Telling The Truth

Hello Everyone,

As we continue to look at “Ten Values That Build Strong Families” this week we will be discussing “Telling the Truth”. Read with me:

Exodus 20:16 You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

A good while back Time magazine did a cover story called "Lying, Everybody's Doing It". It starts off like this: "Lies, lies, lies.

The current political campaign is erupting into a series of charges and counter charges of dishonesty and deception. All of which raises the question: Is anyone around here telling the truth?"

A recent survey of Americans said 66% of Americans say it's not wrong to tell lies. Only 31% agreed with the statement, "Honesty is the best policy."

Dr. Leonard Keeler, inventor of the lie detector machine, has tested 25,000 individuals and come to the conclusion that human beings are basically deceptive. No kidding!

A little boy was caught lying, by his dad. His dad said, "You know there are no liars in heaven." The son said: "Dad have you ever told a lie?" The Dad said: "yes". The little boy then said Mom have you ever told a lie? The Mom said: "yes". Then the son said: “Then I guess the only people that are going to be in heaven are God and George Washington”.

How can we be honest in a dishonest world? How do I tell the truth?

God says lying is an intention to mislead and when you're just telling a half a truth you're telling a whole lie.

You can lie by falsifying or you can lie by concealing. You need to tell the truth completely.

When you deliberately hold back half the truth, you're telling a partial truth, you're being deceptive. You can lie without even saying a word.

I heard about a teen age boy who was supposed to be home at midnight and came in at 2 a.m. in the morning, but everyone was asleep. He crept up the stairs and as he did so he hit a stair that squeaked and his dad woke up. "Is that you Bobby?" Yes "What time is it?" Before he could say a word the coo-coo clock struck twice. He said it was the most ingenious moment of my life when I stood there and coo-cooed ten more times.

“Telling the Truth” is best way to go every time.

All For Jesus
Phil