Liar! Liar! (10 of 11)
Series: The 10 Commandments
Collin Wimberly
Exodus 20:16
CIT - God commands the people of Israel not to bear a false witness.
Proposition - God's people today must avoid lying.
INTRODUCTION:
ILLUS: A clergyman was walking down the street when he came to a group of about a dozen boys between 10 and 12 years of age. The boys surrounded an old dog. Concerned that the boys were hurting the animal, the minister went over and asked, ''What are you doing with that dog?''
One of the boys replied, ''This dog is just an old stray. We all want him, but only one of us can take him home. So we've decided whichever one of us can tell the biggest lie gets to keep the dog.''
The minister was taken aback. ''You boys shouldn't have a contest telling lies,'' he said. ''Don't you boys know it's a sin to lie?'' Then he launched into a 10-minute sermon about lying. The clergyman ended his speech with, ''When I was your age, I never told a lie.''
There was dead silence for about a minute and just as the minister was beginning to think he'd gotten through to them, the smallest boy gave a deep sigh and said, ''All right, give him the dog.''
In the movie, Liar! Liar!, Jim Carrey plays the part of Fletcher Reid, a fast talking attorney and habitual liar. He is always lying to his son, Max, and he lied to him when he told him he would attend his fifth birthday party. When he didn't show up, as Max is blowing out the candles on his birthday cake, he has only one wish, ''that his dad would stop lying for twenty-four hours.'' His wish comes true and for twenty-four hours, this man can no longer lie. Every word that comes out of his mouth is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.??Maybe someone should make that wish for most Americans, because we have literally become a lying society. Ninety-one percent of Americans lie regularly, both at home and at work, in answer to the question, ''Whom have you regularly lied to?'' Eight ...
Series: The 10 Commandments
Collin Wimberly
Exodus 20:16
CIT - God commands the people of Israel not to bear a false witness.
Proposition - God's people today must avoid lying.
INTRODUCTION:
ILLUS: A clergyman was walking down the street when he came to a group of about a dozen boys between 10 and 12 years of age. The boys surrounded an old dog. Concerned that the boys were hurting the animal, the minister went over and asked, ''What are you doing with that dog?''
One of the boys replied, ''This dog is just an old stray. We all want him, but only one of us can take him home. So we've decided whichever one of us can tell the biggest lie gets to keep the dog.''
The minister was taken aback. ''You boys shouldn't have a contest telling lies,'' he said. ''Don't you boys know it's a sin to lie?'' Then he launched into a 10-minute sermon about lying. The clergyman ended his speech with, ''When I was your age, I never told a lie.''
There was dead silence for about a minute and just as the minister was beginning to think he'd gotten through to them, the smallest boy gave a deep sigh and said, ''All right, give him the dog.''
In the movie, Liar! Liar!, Jim Carrey plays the part of Fletcher Reid, a fast talking attorney and habitual liar. He is always lying to his son, Max, and he lied to him when he told him he would attend his fifth birthday party. When he didn't show up, as Max is blowing out the candles on his birthday cake, he has only one wish, ''that his dad would stop lying for twenty-four hours.'' His wish comes true and for twenty-four hours, this man can no longer lie. Every word that comes out of his mouth is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.??Maybe someone should make that wish for most Americans, because we have literally become a lying society. Ninety-one percent of Americans lie regularly, both at home and at work, in answer to the question, ''Whom have you regularly lied to?'' Eight ...
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