and-the-wicked","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/329-simon-ogrady-the-wise-and-the-fool-the-righteous-and-the-wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"329: Simon O\u2019Grady – The Wise and The Fool, The Righteous and The Wicked"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening Class 6 from the series \u201cUnlocking the Proverbs\u201d by Bro. Simon O\u2019Grady entitled \u201cThe Wise and The Fool, The Righteous and The Wicked\u201d that was given at the New Zealand Family Bible School in the Summer of 2023.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Christadelphian
\nTalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Giddeson.
\nAnd I’m Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you for joining us this
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\nOn this podcast, we select one
\ntalk a week to help us get the <\/p>\n

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\nBible in our daily news feed.
\nEach week, we post a talk that <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we <\/p>\n

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\nare sharing the talk.
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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHi, everyone. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Jason Hensley.
\nAnd this week, we are going to <\/p>\n

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\nbe listening to a talk by
\nBrother Simon O’Grady, given <\/p>\n

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\nfairly recently.
\nIt was at the 2023 Summer Bible <\/p>\n

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\nSchool in New Zealand.
\nAnd his topic is Unlocking the <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs.
\nWe are going to be listening now<\/p>\n

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\nto the sixth and final class in
\nthe series. <\/p>\n

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\nThis class is called The Wise
\nand the Fool, The Righteous and <\/p>\n

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\nWicked.
\nWhat I really liked about this <\/p>\n

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\nclass was Brother Simon’s
\nemphasis on truth. <\/p>\n

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\nHe talked about truth and its
\nrole in the character of God, <\/p>\n

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\ntruth versus a lie, and why
\ntruth matters so much, and how <\/p>\n

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\ntruth is really a major part of
\nwho God is. <\/p>\n

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\nI found it very affirming and
\nvery encouraging regarding our <\/p>\n

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\nown community and the emphasis
\nthat we put on why truth <\/p>\n

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\nmatters.
\nNow, in addition to that, I also<\/p>\n

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\njust want to note that this
\nwhole series was recommended to <\/p>\n

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\nus specifically because the
\nrecommender pointed out that <\/p>\n

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\noftentimes when reading
\nProverbs, it can feel a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit like one proverb is talking
\nabout one thing and the other <\/p>\n

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\none’s talking about something
\nelse, and it can feel a little <\/p>\n

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\nbit disjointed.
\nAnd yet what was really neat <\/p>\n

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\nabout the series, this is what
\nthe recommender felt, was that <\/p>\n

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\nit created essentially a
\nnarrative for Proverbs, really <\/p>\n

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\nbrought everything together.
\nAnd I have to admit, I felt the <\/p>\n

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\nsame way in reading through
\nProverbs over the years. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes it can feel choppy,
\nand yet this series was great in<\/p>\n

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\nbringing everything together.
\nAnd so this class is an emphasis<\/p>\n

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\non truth in the Proverbs, and
\neach of the other classes then <\/p>\n

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\nemphasizes another theme through
\nthe Book of Proverbs. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here we go.
\nThis is class six in the series <\/p>\n

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\nUnlocking the Proverbs.
\nIt is the wise and the fool, the<\/p>\n

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\nrighteous and the wicked.
\nGood morning, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, as we come to our last
\nday together and our final study<\/p>\n

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\nhere on the Book of Proverbs and
\nUnlocking It, and we’ve titled <\/p>\n

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\nthis Love Truth, Proverbs in
\nPractice. <\/p>\n

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\nI want to begin this morning by
\nyou doing a little bit of a <\/p>\n

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\nself-test.
\nSo here’s the self-test. <\/p>\n

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\nJust let’s spend a minute
\nthinking about where we would <\/p>\n

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\nrank ourselves here, mark
\nourselves on this scale. <\/p>\n

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\nAm I a truthful person?
\nOne, not at all truthful. <\/p>\n

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\nTen, I’m truthful all the time.
\nAnd zero, too embarrassed to <\/p>\n

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\nsay.
\nGive me a minute to think about <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nAm I a truthful person? <\/p>\n

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\nAll right, that’s probably
\nenough time. <\/p>\n

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\nI won’t ask for a show of hands.
\nI’m sure we all put zero, too <\/p>\n

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\nembarrassed to say, because
\nwe’re truthful people. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that’s just a quick little
\nanchor for us as we begin to <\/p>\n

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\nlook at the subject of truth in
\nthe Book of Proverbs, Proverbs <\/p>\n

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\nin Practice.
\nSo there’s our first anchor. <\/p>\n

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\nHere’s our second one.
\nI just want to reflect for a <\/p>\n

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\nminute on this slide here, our
\ncircles of identity. <\/p>\n

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\nAll right, so our truthfulness,
\nour untruthfulness is going to <\/p>\n

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\nrevolve around who I think I am,
\nmy self-identity, all right, the<\/p>\n

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\nbeliefs I have about myself.
\nThey’re going to revolve around <\/p>\n

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\nwho we want others to think we
\nare, our status, what judgments <\/p>\n

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\nthey make about us, what they
\nmight think about us. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd our identity is also going
\nto focus or be revolving around <\/p>\n

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\nwho we really are from God’s
\nperspective. <\/p>\n

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\nSo just reflect on that for a
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is another just anchoring
\nslide for us as we start looking<\/p>\n

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\nat the subject.
\nWho do we think we are? <\/p>\n

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\nWho do others think we are?
\nWho does God think we are? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we come to the subject
\nof truth and lies and honesty <\/p>\n

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\nand dishonesty, it’s going to be
\na relationship concept. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s going to be about what we
\nthink about ourselves, the lies <\/p>\n

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\nwe tell ourselves.
\nIt’s going to be the lies we <\/p>\n

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\ntell others around who we think
\nthey think we are and about the <\/p>\n

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\nlies that we tell to our
\nheavenly father in our <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship with him and with
\nour Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nSo just reflect on that for a
\nmoment, our circles of identity <\/p>\n

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\nand our relationships between
\nthose circles and within them <\/p>\n

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\nand the subject of lies and
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

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\nOkay, when we come to the book
\nof Proverbs and Proverbs chapter<\/p>\n

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\n8, it tells us that wisdom and
\nunderstanding, that which was <\/p>\n

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\nasked by Solomon of God
\ninherently about the knowledge, <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding and wisdom so he
\ndiscerned good and evil and <\/p>\n

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\nchoose the good and reject the
\nevil as the foundation of the <\/p>\n

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\nbook of Proverbs.
\nWe find that that wisdom and <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding that came from God
\nhimself is inherently truth. <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs chapter 8 verse 1 to 8
\non screen. <\/p>\n

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\nDoes not wisdom cry and
\nunderstanding put forth her <\/p>\n

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\nvoice?
\nHere I will speak excellent <\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nThe opening of my lips shall be <\/p>\n

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\nright things.
\nMy mouth will speak truth. <\/p>\n

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\nWickedness is an abomination to
\nmy lips. <\/p>\n

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\nAll the words of my mouth are in
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s nothing froward or
\nperverse in them. <\/p>\n

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\nNothing froward and perverse in
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the wisdom and understanding
\nthat we’ve been considering this<\/p>\n

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\nweek is inherently truth.
\nNothing untruthful. <\/p>\n

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\nNo frowardness.
\nNo perverseness. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are words of truth.
\nNow that idea pervades through <\/p>\n

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\nthe book of Proverbs.
\nThat’s why we will find that the<\/p>\n

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\ncharacteristic that defines the
\nevil man and the strange woman <\/p>\n

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\nfrom chapter 2 that we are to be
\ndelivered from through the book,<\/p>\n

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\nthrough the knowledge,
\nunderstanding, wisdom of the <\/p>\n

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\nbook.
\nDishonesty, lies, frowardness <\/p>\n

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\nare the inherent characteristics
\nof those two arch nemeses. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd God thinks it’s disgusting.
\nIt’s the term abomination. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Proverbs 11 verse 20 he says,
\na froward heart is an <\/p>\n

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\nabomination, disgusting to
\nYahweh, but such as are upright <\/p>\n

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\nin their ways are his delight.
\nSo it provokes the visceral and <\/p>\n

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\nemotional reaction from God,
\ndishonesty and untruth. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s an abomination.
\nBut he’s delighted by the <\/p>\n

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\nopposite with the truth of the
\nupright. <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs chapter 12 verse 22.
\nLying lips are an abomination, <\/p>\n

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\ndisgusting to God, but they that
\ndeal truly are his delight. <\/p>\n

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\nProverbs 11 verse 1.
\nA false balance is abomination <\/p>\n

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\nto Yahweh, but a just weight is
\nhis delight. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd finally in Proverbs chapter
\n6 verse 16 to 17 where we see <\/p>\n

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\nthe seven attributes of the evil
\nman. <\/p>\n

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\nThese six things does Yahweh
\nhate. <\/p>\n

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\nYea, seven are an abomination,
\ndisgusting to him, a proud look,<\/p>\n

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\nand a lying tongue.
\nSo deceit, dishonesty, lying, <\/p>\n

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\nand thought and tongue and
\naction is disgusting to God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the opposite, truth in all
\nof those are his delight. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a strong emotional
\nreaction from God to both of <\/p>\n

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\nthose.
\nAnd it’s the theme that runs <\/p>\n

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\nthrough the book of Proverbs.
\nSo we find that the theme of <\/p>\n

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\ntrue and false witness keeps
\nrepeating through these little <\/p>\n

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\nsnippets of Proverbs.
\nRemember those little Proverbs, <\/p>\n

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\nthe little parallels, little
\ndualities, the little small Lego<\/p>\n

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\nbuilding blocks that God’s
\nsaying, see, this is the very <\/p>\n

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\nstep when you put two things
\ntogether and it infers wisdom. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s how understanding is
\ncreated. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so he’s given us a pattern
\nthrough the book. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s also done it beautifully,
\ngenius, that every one of them <\/p>\n

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\nis presented as a time, a
\nchoice, and a consequence to the<\/p>\n

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\ntwo branches of it.
\nSo he’s telling us that there <\/p>\n

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\nare choices in life constantly
\nall the time and the wise <\/p>\n

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\ndevelop the ability to recognize
\nthem, see the principle, choose <\/p>\n

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\nthe good and not the evil.
\nAnd he does it in these <\/p>\n

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\nbrilliant little couplets, these
\nparallelisms that either compare<\/p>\n

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\nand contrast or they extend to
\ncreate consequence and meaning, <\/p>\n

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\nthe base building blocks of his
\nknowledge, his understanding, <\/p>\n

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\nhis thought and his wisdom.
\nAnd so many of these little <\/p>\n

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\ncouplets revolve around the
\nprinciple of true and false <\/p>\n

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\nwitness or the true and false
\nweights. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, why?
\nBecause in the nation, the two <\/p>\n

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\nkey interactions of people and
\ntheir social activities day by <\/p>\n

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\nday, where the principle of
\ntruth was essential is where <\/p>\n

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\njustice is to occur, true and
\nfalse witness. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd where economic exchanges
\noccurred every day between <\/p>\n

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\npeople and the nation, where
\nthere was to be a true weight, <\/p>\n

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\nnot a false one.
\nAnd God calls those in <\/p>\n

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\nDeuteronomy chapter 25 verse 15
\nto 16, you will have a perfect <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:27,774 –> 00:10:31,360
\nand just weight, a perfect and
\njust measure shall they have, <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:31,580 –> 00:10:34,476
\nfor all that do such things, all
\nthat do unrighteously, that is <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:34,476 –> 00:10:37,698
\nhave an unjust one, are an
\nabomination, disgusting to God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:37,698 –> 00:10:41,680
\nSo when he looked at the nation
\nand they were exchanging <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:41,680 –> 00:10:45,148
\neconomically all over the place,
\nevery day is one of the central <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:45,148 –> 00:10:47,239
\naspects of social interaction
\nbetween human beings. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:47,239 –> 00:10:50,672
\nHe said, there needs to be truth
\nin that economic exchange. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:50,672 –> 00:10:52,901
\nAnd it’s not as disgusting to
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\n00:10:52,901 –> 00:10:56,816
\nAnd when he saw conflict between
\nhuman beings and the nation, and<\/p>\n

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\n00:10:56,816 –> 00:11:01,312
\nthey came to the justice system
\nthat was established, he said it<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:01,312 –> 00:11:05,389
\nmust be based on truth, true
\nwitness, not false witness. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:05,389 –> 00:11:10,279
\nAnd he uses the same term,
\ndisgusting, abomination is a <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:10,279 –> 00:11:14,216
\nfalse witness.
\nSo God embedded in the society <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:14,216 –> 00:11:18,344
\nthey had, in these two
\ndominating interactions, in <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:18,344 –> 00:11:23,484
\nconflict and economic exchange,
\nthe principle, truth for us, not<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:23,484 –> 00:11:26,325
\nof lies.
\nNow when we come all the way <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:26,325 –> 00:11:29,870
\nthrough to the New Testament, we
\nlook at the conflicts between <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:29,870 –> 00:11:33,410
\necclesias, bringing in a false
\ndoctrine, the emerging of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:33,410 –> 00:11:37,180
\napostasy that would grow out,
\nit’s all explained and talked <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:37,180 –> 00:11:39,672
\nabout in terms of deceit and
\nlies. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:39,672 –> 00:11:43,437
\nHere’s just a series of passages
\non screen, and I’ll read them <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:43,437 –> 00:11:45,040
\nbecause the font’s small.
\nRomans 16, 17. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:45,040 –> 00:11:48,240
\nI beseech you, brethren, mark
\nthem which cause divisions and <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:48,240 –> 00:11:50,928
\noffences, contrary to the
\ndoctrine you have learned, and <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:50,928 –> 00:11:53,374
\navoid them.
\nThey are those who serve not our<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:53,374 –> 00:11:57,904
\nLord Jesus Christ, but their own
\nbelly, and by good words and <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:57,904 –> 00:12:03,220
\nfair speeches deceive the heart
\nof a Proverbs term, the simple. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:04,360 –> 00:12:13,040
\n2 Corinthians 4, verse 2.
\nEphesians 4, verse 14. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:13,040 –> 00:12:37,560
\nEphesians 4, verse 14. 2 Peter
\n2, verse 14. 2 Peter 2, verse <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:37,560 –> 00:12:50,024
\n14. 2 Peter 2, verse 14.
\nSo you see, the thinking, the <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:50,024 –> 00:12:58,202
\nframing of it was all about
\ndeceit and lies and dishonesty, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is disgusting, abomination
\nto God, and it was at the heart <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:05,122 –> 00:13:08,420
\nof these conflicts and the
\nintroduction of false doctrine. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:08,420 –> 00:13:12,044
\nNow, when we come to the book of
\nProverbs, there’s a completely <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:12,044 –> 00:13:15,060
\ndifferent attitude and spirit
\nwhen we come to the wise. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:15,580 –> 00:13:17,720
\nThis is what the wise think of
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:18,400 –> 00:13:21,502
\nIt’s a summary of what they
\nthink of truth in the book of <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:21,502 –> 00:13:23,580
\nProverbs.
\nThey love truth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:25,880 –> 00:13:29,060
\nThis is an emotional connection
\nto truth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:30,060 –> 00:13:33,716
\nIt goes far beyond an
\nintellectual construct to one <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:33,716 –> 00:13:37,240
\nthat’s a relationship base.
\nIt’s a love of truth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:38,420 –> 00:13:43,988
\nThey hate lies and deceit.
\nThere’s an emotional aversion, <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:43,988 –> 00:13:48,080
\nas well as intellectual, to lies
\nand deceit. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:49,160 –> 00:13:55,048
\nTheir way of life is truth.
\nFor them, truth is a way of <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nThe way they think, the way they<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:58,878 –> 00:14:02,614
\nspeak, the way they act, their
\nsubconscious habits are all <\/p>\n

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\nabout truth.
\nAnd the truth of God appeals to <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:05,999 –> 00:14:09,392
\nthem as something beautiful,
\nsomething to be loved, something<\/p>\n

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\nto be aspired to.
\nAnd they deal truthfully with <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s words.
\nThey hearken to it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:15,620 –> 00:14:17,560
\nThey hang on it.
\nThey pursue it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:17,640 –> 00:14:19,520
\nThey seek it out.
\nThey’re diligent. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:19,520 –> 00:14:23,744
\nThey’re passionate about it.
\nSo this morning we want to <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:23,744 –> 00:14:27,484
\nexamine this spirit, this
\nquality of the wise and the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:27,484 –> 00:14:31,598
\nopposite, that quality of the
\nfool, of the evil, of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:31,598 –> 00:14:36,074
\nwicked, of the evil man, of the
\nstrange woman, their lies and <\/p>\n

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\ntheir deceit.
\nSo we want to aspire this <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:39,628 –> 00:14:44,300
\nmorning to be truthful, to love
\nthe truth of God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:45,500 –> 00:14:47,200
\nSo here’s a few things about
\nlying. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:48,200 –> 00:14:51,915
\nI went searching, read a lot of
\ndifferent things, a few academic<\/p>\n

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\npapers, read a few books.
\nAnd here’s some important facts,<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:55,860 –> 00:15:01,414
\nif you like, about lying.
\nSo children by about the age or <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:01,414 –> 00:15:06,305
\ntwo are accomplished lies.
\nSo within 24 months of birth, <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:06,305 –> 00:15:08,987
\nfrom knowing nothing,
\nunderstanding nothing, they’ve <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:08,987 –> 00:15:13,904
\nbuilt this complex map of the
\nworld and they understand that <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:13,904 –> 00:15:17,480
\nthey know stuff that other
\npeople do not. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:17,480 –> 00:15:22,280
\nAnd they can use that to their
\nadvantage to get things. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:22,660 –> 00:15:27,863
\nSo they can manipulate others by
\ntelling them certain things or <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:27,863 –> 00:15:31,596
\nwithholding certain things.
\nMany studies, you can imagine <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:31,596 –> 00:15:34,820
\nthe academics go, how early does
\nlying start? <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:36,080 –> 00:15:38,580
\nCertainly by age two, maybe
\nearlier. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:40,020 –> 00:15:44,520
\nThey lie generally to do two
\nthings, to embellish. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:44,520 –> 00:15:48,106
\nAll right, so they add stuff to
\nthe information, new information<\/p>\n

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\nthat’s not true to make it look
\nbigger or brighter or to cause <\/p>\n

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\npeople to think things or do
\nthings. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:54,740 –> 00:15:57,760
\nSo there’s an adding to or they
\nhide it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:57,840 –> 00:16:02,233
\nThey conceal to avoid
\npunishment, to avoid <\/p>\n

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\nconsequence.
\nAnd so they’re concealing <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:05,032 –> 00:16:06,600
\nsomething.
\nIt’s interesting, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:06,660 –> 00:16:11,544
\nThe Lord’s warning at the end of
\nRevelation was do not add to or <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:11,544 –> 00:16:14,685
\ntake away.
\nAnd if you do, all the curses of<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:14,685 –> 00:16:18,345
\nthe book will be added to you
\nbecause it’s the base principle,<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:18,345 –> 00:16:21,648
\nisn’t it, really?
\nWhere it all starts, where we <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:21,648 –> 00:16:25,953
\nadd to truth or we take away
\nfrom truth as the essence of a <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:25,953 –> 00:16:28,875
\nlie.
\nThere are many academic studies,<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:28,875 –> 00:16:31,240
\nbut many of them are
\nself-reporting. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:32,380 –> 00:16:35,355
\nWell, how do you observe if
\nsomebody’s actually lying in <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:35,355 –> 00:16:38,355
\ntheir head as they speak?
\nBut these all conclude and <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:38,355 –> 00:16:41,082
\nthey’re self-reported, so
\nthere’ll be a whole lot of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:41,082 –> 00:16:43,200
\nhabitual lying people aren’t
\neven aware of. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:43,300 –> 00:16:46,780
\nBut about two to three times a
\nday is on average what they come<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:46,780 –> 00:16:51,460
\nup with, the average person.
\nSo it’s natural, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nDishonesty, lying to the flesh.
\nWe learned it when we were two <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:55,708 –> 00:16:58,600
\nyears old.
\nNow, what is a lie? <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:58,780 –> 00:17:00,460
\nWell, here’s the dictionary
\ndefinitions. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:00,460 –> 00:17:04,484
\nA lie is to make a false
\nstatement with the intention to <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:04,484 –> 00:17:06,180
\ndeceive.
\nOxford English Dictionary. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:07,020 –> 00:17:09,060
\nOr Stanford Encyclopedia of
\nPhilosophy. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:09,480 –> 00:17:13,568
\nA lie is a statement by one who
\ndoes not believe it with the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:13,568 –> 00:17:16,480
\nintention that someone else
\nshall be led to believe it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:17,160 –> 00:17:20,405
\nAnd if you look at all the
\nacademics and the literature <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:20,405 –> 00:17:24,069
\nthey’ve got as they try and
\ndefine it, this is generally <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:24,069 –> 00:17:26,500
\nwhere they come to that they’ll
\nhave four components. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:26,500 –> 00:17:29,900
\nThere is a statement that’s
\nneeded for there to be a lie. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:30,300 –> 00:17:32,500
\nThat statement is not true
\ndemonstrably. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:33,660 –> 00:17:36,600
\nThe statement is made,
\ntransferred to someone else. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:37,120 –> 00:17:40,180
\nAnd there’s an intent to deceive
\nthe person and to believe in the<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:40,180 –> 00:17:42,390
\nstatement to be true.
\nNow, there are variations in <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:42,390 –> 00:17:45,241
\nthis and there’s lots of debate
\nabout whether intent is or isn’t<\/p>\n

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\nneeded and what level of intent,
\netc. <\/p>\n

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\nBut let’s not worry about that.
\nBecause in a moment we’re going <\/p>\n

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\nto get a biblical definition of
\nlying from the word of God. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that’s what they’ve come up
\nwith as they try to define what <\/p>\n

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\nare lies.
\nBut it is about trying to <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:00,462 –> 00:18:02,520
\nmanipulate the views of someone
\nelse. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:03,200 –> 00:18:06,116
\nSo that they’re deceived into
\nbelieving something to be true <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:06,116 –> 00:18:11,834
\nwhen it is not.
\nDeceit’s similar, but here’s the<\/p>\n

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\ndefinition.
\nSo the Oxford English Dictionary<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:14,395 –> 00:18:17,300
\nagain says that deceit is
\ndishonest behavior. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:17,800 –> 00:18:21,182
\nSo it goes beyond now just
\nstatement that is intended, so <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:21,182 –> 00:18:24,252
\nthey still have an intent, to
\nmake someone believe something <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:24,252 –> 00:18:28,725
\nthat is not true.
\nOr Cambridge Dictionary, it is <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:28,725 –> 00:18:33,248
\nan act of keeping the truth
\nhidden, especially to get <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:33,248 –> 00:18:36,214
\nadvantage.
\nSo you can see they’re exploring<\/p>\n

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\nthe ideas of hiding a truth and
\nbehavior and intent and getting <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:41,242 –> 00:18:43,420
\nadvantage.
\nBut it’s all hovering around the<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:43,420 –> 00:18:45,840
\nsame thing.
\nWe’ve created an impression, a <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:45,840 –> 00:18:48,360
\nbelief in someone that is not
\ntrue. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:48,940 –> 00:18:50,600
\nWe might do it by hiding
\ninformation. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:50,960 –> 00:18:54,270
\nWe might be doing it by
\ninventing information that’s not<\/p>\n

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\ntrue.
\nWe might outright say something <\/p>\n

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\nthat is false.
\nWe might create impressions <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:59,504 –> 00:19:02,940
\nwithout quite saying something
\nthat’s not true. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:03,080 –> 00:19:06,200
\nBut we know that the impression
\nwe’re trying to create is not <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:06,200 –> 00:19:09,915
\ntrue.
\nAnd we do so through innuendo or<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:09,915 –> 00:19:12,944
\nmisrepresentations.
\nSo we can be quite clever about <\/p>\n

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\nit, can’t we?
\nWell, that’s how dictionaries <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:17,196 –> 00:19:21,747
\nand schools of philosophy seek
\nto define what lying and deceit <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:21,747 –> 00:19:24,075
\nis.
\nAnd they’re all hovering around <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:24,075 –> 00:19:28,065
\nthe right essential ideas.
\nBut how does God understand <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:28,065 –> 00:19:32,530
\nlying and deceit?
\nAnd we’re going to find it’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:32,530 –> 00:19:34,800
\nmuch broader than just telling a
\nlie. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:35,340 –> 00:19:41,726
\nAnd it’s whenever falsehood is
\npresented as truth, and intent <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:41,726 –> 00:19:47,160
\nis certainly not necessary for
\nit to be a lie or deceit. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:48,220 –> 00:19:51,740
\nSo it’s whenever falsity is
\npresented as truth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:51,980 –> 00:19:55,193
\nAs we go through this passage,
\nyou’ll start to see that idea <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:55,193 –> 00:19:58,467
\nemerge.
\nSo there are a lot of passages <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:58,467 –> 00:20:01,697
\nin the Scripture about God,
\nabout us, about Christ, about <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:01,697 –> 00:20:03,548
\ntruth.
\nWe’re just going to look up one <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:03,548 –> 00:20:05,940
\npassage for each.
\nGod is truth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:06,040 –> 00:20:09,764
\nCome with me to James 1, verse
\n17 and 18, because you learn <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:09,764 –> 00:20:13,640
\nsome important things about God
\nand his relationship to truth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:14,000 –> 00:20:18,476
\nJames 1, verse 17 to 18.
\nAnd here the analogy of light <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:18,476 –> 00:20:22,678
\nand dark is used to represent
\nthe ideas of truth and <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:22,678 –> 00:20:25,800
\nfalsehood.
\nJames 1, verse 17. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:25,800 –> 00:20:33,372
\nEvery good gift, every perfect
\ngift, is from above and comes <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:33,372 –> 00:20:40,560
\ndown from the Father of lights,
\nwith whom is no variableness, <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:40,560 –> 00:20:44,725
\nneither shadow of turning.
\nNow, of course, it’s explaining <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:44,725 –> 00:20:49,008
\nan idea of a physical light.
\nAnd if you turn it, it doesn’t <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:49,008 –> 00:20:52,010
\ncreate a shadow.
\nIt’s using it as a metaphor, an <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:52,010 –> 00:20:56,380
\nanalogy that God is truth.
\nThere is no untruth in him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:57,080 –> 00:21:08,260
\nVerse 18.
\nSo God is truth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:09,180 –> 00:21:12,460
\nThere’s no untruth in God.
\nNone. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:12,460 –> 00:21:16,580
\nIt’s in Titus 1, verse 2.
\nGod, who cannot lie. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:18,420 –> 00:21:22,297
\nJohn chapter 1.
\nHe is full of grace and truth, <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:22,297 –> 00:21:29,333
\nas is the Son.
\nEven in his name, I am, I exist,<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:29,333 –> 00:21:33,260
\nis the foundational idea of its
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:34,340 –> 00:21:37,260
\nI am.
\nIt’s a truth statement. <\/p>\n

326
\n00:21:39,120 –> 00:21:41,340
\nAll right, let’s go to John
\nchapter 8, verse 32. <\/p>\n

327
\n00:21:41,340 –> 00:21:44,500
\nWe find truth and the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:44,580 –> 00:21:47,680
\nAgain, in John 1, verse 14, he
\nis full of grace and truth. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:48,120 –> 00:21:51,872
\nIn John chapter 4, verse 24, we
\nworship God in spirit and in <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:51,872 –> 00:21:54,384
\ntruth.
\nAnd in John chapter 8, verse 32,<\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:54,384 –> 00:21:57,515
\nlet’s turn that up.
\nWe come across those beautiful <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:57,515 –> 00:22:00,572
\nand well-known statements, but
\nit makes this incredible point <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:00,572 –> 00:22:04,420
\nthat truth will set us free.
\nJohn chapter 8, verse 32. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:04,420 –> 00:22:13,922
\nAnd commencing in verse 30.
\nAs he spake these words, many <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:13,922 –> 00:22:17,044
\nbelieved on him.
\nThen said Jesus to the Jews who <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:17,044 –> 00:22:21,150
\nbelieved on him, If you continue
\nin my word, you are my disciples<\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:21,150 –> 00:22:25,947
\nindeed, and you shall know the
\ntruth, and the truth shall make <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:25,947 –> 00:22:29,390
\nyou free.
\nSo the words of Jesus Christ are<\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:29,390 –> 00:22:32,720
\ntruth.
\nThey are where we come to know. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:33,760 –> 00:22:38,752
\nAnd that knowledge of that truth
\nwill make us free in the context<\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:38,752 –> 00:22:43,060
\nfrom death, from sin, and from
\neverything associated with it. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:44,140 –> 00:22:46,740
\nAll right, finally, come to John
\nchapter 3, verse 21. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:46,740 –> 00:22:51,911
\nAnd we see the relationship of
\nus as disciples to the truth, to<\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:51,911 –> 00:22:56,856
\nGod who is true, to Jesus Christ
\nwho is true, in whom there’s no <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:56,856 –> 00:22:59,160
\nuntruth, there’s no
\nvariableness, only truth. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:00,380 –> 00:23:07,800
\nJohn chapter 3, verse 21.
\nAnd that’s a misquote. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:07,960 –> 00:23:11,050
\nI should have the one that those
\nwho love the truth, who does <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:11,050 –> 00:23:13,820
\ntruth comes to the light.
\nSomeone help me out here. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:13,900 –> 00:23:17,290
\nWhere am I supposed to be?
\nOh, am I looking at the wrong <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:17,290 –> 00:23:22,360
\none?
\nOh, you’re right. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:24,800 –> 00:23:27,260
\nI’ve been putting off getting
\nglasses for so long. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:28,900 –> 00:23:30,740
\nAll right, let’s begin in verse
\n18. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:32,080 –> 00:23:35,844
\nHe that believeth on Christ is
\nnot condemned, but he that <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:35,844 –> 00:23:38,556
\nbelieveth not is condemned
\nalready, because he hath not <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:38,556 –> 00:23:41,680
\nbelieved in the name of the only
\nbegotten Son of God. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:42,160 –> 00:23:44,726
\nAnd this is the condemnation,
\nthat light has come into the <\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:44,726 –> 00:23:47,476
\nworld, and men love darkness
\nrather than light, because their<\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:47,476 –> 00:23:50,409
\ndeeds were evil.
\nAnd everyone that does evil <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:50,409 –> 00:23:53,970
\nhates the light, neither comes
\nto the light, lest his deeds <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:53,970 –> 00:23:57,914
\nshould be reproved.
\nBut he that doeth truth comes to<\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:57,914 –> 00:24:01,759
\nthe light, that his deeds may be
\nmade manifest, that they are <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:01,759 –> 00:24:04,598
\nwrought in Christ, in God.
\nSo there’s a beautiful <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:04,598 –> 00:24:07,820
\nstatement, isn’t it, about our
\nrelationship to truth. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:09,560 –> 00:24:14,470
\nAs disciples, we want to come to
\nthe truth, so our deeds are made<\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:14,470 –> 00:24:17,660
\nmanifest.
\nBut those who do evil will not <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:17,660 –> 00:24:20,355
\ncome to the light.
\nThey will not come to the <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:20,355 –> 00:24:22,020
\nscriptures.
\nThey will not come to God, <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:22,240 –> 00:24:25,295
\nbecause evil is in them, and
\nthey don’t want it made <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:25,295 –> 00:24:27,450
\nmanifest.
\nSo that’s the spirit of truth in<\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:27,450 –> 00:24:30,080
\nthe light of a disciple.
\nThey want to know. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:30,180 –> 00:24:33,200
\nWe want to know where the evil
\nis in our life. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:33,340 –> 00:24:36,880
\nWe want it to be revealed by our
\njudge, Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:37,140 –> 00:24:40,580
\nWe want it to be removed, is the
\nspirit of the disciple. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:41,920 –> 00:24:44,640
\nAll right, so we can see from
\nthose passages that truth is <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:44,640 –> 00:24:48,000
\ncentral to our relationship with
\nGod, our relationship with <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:48,000 –> 00:24:52,005
\nChrist.
\nI’m going to spend a few minutes<\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:52,005 –> 00:24:56,554
\nnow getting a bit deep.
\nAll right, we could spend a lot <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:56,554 –> 00:25:00,039
\nof time on this.
\nBut there’s a lot of depth to <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:00,039 –> 00:25:04,140
\nthis idea that God is truth.
\nJust reflect on that. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:04,940 –> 00:25:10,820
\nGod is truth.
\nNot he likes to be. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:11,420 –> 00:25:16,860
\nSometimes is.
\nHe is inherently truth. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:16,860 –> 00:25:22,610
\nAnd that means that every single
\nthing he says is true, and he <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:22,610 –> 00:25:25,500
\ncan’t lie.
\nHe cannot, because he is true. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:26,680 –> 00:25:31,340
\nSo truth is inherent in
\neverything he does ever. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:32,640 –> 00:25:37,180
\nNow, why is that important?
\nBecause if you have no truth, <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:37,660 –> 00:25:41,470
\nyou only have chaos.
\nThis is true in the material <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:41,470 –> 00:25:46,552
\ncreated world.
\nGod created the world because he<\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:46,552 –> 00:25:52,148
\nspoke, and it was done, and it
\nwas a manifestation of the truth<\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:52,148 –> 00:25:54,232
\nof God.
\nThat’s why we can look, that’s <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:54,232 –> 00:25:58,260
\nwhy scientists can look, into a
\nuniverse that’s full of truth. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:59,080 –> 00:26:02,388
\nThat’s why the scientific method
\nof principle is a falsifiable <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:02,388 –> 00:26:06,360
\nhypothesis at the heart of the
\nprocess, because there’s a truth<\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:06,360 –> 00:26:09,144
\nthat you’re looking for.
\nThat’s why they can assume and <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:09,144 –> 00:26:11,600
\nlook at everything out and think
\nthey will find structure. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:11,760 –> 00:26:18,160
\nThey will find order.
\nThey will find truthfulness in <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:18,160 –> 00:26:21,100
\nit.
\nIs it true? <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:21,380 –> 00:26:23,980
\nIs it not true?
\nIs it right or not right? <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:24,120 –> 00:26:26,880
\nIs it at the heart of the entire
\ncreation of the Father? <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:28,020 –> 00:26:32,100
\nSo without God being true,
\nnothing can exist. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:32,400 –> 00:26:36,460
\nNothing.
\nThink about this. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:36,460 –> 00:26:41,734
\nIf there’s no truth, we cannot
\nknow anything, because there’s <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:41,734 –> 00:26:45,960
\nno truth to know.
\nKnowledge is about something <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:45,960 –> 00:26:50,696
\nthat’s true.
\nIf there’s no truth, we cannot <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:50,696 –> 00:26:56,029
\nbelieve in anything.
\nWe cannot have the concept of <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:56,029 –> 00:27:00,397
\nfaith.
\nIt’s fascinating that all the <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:00,397 –> 00:27:03,529
\nphilosophers, going back to the
\nGreeks and probably earlier, one<\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:03,529 –> 00:27:06,900
\nof their big conundrums was a,
\ndo I exist? <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:07,040 –> 00:27:10,000
\nHow do I know what’s true?
\nCan I believe in anything? <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:11,640 –> 00:27:14,960
\nKodji to ergo sum, I think,
\ntherefore I am. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:15,840 –> 00:27:18,020
\nWhat is truth?
\nSays Pyle. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:20,240 –> 00:27:23,946
\nGod is truth.
\nIt’s the foundation of the <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:23,946 –> 00:27:26,920
\ncreated universe as a
\nmanifestation of his order. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:27,300 –> 00:27:28,960
\nAnd without it, there is only
\nchaos. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:28,960 –> 00:27:33,920
\nWithout God, nothing can exist
\nbecause he’s true. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:34,920 –> 00:27:38,907
\nWe cannot have faith.
\nWe cannot believe unless he’s <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:38,907 –> 00:27:41,160
\ntrue.
\nSo God is true. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:41,640 –> 00:27:43,560
\nIt’s the foundation of
\neverything. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:45,140 –> 00:27:48,460
\nSo if God is true, where did
\nlying come from? <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:48,800 –> 00:27:50,540
\nWell, we know, don’t we?
\nWe’ll put this on the screen. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:27:50,800 –> 00:27:54,869
\nJohn chapter 8, 44.
\nThis is where lies entered the <\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:54,869 –> 00:27:58,330
\nworld.
\nThis is where God said lies or <\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:58,330 –> 00:28:02,380
\nuntruth came into the world.
\nJohn chapter 8, verse 44. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:02,680 –> 00:28:06,480
\nAs Christ is having an exchange
\nwith those around him, he’s <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:06,480 –> 00:28:09,820
\nsaying, whose father, whose
\ndescendant are you from? <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:10,240 –> 00:28:11,600
\nAnd this is what he says to
\nthem. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:11,640 –> 00:28:15,060
\nHe says, you are of the father,
\nthe diabolos, and your will is <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:15,060 –> 00:28:18,280
\nto do your father’s desires.
\nHe was a murderer from the <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:18,280 –> 00:28:22,880
\nbeginning and does not stand in
\nthe truth because no truth is in<\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:22,880 –> 00:28:25,109
\nhim.
\nAnd when he lies, he speaks out <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:25,109 –> 00:28:28,360
\nof his own character for he’s a
\nliar and the father of lies. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:28,440 –> 00:28:32,408
\nThat’s from the ESV because it
\ngives the sense of the character<\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:32,408 –> 00:28:35,400
\nof the diabolos.
\nIt’s untruthful. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:35,480 –> 00:28:39,847
\nThere’s no truth in him.
\nIt’s the opposite of God in <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:39,847 –> 00:28:43,560
\nwhich there is no lie, no
\nuntruth. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:28:43,960 –> 00:28:46,580
\nThere is no truth in the
\ndiabolos. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:28:47,040 –> 00:28:52,280
\nHe is the father of lies and the
\nfirst liar. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:28:53,280 –> 00:28:56,400
\nSo what is the first lie?
\nWell, it’s beautiful, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

438
\n00:28:56,400 –> 00:28:58,554
\nIn its simplicity.
\nWe all know this, but let’s <\/p>\n

439
\n00:28:58,554 –> 00:29:02,740
\nremind ourselves of it.
\nSo precise and beautiful and <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:02,740 –> 00:29:07,080
\nprofound in its simplicity as is
\neverything that God ever does. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:07,960 –> 00:29:13,560
\nThe serpent said to the woman,
\nyou shall not surely die. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:13,560 –> 00:29:19,680
\nThe first lie, the father of all
\nlies, if you think about it. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:19,900 –> 00:29:27,084
\nBecause it says that there is no
\nconsequence for sin and God is a<\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:27,084 –> 00:29:30,060
\nliar.
\nAnd it entered the world, <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:30,300 –> 00:29:34,440
\nbrothers and sisters, in the
\nbeginning and it is not of God <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:34,440 –> 00:29:41,460
\nand there is no truth in it.
\nThere is a consequence for sin <\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:41,460 –> 00:29:45,580
\nand that’s one of the
\nfundamental messages of the book<\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:45,580 –> 00:29:48,940
\nof Proverbs.
\nThere is consequence, evil. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:49,400 –> 00:29:54,090
\nThere is consequence, good.
\nThere are choices to make and <\/p>\n

450
\n00:29:54,090 –> 00:29:58,480
\nGod is true.
\nHe is no liar. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:29:59,080 –> 00:30:03,031
\nSo that’s the origination of all
\nlying and deceit in the world <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:03,031 –> 00:30:05,920
\naround us today.
\nIt began in the beginning. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:07,560 –> 00:30:10,730
\nWhat we’re going to do now is
\nwe’re going to do a biblical <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:10,730 –> 00:30:14,180
\nspeed read of lying in the
\nscripture and we’re going to use<\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:14,180 –> 00:30:17,240
\nthe epistle of John.
\nSo hopefully you will be all <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:17,240 –> 00:30:21,074
\nfamiliar with every one of these
\nlies and I did all this before <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:21,074 –> 00:30:24,492
\neven knowing that the epistle of
\nJohn was going to be our other <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:24,492 –> 00:30:27,095
\nconsideration this week.
\nSo I’m going to race through <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:27,095 –> 00:30:30,648
\nthese very quickly but you’ll
\nsee John sets out, I’m sure as <\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:30,648 –> 00:30:34,860
\nyou know, a series of lies but
\nit gives us a lot of insight <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:34,860 –> 00:30:38,300
\ninto how God thinks about lying
\nand what lying is. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:38,440 –> 00:30:42,364
\nIt goes far beyond the concept
\nof a statement and the <\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:42,364 –> 00:30:45,276
\nstatement’s not true, there’s an
\nintention to deceive and the <\/p>\n

464
\n00:30:45,276 –> 00:30:48,380
\nperson receives it.
\nIt goes to a much higher level <\/p>\n

465
\n00:30:48,380 –> 00:30:52,200
\nthat God is true and in him
\nthere’s no lie. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:30:52,620 –> 00:30:55,600
\nThere is no darkness at all.
\nSo let’s speed read these. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:30:55,880 –> 00:30:58,220
\nFirst one, John, I’ll put them
\non screen. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:30:58,340 –> 00:31:01,852
\nFirst John 1, 5, 16, I’ve tried
\nto highlight the actual lie in <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:01,852 –> 00:31:04,588
\nblue.
\nWe lie when we say we’re in <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:04,588 –> 00:31:07,160
\nfellowship with Christ but our
\nwalk does not match that <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:07,160 –> 00:31:09,628
\nstatement.
\nThis then is the message which <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:09,628 –> 00:31:12,774
\nwe’ve heard of him and declared
\nto you that God is light and in <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:12,774 –> 00:31:15,840
\nhim is no darkness at all.
\nHe’s true. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:16,200 –> 00:31:19,428
\nThere’s no lie, no untruth in
\nhim and if we say we have <\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:19,428 –> 00:31:22,344
\nfellowship with him, I’m in
\nfellowship but we walk in <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:22,344 –> 00:31:24,880
\ndarkness, we lie and do not the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:24,880 –> 00:31:29,667
\nSo we lie when we say we’re in
\nfellowship with Christ but our <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:29,667 –> 00:31:31,540
\nwalk does not match that
\nstatement. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:32,820 –> 00:31:37,280
\nFirst John chapter 1 verse 8 to
\n9, we lie when we justify <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:37,280 –> 00:31:39,700
\nourselves.
\nIf we say we have no sin, <\/p>\n

481
\n00:31:39,840 –> 00:31:43,920
\nthere’s our lie, the untrue
\nstatement, I have no sin. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:31:44,840 –> 00:31:48,034
\nIt’s a lie.
\nWe deceive ourselves and the <\/p>\n

483
\n00:31:48,034 –> 00:31:51,945
\ntruth is not in us.
\nBut if we confess our sins as <\/p>\n

484
\n00:31:51,945 –> 00:31:55,247
\nfaithful and just to forgive us
\nour sins and to cleanse us from <\/p>\n

485
\n00:31:55,247 –> 00:31:57,735
\nall unrighteousness.
\nSo we lie when we justify <\/p>\n

486
\n00:31:57,735 –> 00:32:03,495
\nourselves.
\nFirst John chapter 2 verse 3 to <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:03,495 –> 00:32:07,540
\n4, we lie when we say I know
\nChrist but we don’t do what he <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:07,540 –> 00:32:10,580
\nasks us to.
\nHereby we know that we know him <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:10,580 –> 00:32:14,167
\nif we keep his commandments.
\nHe that says I know him is the <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:14,167 –> 00:32:17,400
\nlie and keeps not his
\ncommandments is a liar. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:18,200 –> 00:32:23,900
\nThe truth is not in him.
\nFirst John chapter 2 verse 21 <\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:23,900 –> 00:32:27,350
\nand 22.
\nWe lie when we deny doctrinal <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:27,350 –> 00:32:30,940
\ntruth.
\nI have not written unto you <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:30,940 –> 00:32:34,060
\nbecause you know not the truth
\nbut because you know it no lie <\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:34,060 –> 00:32:36,285
\nis of the truth.
\nWho is a liar but he that <\/p>\n

496
\n00:32:36,285 –> 00:32:38,120
\ndenieth that Jesus is the
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:32:38,880 –> 00:32:41,360
\nHe is the antichrist that denies
\nthe Father and the Son. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:32:41,480 –> 00:32:46,900
\nSo the untrue statement is that
\nJesus is not the Christ. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:32:47,560 –> 00:32:50,700
\nIt’s connected of course to 2
\nJohn chapter 1 verse 7 many <\/p>\n

500
\n00:32:50,700 –> 00:32:53,400
\ndeceivers are entered the world
\nwho have confessed that Jesus <\/p>\n

501
\n00:32:53,400 –> 00:32:56,300
\nnot that Jesus Christ has come
\nin the flesh. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:32:56,620 –> 00:32:59,040
\nThis is a deceiver and an
\nantichrist. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:32:59,200 –> 00:33:02,308
\nI’m sure as you know what John
\nis referring to was this <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:02,308 –> 00:33:05,780
\nevolving concept here that Jesus
\nChrist wasn’t really human. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:05,900 –> 00:33:08,160
\nHe was only divine.
\nHe just looked like a human. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:08,440 –> 00:33:11,700
\nHe was really spirit.
\nThere was no humanness to him. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:11,740 –> 00:33:16,527
\nHe didn’t come in the flesh.
\nAnd of course that lie destroys <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:16,527 –> 00:33:20,380
\nthe atonement.
\nBecause if Jesus Christ does not<\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:20,380 –> 00:33:26,000
\ncome in the flesh then he cannot
\ndie and declare that God is <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:26,000 –> 00:33:30,520
\nright.
\nSo that’s a lie. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:32,860 –> 00:33:39,520
\nFinally in 1 John chapter 4
\nverse 20 we lie when we say we <\/p>\n

512
\n00:33:39,520 –> 00:33:42,460
\nlove God but we behave badly
\ntowards others. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:33:42,600 –> 00:33:48,380
\nIf a man say I love God there’s
\nthe lie and hates his brother he<\/p>\n

514
\n00:33:48,380 –> 00:33:54,700
\nis a liar.
\nI said that was the last one but<\/p>\n

515
\n00:33:54,700 –> 00:34:02,288
\nI lied. 1 John chapter 1 verse
\n10 to 5 these are a little bit <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:02,288 –> 00:34:05,380
\nmore tricky but I think there’s
\nsome fantastic insight in this. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:05,980 –> 00:34:09,860
\nIf we don’t believe something
\nthat God says is true we’re <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:09,860 –> 00:34:13,480
\nsaying he’s a liar.
\nThat’s because he said something<\/p>\n

519
\n00:34:13,480 –> 00:34:19,179
\nand we’re saying it’s not true
\nand so we’re saying he’s a liar.<\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:19,420 –> 00:34:24,514
\nSo 1 John chapter 1 verse 10 if
\nwe say we have not sinned we <\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:24,514 –> 00:34:26,199
\nmake him a liar.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

522
\n00:34:26,320 –> 00:34:29,520
\nBecause God says we have sinned.
\nSo if we say we haven’t we’re <\/p>\n

523
\n00:34:29,520 –> 00:34:31,120
\nsaying that what he said is not
\ntrue. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:34:31,120 –> 00:34:36,967
\nSo he must be a liar. 1 John
\nchapter 5 verse 10 he that <\/p>\n

525
\n00:34:36,967 –> 00:34:42,114
\nbelieves not God has made him a
\nliar because he believeth not <\/p>\n

526
\n00:34:42,114 –> 00:34:44,580
\nthe record that God gave of his
\nson. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:34:45,159 –> 00:34:48,639
\nOoh is that an expansion of the
\nconcept? <\/p>\n

528
\n00:34:49,840 –> 00:34:55,120
\nHe that believeth not God makes
\nhim a liar. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:34:56,040 –> 00:35:01,640
\nNow we’re being told that
\nunbelief of a true statement or <\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:01,640 –> 00:35:08,980
\nposition of God is making God a
\nliar. because God said it is <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:08,980 –> 00:35:14,667
\ntrue and we don’t believe it.
\nSo we must be saying that what <\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:14,667 –> 00:35:19,330
\nhe said is untrue and we follow
\nthe next step of the logic but <\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:19,330 –> 00:35:22,430
\nGod is true.
\nSo if we say God is not true <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:22,430 –> 00:35:28,020
\nwhen he is who is the liar?
\nThat extends it to say that <\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:28,020 –> 00:35:34,900
\nwhenever we fail to believe to
\nhave faith we are stating that <\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:34,900 –> 00:35:38,990
\nGod is a liar. that’s the
\nimplications of 1 John chapter <\/p>\n

537
\n00:35:38,990 –> 00:35:43,380
\n5.
\nThis concept becomes much more <\/p>\n

538
\n00:35:43,380 –> 00:35:47,520
\npervasive doesn’t it now?
\nYou know in 2 Thessalonians <\/p>\n

539
\n00:35:47,520 –> 00:35:51,370
\nchapter 2 verse 8 to 12
\nbeautifully built around the <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:51,370 –> 00:35:54,274
\nterminology and the picture and
\nthe archetype of the evil man of<\/p>\n

541
\n00:35:54,274 –> 00:35:59,160
\nthe book of Proverbs this man of
\nsin the wicked one the evil one <\/p>\n

542
\n00:35:59,160 –> 00:36:02,740
\nwho would be revealed his
\ninherent characteristic as lying<\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:02,740 –> 00:36:06,940
\nwonders deceivableness
\nunrighteousness because they <\/p>\n

544
\n00:36:06,940 –> 00:36:11,740
\nreceive not a love of the truth
\nthat they might be saved love of<\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:11,740 –> 00:36:17,900
\nwhat truth that they might be
\nsaved well a love of the truth <\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:17,900 –> 00:36:21,400
\nof the salvation in Jesus Christ
\nwhat is that? <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:21,520 –> 00:36:23,460
\nWell it’s what we call the
\natonement isn’t it? <\/p>\n

548
\n00:36:23,460 –> 00:36:26,200
\nand what’s the atonement?
\nWell it’s two halves it’s death <\/p>\n

549
\n00:36:26,200 –> 00:36:32,360
\nand life and says acts in
\nconnection to the other we are <\/p>\n

550
\n00:36:32,360 –> 00:36:37,140
\nreconciled by death we are saved
\nmuch more by life so it’s a more<\/p>\n

551
\n00:36:37,140 –> 00:36:40,100
\npowerful transcendent principle
\nbut you can’t have it without <\/p>\n

552
\n00:36:40,100 –> 00:36:43,580
\nthe death and in the death of
\nChrist we declare what? <\/p>\n

553
\n00:36:44,400 –> 00:36:54,600
\nGod is right he is true and they
\ncould not accept that and so <\/p>\n

554
\n00:36:54,600 –> 00:36:58,240
\nit’s the spirit of the wicked
\none in the book of Thessalonians<\/p>\n

555
\n00:36:58,240 –> 00:37:03,260
\nand for this cause verse 11 God
\nshall send them a strong <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:03,260 –> 00:37:06,760
\ndelusion and they will believe a
\nlie what lie? <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:06,860 –> 00:37:10,140
\nWell the lie of John that Jesus
\nChrist did not come in the flesh<\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:10,140 –> 00:37:15,440
\nhe’s divine only Christ is God
\nand they destroy the whole <\/p>\n

559
\n00:37:15,440 –> 00:37:19,240
\nprinciple of the atonement
\nbecause now Jesus Christ cannot <\/p>\n

560
\n00:37:19,240 –> 00:37:25,180
\ndeclare the righteous truth of
\nGod and so they would all be <\/p>\n

561
\n00:37:25,180 –> 00:37:29,380
\ncondemned to believe not that
\ntruth but had pleasure in <\/p>\n

562
\n00:37:29,380 –> 00:37:34,800
\nunrighteousness so we’ve covered
\na lot so let’s just summarize <\/p>\n

563
\n00:37:34,800 –> 00:37:39,940
\nwhat we’ve seen is that God’s
\ndefinition of lying and deceit <\/p>\n

564
\n00:37:39,940 –> 00:37:44,890
\nis a much more extensive one
\nit’s based on the essential idea<\/p>\n

565
\n00:37:44,890 –> 00:37:51,220
\nthat God is true and it’s
\nabsolute in every sense material<\/p>\n

566
\n00:37:51,220 –> 00:37:57,770
\nmoral everything he says and
\ndoes is truth and a lie is <\/p>\n

567
\n00:37:57,770 –> 00:38:01,930
\nanything that is not true as
\ndefined that way morally or <\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:01,930 –> 00:38:07,790
\nmaterially by God it’s untruth
\nin all of its forms and it’s the<\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:07,790 –> 00:38:11,600
\ndefining characteristic of the
\ndiabolos the serpent human <\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:11,600 –> 00:38:17,460
\nnature and there’s no truth in
\nthat nature it’s the defining <\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:17,460 –> 00:38:20,860
\ncharacteristic of the evil man
\nand the strange woman in the <\/p>\n

572
\n00:38:20,860 –> 00:38:26,420
\nbook of Proverbs and it’s the
\nfather of all lies the statement<\/p>\n

573
\n00:38:26,420 –> 00:38:31,640
\nthou shalt not die there is no
\nconsequence for sin runs right <\/p>\n

574
\n00:38:31,640 –> 00:38:35,140
\nthrough and you stop and think
\nabout it that all of those <\/p>\n

575
\n00:38:35,140 –> 00:38:39,380
\ncupboards are saying the
\nconsequence of evil and that <\/p>\n

576
\n00:38:39,380 –> 00:38:45,820
\nchoice is death it’s a
\nrestatement of the truth of <\/p>\n

577
\n00:38:45,820 –> 00:38:50,380
\nGenesis over and over and over
\nagain through all the couplets <\/p>\n

578
\n00:38:50,380 –> 00:38:55,440
\nand the Proverbs there is a
\nconsequence for sin thou shalt <\/p>\n

579
\n00:38:55,440 –> 00:39:00,930
\nsurely die is the essence of the
\nknowledge and understanding and <\/p>\n

580
\n00:39:00,930 –> 00:39:04,800
\nwisdom to discern good and evil
\nthat we’re presented with in the<\/p>\n

581
\n00:39:04,800 –> 00:39:08,960
\nbook of Proverbs so it unlocks
\nthe book of Proverbs with it <\/p>\n

582
\n00:39:08,960 –> 00:39:13,270
\ntells us that truth is at its
\ncentre at the discernment of <\/p>\n

583
\n00:39:13,270 –> 00:39:17,680
\ngood and evil God is true it’s
\nat the centre of the principles <\/p>\n

584
\n00:39:17,680 –> 00:39:23,390
\nof justice and righteousness God
\nis true it’s at the centre of <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:23,390 –> 00:39:28,560
\njudgement deceit and lying is
\nthe core characteristic of sin <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:28,560 –> 00:39:31,830
\nfrom the beginning and that’s
\nwhy the book of Proverbs spends <\/p>\n

587
\n00:39:31,830 –> 00:39:36,420
\nso much time there as the father
\nexplains to the son and the Lord<\/p>\n

588
\n00:39:36,420 –> 00:39:42,140
\nJesus Christ and to us all the
\ncharacteristics of the evil man <\/p>\n

589
\n00:39:42,140 –> 00:39:46,780
\nand the strange woman their
\ndeceit their lies and presents <\/p>\n

590
\n00:39:46,780 –> 00:39:51,150
\nto us the way of good the way of
\nthe path the tree of life the <\/p>\n

591
\n00:39:51,150 –> 00:39:56,380
\nway of truth all right well
\nthere’s our definition of the <\/p>\n

592
\n00:39:56,380 –> 00:39:59,820
\nconcept of truth I want to spend
\na few moments now thinking about<\/p>\n

593
\n00:39:59,820 –> 00:40:04,894
\nour underlying problem with
\ndeceit and lying you know one of<\/p>\n

594
\n00:40:04,894 –> 00:40:08,460
\nthe impacts on me of this study
\nis to find out I’m much more <\/p>\n

595
\n00:40:08,460 –> 00:40:13,480
\ndeceitful and much more of a
\nliar than I ever believed so I <\/p>\n

596
\n00:40:13,480 –> 00:40:17,874
\nwant to spend a few minutes you
\nknow the drill now we’re going <\/p>\n

597
\n00:40:17,874 –> 00:40:22,407
\nto seek a bit of wise counsel so
\nwhat we’re going to break into <\/p>\n

598
\n00:40:22,407 –> 00:40:25,280
\nis groups of two or three and
\nsee if we can keep two or three <\/p>\n

599
\n00:40:25,280 –> 00:40:28,820
\nso the dynamics work well and
\nwe’re going to ask these <\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:28,820 –> 00:40:35,560
\nquestions what do we lie about
\nwho do we lie to why do we lie <\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:35,560 –> 00:40:39,790
\nso give about seven minutes to
\nthink through those and to share<\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:39,790 –> 00:40:44,840
\ninsights and collective wisdom
\nwise counsel about our problem <\/p>\n

603
\n00:40:44,840 –> 00:40:48,034
\ncollectively with truth and
\nhonesty what do we lie about who<\/p>\n

604
\n00:40:48,034 –> 00:41:01,980
\ndo we lie to why do we lie give
\nyou seven minutes all right <\/p>\n

605
\n00:41:01,980 –> 00:41:10,600
\nsorry to interrupt I have to
\nconfess a lie I said I’d give <\/p>\n

606
\n00:41:10,600 –> 00:41:15,060
\nyou seven minutes and it’s now
\nnine I should have said I’ll <\/p>\n

607
\n00:41:15,060 –> 00:41:19,250
\ngive you approximately seven I
\nwill try to give you seven but I<\/p>\n

608
\n00:41:19,250 –> 00:41:24,440
\nsaid I will give you seven and I
\nhave not see how easy it is to <\/p>\n

609
\n00:41:24,440 –> 00:41:29,580
\nlie all right now I’d love to be
\nable to spend 20 minutes on the <\/p>\n

610
\n00:41:29,580 –> 00:41:32,840
\nwhite board and get all of that
\nup but we don’t have any time so<\/p>\n

611
\n00:41:32,840 –> 00:41:35,280
\nI’m going to share with you
\nagain some of the collective <\/p>\n

612
\n00:41:35,280 –> 00:41:38,140
\nwisdom of other brethren sisters
\nwho’ve done that little exercise<\/p>\n

613
\n00:41:38,140 –> 00:41:43,750
\nthis is some of the reasons why
\nwe lie or deceive to gain <\/p>\n

614
\n00:41:43,750 –> 00:41:47,900
\napproval and acceptance of
\nothers so once again if you have<\/p>\n

615
\n00:41:47,900 –> 00:41:49,790
\nsome that aren’t here and
\nthey’re really important come <\/p>\n

616
\n00:41:49,790 –> 00:41:53,314
\nand give them to me later I’d
\nlove to have them we lie and <\/p>\n

617
\n00:41:53,314 –> 00:41:57,540
\ndeceive to gain some personal
\nbenefit of some form some sort <\/p>\n

618
\n00:41:57,540 –> 00:42:04,910
\nwe can lie to avoid a
\nconsequence to avoid shame or <\/p>\n

619
\n00:42:04,910 –> 00:42:09,700
\nembarrassment we can lie to hurt
\nsomeone we may lie to try and <\/p>\n

620
\n00:42:09,700 –> 00:42:14,410
\nprotect someone we may lie to
\navoid facing reality we might <\/p>\n

621
\n00:42:14,410 –> 00:42:19,720
\nlie to avoid a conflict we might
\njust lie out of habit we might <\/p>\n

622
\n00:42:19,720 –> 00:42:23,200
\nlie to gain control of someone
\nelse and there’ll be other <\/p>\n

623
\n00:42:23,200 –> 00:42:26,745
\nreasons many others but these
\nare some of the top ones and if <\/p>\n

624
\n00:42:26,745 –> 00:42:31,180
\nwe put that into our context of
\nour identities we lie to <\/p>\n

625
\n00:42:31,180 –> 00:42:36,980
\nourselves we create a vision and
\na picture of ourselves out of <\/p>\n

626
\n00:42:36,980 –> 00:42:42,540
\npride and we imagine we’re
\nsomething we are not but we also<\/p>\n

627
\n00:42:42,540 –> 00:42:46,370
\nlie to ourselves we can lie to
\nourselves and tell us that we’re<\/p>\n

628
\n00:42:46,370 –> 00:42:52,580
\nhopeless of no value nobody
\nlikes us we’re stupid you know I<\/p>\n

629
\n00:42:52,580 –> 00:42:56,160
\nhave an example of that I
\nthought I was terrible at <\/p>\n

630
\n00:42:56,160 –> 00:42:58,600
\nmathematics as a child because I
\nnever learnt the time stables <\/p>\n

631
\n00:42:58,600 –> 00:43:02,260
\nand I still don’t know them but
\nI’ve learned to add up really <\/p>\n

632
\n00:43:02,260 –> 00:43:05,880
\nfast in my head I worked out
\nlater it’s because I learned by <\/p>\n

633
\n00:43:05,880 –> 00:43:08,440
\nhaving structured information if
\nyou just make me rote learn I <\/p>\n

634
\n00:43:08,440 –> 00:43:11,980
\ncannot remember stuff but if
\nit’s a context and a framework <\/p>\n

635
\n00:43:11,980 –> 00:43:16,330
\nconcept I can get it you know
\nand it wasn’t it wasn’t until <\/p>\n

636
\n00:43:16,330 –> 00:43:20,600
\nwell into around about fifth
\nform so I was 15 I genuinely <\/p>\n

637
\n00:43:20,600 –> 00:43:24,300
\nthought I was quite stupid at
\nmathematics because everybody <\/p>\n

638
\n00:43:24,300 –> 00:43:28,200
\naround me told me at primary
\nschool nobody wanted me in their<\/p>\n

639
\n00:43:28,200 –> 00:43:32,300
\ngroup because remember those it
\nall line up and the first four <\/p>\n

640
\n00:43:32,300 –> 00:43:36,380
\nthere’d be four times seven I
\ndon’t know and whoever called it<\/p>\n

641
\n00:43:36,380 –> 00:43:39,080
\nout first got a point for their
\nteam and you went to the back <\/p>\n

642
\n00:43:39,080 –> 00:43:43,515
\nand nobody wanted me in their
\nteam I was stupid and I was told<\/p>\n

643
\n00:43:43,515 –> 00:43:46,760
\nthat so I came to have a
\nself-belief that I was useless <\/p>\n

644
\n00:43:46,760 –> 00:43:49,920
\nat it and I cut a long story
\nshort it was somewhere around <\/p>\n

645
\n00:43:49,920 –> 00:43:53,460
\nfifth form and all the pennies
\ndropped I got into things and my<\/p>\n

646
\n00:43:53,460 –> 00:43:58,380
\nmarks went from about 30% to
\nabout 90% and I went I actually <\/p>\n

647
\n00:43:58,380 –> 00:44:02,534
\nare good at this but for almost
\nall my life to that point I <\/p>\n

648
\n00:44:02,534 –> 00:44:05,280
\nlaboured the impression because
\nother people had told me I was <\/p>\n

649
\n00:44:05,280 –> 00:44:09,060
\nstupid it was a lie so we can
\nlie to ourselves about who we <\/p>\n

650
\n00:44:09,060 –> 00:44:12,600
\nare in a negative way we can lie
\nto ourselves about who we are in<\/p>\n

651
\n00:44:12,600 –> 00:44:16,525
\nregards to we’re much greater
\nthan we actually are we can lie <\/p>\n

652
\n00:44:16,525 –> 00:44:20,060
\nto others because we want them
\nto believe something about us we<\/p>\n

653
\n00:44:20,060 –> 00:44:23,210
\ncreate impressions because we
\nwant them to think something <\/p>\n

654
\n00:44:23,210 –> 00:44:27,067
\nabout us but the question we’ve
\ngot to ask from this is who are <\/p>\n

655
\n00:44:27,067 –> 00:44:31,780
\nwe really from God’s perspective
\nand I’ve concluded I don’t know <\/p>\n

656
\n00:44:31,780 –> 00:44:38,000
\nI can’t even evaluate myself so
\nwe’ve got to come before the <\/p>\n

657
\n00:44:38,000 –> 00:44:41,007
\nrighteous judge before the
\nfather and the Lord Jesus Christ<\/p>\n

658
\n00:44:41,007 –> 00:44:46,740
\nand say chasten me correct me
\nshow me whether there’s any <\/p>\n

659
\n00:44:46,740 –> 00:44:50,565
\nunclean or evil thing in me
\ncleanse me of it is the spirit <\/p>\n

660
\n00:44:50,565 –> 00:44:54,580
\nwe need we need to focus on
\nGod’s perspective the only one <\/p>\n

661
\n00:44:54,580 –> 00:44:59,760
\nthat matters so how do we
\novercome excuse me overcome <\/p>\n

662
\n00:44:59,760 –> 00:45:10,120
\nlying and deceit well the
\nscriptures tell us put it off <\/p>\n

663
\n00:45:10,120 –> 00:45:14,590
\nColossians chapter three verse
\nnine and ten lying has to do <\/p>\n

664
\n00:45:14,590 –> 00:45:17,907
\nwith the old man that we put off
\nwhen we became baptized into <\/p>\n

665
\n00:45:17,907 –> 00:45:22,147
\nJesus Christ when we put on the
\nnew man lying not to one another<\/p>\n

666
\n00:45:22,147 –> 00:45:25,080
\nhe says in Colossians three
\nverse nine seeing that you’ve <\/p>\n

667
\n00:45:25,080 –> 00:45:28,950
\nput off the old man with his
\ndeeds lying was a characteristic<\/p>\n

668
\n00:45:28,950 –> 00:45:33,920
\nof the old evil man and we put
\nit off at our baptism and we put<\/p>\n

669
\n00:45:33,920 –> 00:45:37,934
\non the new man Christ and are
\nrenewed in that knowledge after <\/p>\n

670
\n00:45:37,934 –> 00:45:43,680
\nthe image of the one who created
\nhim who is true we need to put <\/p>\n

671
\n00:45:43,680 –> 00:45:45,900
\nit off bring the sisters that’s
\nwhat we said we’d do at our <\/p>\n

672
\n00:45:45,900 –> 00:45:50,000
\nbaptism we’ve got to stop
\npretending you know the Lord <\/p>\n

673
\n00:45:50,000 –> 00:45:52,147
\nsaid this incredible thing in
\nMatthew chapter five verse <\/p>\n

674
\n00:45:52,147 –> 00:45:56,580
\nthirty three to thirty seven in
\nregards to the practice of <\/p>\n

675
\n00:45:56,580 –> 00:45:59,627
\nswearing an oath now swearing an
\noath it kills us is an inherent <\/p>\n

676
\n00:45:59,627 –> 00:46:02,100
\nthing about truthfulness are you
\ntelling the truth or not telling<\/p>\n

677
\n00:46:02,100 –> 00:46:04,720
\nthe truth can I believe you or
\nnot believe you and of course <\/p>\n

678
\n00:46:04,720 –> 00:46:08,620
\nthe bigger oath and the greater
\nbeing or entity or thing and the<\/p>\n

679
\n00:46:08,620 –> 00:46:12,120
\ngold in the temple with that
\nthat the temple itself might be <\/p>\n

680
\n00:46:12,120 –> 00:46:15,130
\nthe biggest thing I’ll swear on
\nthat so you know I’m telling the<\/p>\n

681
\n00:46:15,130 –> 00:46:18,880
\ntruth and Christ says stop it
\nstop all that pretense he says <\/p>\n

682
\n00:46:18,880 –> 00:46:24,355
\nlet your communications be yes
\nyes and no no because whatever <\/p>\n

683
\n00:46:24,355 –> 00:46:31,720
\nis more of these comes of evil
\nsee the echo of problems keep it<\/p>\n

684
\n00:46:31,720 –> 00:46:37,874
\nsimple and the Lord in brilliant
\nprecise says think about honesty<\/p>\n

685
\n00:46:37,874 –> 00:46:42,760
\nin terms of the very first
\nstatement of truth and error yes<\/p>\n

686
\n00:46:42,760 –> 00:46:49,540
\nit is true no it is fault let
\nyour communication be simple and<\/p>\n

687
\n00:46:49,540 –> 00:46:54,930
\nclear yes and no because when
\nyou complicate it beyond that <\/p>\n

688
\n00:46:54,930 –> 00:47:01,312
\nthen evil comes this one makes
\nme squirm so I’m going to share <\/p>\n

689
\n00:47:01,312 –> 00:47:05,294
\nit with you and I framed it in
\nterms of myself what about good <\/p>\n

690
\n00:47:05,294 –> 00:47:08,040
\nintention so imagine this
\nscenario you’re there you come <\/p>\n

691
\n00:47:08,040 –> 00:47:11,552
\nto me and you Simon I want you
\nto do something in two weeks <\/p>\n

692
\n00:47:11,552 –> 00:47:15,894
\ntime and I say yeah I’ll do that
\nand you go away thinking great <\/p>\n

693
\n00:47:15,894 –> 00:47:18,600
\nSimon’s going to do it he’s
\ngoing to do it on time it’s <\/p>\n

694
\n00:47:18,600 –> 00:47:20,940
\ngoing to be good quality it’s
\ngoing to meet the expectations <\/p>\n

695
\n00:47:20,940 –> 00:47:24,920
\nthat we agreed and two weeks
\nlater you come to me and say <\/p>\n

696
\n00:47:24,920 –> 00:47:28,634
\nhave you done that thing and I
\ngo I’m busy look I’ll get on to <\/p>\n

697
\n00:47:28,634 –> 00:47:32,052
\nit I’ll be there give me a week
\nand I say you go yeah okay Simon<\/p>\n

698
\n00:47:32,052 –> 00:47:34,700
\nI’ll give you a week but only a
\nweek and you come back in a <\/p>\n

699
\n00:47:34,700 –> 00:47:37,660
\nweek’s time you say man has it
\ndone I’m so really busy I will <\/p>\n

700
\n00:47:37,660 –> 00:47:41,320
\nhave it done in a week’s time
\nand I finally deliver it to you <\/p>\n

701
\n00:47:41,320 –> 00:47:47,048
\nnot what we agreed over time
\npoor quality and I say here it <\/p>\n

702
\n00:47:47,048 –> 00:47:49,860
\nis I want to ask the question
\nwhat are you thinking about <\/p>\n

703
\n00:47:49,860 –> 00:47:59,320
\nSimon now can I trust Simon but
\nyou know you’re all nice people <\/p>\n

704
\n00:47:59,320 –> 00:48:02,000
\nso you’re probably thinking look
\nI don’t know what’s going on <\/p>\n

705
\n00:48:02,000 –> 00:48:04,955
\nSimon’s life I’ll give him the
\nbenefit of the doubt maybe maybe<\/p>\n

706
\n00:48:04,955 –> 00:48:09,294
\nthere was just some urgency
\nthings and that’s okay and so <\/p>\n

707
\n00:48:09,294 –> 00:48:12,080
\nyou do it a second time you come
\nto Simon you ask him do <\/p>\n

708
\n00:48:12,080 –> 00:48:15,850
\nsomething you have the same
\nexperience what are you thinking<\/p>\n

709
\n00:48:15,850 –> 00:48:24,136
\nnow can’t trust him he’s not
\ntrue so you see this gets pretty<\/p>\n

710
\n00:48:24,136 –> 00:48:27,636
\nclose to the bone doesn’t it
\nabout the truth of God that’s <\/p>\n

711
\n00:48:27,636 –> 00:48:31,194
\nwhy Christ says and you can see
\nthe principle of integrity and <\/p>\n

712
\n00:48:31,194 –> 00:48:35,580
\ndiligence through the book of
\nProverbs we say it we mean it <\/p>\n

713
\n00:48:35,580 –> 00:48:39,328
\nand we do it now of course what
\nif something did happen in my <\/p>\n

714
\n00:48:39,328 –> 00:48:42,420
\nlife and it all fell apart and I
\ncouldn’t deliver it and I came <\/p>\n

715
\n00:48:42,420 –> 00:48:46,920
\nback to you and I said I can’t
\ndo it what would you say you’re <\/p>\n

716
\n00:48:46,920 –> 00:48:50,156
\nnice you go it’s okay I
\nunderstand get someone else to <\/p>\n

717
\n00:48:50,156 –> 00:48:54,872
\ndo it but you’d still trust me
\nwouldn’t you yeah so see how <\/p>\n

718
\n00:48:54,872 –> 00:48:59,500
\nimportant it is this is truth in
\ninteractions with each other <\/p>\n

719
\n00:48:59,500 –> 00:49:02,767
\nEcclesiastes chapter 5 verse 4
\nsays when you vow vow to God <\/p>\n

720
\n00:49:02,767 –> 00:49:06,960
\nprefer not to pay it he has no
\npleasure in fools pay that which<\/p>\n

721
\n00:49:06,960 –> 00:49:11,240
\nthou hast vowed see this is
\ntruth and practice in our life <\/p>\n

722
\n00:49:11,240 –> 00:49:15,587
\nwe need to stop looking for
\nstatus we all know the Ananias <\/p>\n

723
\n00:49:15,587 –> 00:49:19,420
\nand Sapphira story we’ve taught
\nit to Sunday school kids it’s a <\/p>\n

724
\n00:49:19,420 –> 00:49:24,540
\nbrilliant story because we can
\nsay to them you’re not lying to <\/p>\n

725
\n00:49:24,540 –> 00:49:31,540
\nmen you’re lying to God but of
\ncourse the whole lie of Ananias <\/p>\n

726
\n00:49:31,540 –> 00:49:36,140
\nand Sapphira was a status one
\nBarnabas just gave a whole lot <\/p>\n

727
\n00:49:36,140 –> 00:49:39,888
\nof money other brethren and
\nsisters are doing this oh I want<\/p>\n

728
\n00:49:39,888 –> 00:49:43,000
\nto be like that I sold a
\npossession get back part of the <\/p>\n

729
\n00:49:43,000 –> 00:49:47,492
\nprice put it there and project a
\nlie an impression an image that <\/p>\n

730
\n00:49:47,492 –> 00:49:53,052
\nthis is true and immediately in
\nActs chapter 5 verse 4 Peter <\/p>\n

731
\n00:49:53,052 –> 00:49:58,540
\nsays why have you conceived this
\nthing in your heart you’ve not <\/p>\n

732
\n00:49:58,540 –> 00:50:02,900
\nlied to men but unto God and of
\ncourse later on when Sapphira <\/p>\n

733
\n00:50:02,900 –> 00:50:06,740
\nturns up he asks the question
\nverse 9 how was it that you’ve <\/p>\n

734
\n00:50:06,740 –> 00:50:10,180
\nagreed or he says did you spend
\nor did you sell the land for so <\/p>\n

735
\n00:50:10,180 –> 00:50:13,880
\nmuch in verse 8 and she says yes
\nfor so much so she lies and <\/p>\n

736
\n00:50:13,880 –> 00:50:16,810
\nPeter said to her how is it
\nyou’ve agreed together to but <\/p>\n

737
\n00:50:16,810 –> 00:50:22,180
\nlisten to this test the spirit
\nof God the spirit of the law <\/p>\n

738
\n00:50:22,180 –> 00:50:27,135
\nbecause God’s true and it’s an
\nabomination to him it’s <\/p>\n

739
\n00:50:27,135 –> 00:50:31,540
\ndisgusting when he sees a lie
\nbecause what were they really <\/p>\n

740
\n00:50:31,540 –> 00:50:39,310
\nsaying God cannot see I can lie
\nto my brethren and sisters and <\/p>\n

741
\n00:50:39,310 –> 00:50:42,776
\ncreate an impression God cannot
\nsee we need to stop looking for <\/p>\n

742
\n00:50:42,776 –> 00:50:47,765
\nstatus as one of the drivers of
\nour lives or the lay of the same<\/p>\n

743
\n00:50:47,765 –> 00:50:50,376
\nproblem have you seen that
\nthere’s a lie at the center of <\/p>\n

744
\n00:50:50,376 –> 00:50:53,790
\nit which is why the Christ the
\nLord says in Revelation 3 verse <\/p>\n

745
\n00:50:53,790 –> 00:50:59,434
\n14 to 17 he uses the title the
\namen the true the faithful the <\/p>\n

746
\n00:50:59,434 –> 00:51:04,700
\ntrue witness I know your works
\nyou’re neither cold nor hot <\/p>\n

747
\n00:51:04,700 –> 00:51:10,434
\nyou’re not yes or no you’re not
\nyay or nay so then because they <\/p>\n

748
\n00:51:10,434 –> 00:51:13,401
\nare lukewarm and either cold or
\nhot I’ll spew you out of my <\/p>\n

749
\n00:51:13,401 –> 00:51:17,556
\nmouth I find you an abomination
\ndisgusting because you say I am <\/p>\n

750
\n00:51:17,556 –> 00:51:20,876
\nrich and increasing with goods
\nand of need of nothing and you <\/p>\n

751
\n00:51:20,876 –> 00:51:25,000
\nhave a self perception of
\nyourself but really this is how <\/p>\n

752
\n00:51:25,000 –> 00:51:29,480
\nGod sees you you’re wretched and
\nmiserable and poor blind and <\/p>\n

753
\n00:51:29,480 –> 00:51:32,860
\nnaked and of course that’s the
\nproblem of materialism isn’t it <\/p>\n

754
\n00:51:32,860 –> 00:51:35,980
\nbrothers and sisters it creates
\na false impression that God’s <\/p>\n

755
\n00:51:35,980 –> 00:51:39,750
\nblessed us and we are all of
\nthese things and we’re blinded <\/p>\n

756
\n00:51:39,750 –> 00:51:46,340
\nto the truth do you know
\nconfession is inherently a truth<\/p>\n

757
\n00:51:46,340 –> 00:51:50,701
\nconcept it’s a truth saying
\nfirst John chapter 1 verse 8 if <\/p>\n

758
\n00:51:50,701 –> 00:51:55,075
\nwe say we have no sin we deceive
\nourselves and the truth is not <\/p>\n

759
\n00:51:55,075 –> 00:52:00,690
\nin us but if we confess now what
\nis confession it’s a statement <\/p>\n

760
\n00:52:00,690 –> 00:52:07,960
\nabout the truth of our position
\nbefore God and I love this title<\/p>\n

761
\n00:52:07,960 –> 00:52:12,720
\nthis phrase if we confess our
\nsins if we state the truth about<\/p>\n

762
\n00:52:12,720 –> 00:52:23,820
\nour sins he is faithful and just
\nto forgive us see our Lord Jesus<\/p>\n

763
\n00:52:23,820 –> 00:52:30,360
\nChrist is our judge he’s
\nfaithful he’s just he perceives <\/p>\n

764
\n00:52:30,360 –> 00:52:36,460
\ngood and evil he’s perfect and
\nhe is our judge and we come to <\/p>\n

765
\n00:52:36,460 –> 00:52:41,975
\nhim to confess our sins and he’s
\nfaithful and just to forgive us <\/p>\n

766
\n00:52:41,975 –> 00:52:46,847
\nand cleanse us from all
\nunrighteousness righteousness so<\/p>\n

767
\n00:52:46,847 –> 00:52:50,160
\nliving the truth brothers and
\nsisters means we need to come to<\/p>\n

768
\n00:52:50,160 –> 00:52:53,340
\nthe light the word of God his
\nknowledge is wisdom and <\/p>\n

769
\n00:52:53,340 –> 00:52:57,844
\nunderstanding is the sermon of
\ngood and evil to see with our <\/p>\n

770
\n00:52:57,844 –> 00:53:04,174
\ndeeds our truth we need to
\nconfess and admit that God is <\/p>\n

771
\n00:53:04,174 –> 00:53:09,795
\ntrue and we are sin we need to
\ncreate a habit of truthfulness <\/p>\n

772
\n00:53:09,795 –> 00:53:12,585
\nin our life and break all the
\nhabits of deceit that we’ve <\/p>\n

773
\n00:53:12,585 –> 00:53:16,000
\nlearned from two years old we
\nneed to practice truth as a way <\/p>\n

774
\n00:53:16,000 –> 00:53:19,360
\nof life we need to model it to
\nour children and train our <\/p>\n

775
\n00:53:19,360 –> 00:53:25,225
\nchildren to be true and not lie
\nwe’ve got to be tellers of truth<\/p>\n

776
\n00:53:25,225 –> 00:53:28,444
\nwe’ve got to think in truth and
\nwe’ve got to understand the <\/p>\n

777
\n00:53:28,444 –> 00:53:34,220
\nimmense power not of two but of
\nthe words that we speak I don’t <\/p>\n

778
\n00:53:34,220 –> 00:53:38,904
\nknow why it says two there the
\nimmense power of the words that <\/p>\n

779
\n00:53:38,904 –> 00:53:44,900
\nwe speak the influence and
\nimpact they have on others so <\/p>\n

780
\n00:53:44,900 –> 00:53:52,660
\nthat our communication is true
\nwe need to in Ephesians 4 24 to <\/p>\n

781
\n00:53:52,660 –> 00:53:56,592
\n25 and this from the new King
\nJames put us a little bit of <\/p>\n

782
\n00:53:56,592 –> 00:54:01,114
\nclarity to it we need to put on
\nthe new man we put off the old <\/p>\n

783
\n00:54:01,114 –> 00:54:06,276
\nman with a lying deceit the new
\nman created according to God and<\/p>\n

784
\n00:54:06,276 –> 00:54:14,368
\ntrue righteousness and holiness
\nand put away lying and speak one<\/p>\n

785
\n00:54:14,368 –> 00:54:19,764
\nof us and each one of us speak
\ntruth to our neighbor because we<\/p>\n

786
\n00:54:19,764 –> 00:54:25,460
\nare members of one another
\ntruthfulness honesty and a <\/p>\n

787
\n00:54:25,460 –> 00:54:29,468
\nculture of truth and honesty at
\nthe heart of an ecclesia is <\/p>\n

788
\n00:54:29,468 –> 00:54:34,728
\nessential to its functioning
\nEphesians chapter 4 and verse 15<\/p>\n

789
\n00:54:34,728 –> 00:54:41,020
\nwe must speak the truth in love
\nthat we may all grow up in all <\/p>\n

790
\n00:54:41,020 –> 00:54:46,120
\nthings which is the head even
\nChrist speaking the truth to <\/p>\n

791
\n00:54:46,120 –> 00:54:51,440
\neach other in love so it’s a
\nhigh calling isn’t it when we <\/p>\n

792
\n00:54:51,440 –> 00:54:56,640
\nbegin to glimpse the enormity of
\nthe principle that God is true <\/p>\n

793
\n00:54:56,640 –> 00:55:02,404
\nin him there’s no variableness
\nor shadow of turning there is no<\/p>\n

794
\n00:55:02,404 –> 00:55:08,112
\nuntruth and so the book of
\nProverbs presents to us that <\/p>\n

795
\n00:55:08,112 –> 00:55:12,890
\noverarching principle and
\ncharacteristic of the wise they <\/p>\n

796
\n00:55:12,890 –> 00:55:21,188
\nare true they eschew the evil of
\nuntruth of lies and deceit they <\/p>\n

797
\n00:55:21,188 –> 00:55:26,656
\nlove the truth so I’m going to
\nfinish with just two passages <\/p>\n

798
\n00:55:26,656 –> 00:55:30,996
\none’s taken from the epistle of
\nJohn because all the conclusions<\/p>\n

799
\n00:55:30,996 –> 00:55:34,354
\nof the book of Proverbs end up
\ndovetailing to those of John and<\/p>\n

800
\n00:55:34,354 –> 00:55:39,178
\nI’ll put these on the screen
\nthis really is the lesson of the<\/p>\n

801
\n00:55:39,178 –> 00:55:43,964
\nbook of Proverbs for us in the
\nwords of John all <\/p>\n

802
\n00:55:43,964 –> 00:55:49,828
\nunrighteousness is sin there is
\na sin not unto death but we know<\/p>\n

803
\n00:55:49,828 –> 00:55:55,460
\nthat whoever is the son of God
\nborn of God sineth not but he <\/p>\n

804
\n00:55:55,460 –> 00:56:01,287
\nthat is begotten of God keepeth
\nhimself and that wicked one the <\/p>\n

805
\n00:56:01,287 –> 00:56:04,500
\nevil one the wicked one of the
\nbook of Proverbs touches him not<\/p>\n

806
\n00:56:04,500 –> 00:56:09,740
\nand we know we have the
\nknowledge that we are of God and<\/p>\n

807
\n00:56:09,740 –> 00:56:15,035
\nthe whole world lies wickedness
\nwe know we have the knowledge <\/p>\n

808
\n00:56:15,035 –> 00:56:20,194
\nthat the son of God is come and
\nhas given us an understanding <\/p>\n

809
\n00:56:20,194 –> 00:56:28,128
\nthat we may know him that is
\ntrue and we are in him that is <\/p>\n

810
\n00:56:28,128 –> 00:56:35,114
\ntrue even in his son Jesus
\nChrist this is the true God and <\/p>\n

811
\n00:56:35,114 –> 00:56:42,223
\neternal life for without faith
\nwithout a belief in the truth of<\/p>\n

812
\n00:56:42,223 –> 00:56:47,346
\nGod it is impossible to please
\nhim for he that comes to God <\/p>\n

813
\n00:56:47,346 –> 00:56:55,821
\nmust believe in the truth that
\nhe is and that he is a rewarder <\/p>\n

814
\n00:56:55,821 –> 00:57:01,360
\nbeyond our wildest imaginations
\nfar beyond what we deserve to <\/p>\n

815
\n00:57:01,360 –> 00:57:20,520
\nthose who diligently seek thank
\nyou for listening to the good <\/p>\n

816
\n00:57:20,520 –> 00:57:24,184
\nChristadelphian talks podcast we
\nhope this talk helped you in <\/p>\n

817
\n00:57:24,184 –> 00:57:27,584
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\nday if you would like to hear <\/p>\n

818
\n00:57:27,584 –> 00:57:30,832
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