A Word About Words (17 of 27)
Series: Ephesians
Collin Wimberly
Ephesians 4:25, 29
CIT - Paul commands to the Ephesians Christians to speak words that are fitting to a Christian.
Propositon - Watch your words - they reveal your heart.
INTRODUCTION:
I) WORDS TO AVOID -
These two verses outline two areas of speech that should be avoided.
A) LYING - laying aside falsehood -
First, Not every untrue statement is a lie - if you get a math question wrong you haven’t lied, you just got it wrong.
Second, some true statements are a lie - McGee’s illustration of a man picking up an attractive woman and carrying her. What was told was true, but the manner in which it was told made it a lie.
1) Perjury - A lying witness, someone who falsely testifies against anyone accused of a crime.
Most famous case recently was Bill Clinton who was perjured himself by claiming he had not had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewisky.
Someone said the problem could be summed with three former US presidents. George Washington couldn’t tell a lie, Richard Nixon couldn’t tell the truth, and Bill Clinton couldn’t tell the difference!
2) SLANDER - lying to defame others and seek to exalt ourselves.
This includes Gossip. People love Gossip. Remember the HeHaw girls, why we’re not one to go round spreadin rumors, really we’re just not the gossiping kind. You’ll never hear one of us repeating gossip, so you better be sure and listen close the first time.
Proverbs 18:8 (ESV)
8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
3) CHEATING - Lying about what you know and don’t know. Cheating is an epidemic in schools and universities today.
ILLUS: - A massive study involving nearly 70,000 U.S. college and high school students has found that 70 percent admit to cheating. This distressing statistic highlights a 14 percent increase since 1993, and a 44 percent hike since 1963. The Duke University repor ...
Series: Ephesians
Collin Wimberly
Ephesians 4:25, 29
CIT - Paul commands to the Ephesians Christians to speak words that are fitting to a Christian.
Propositon - Watch your words - they reveal your heart.
INTRODUCTION:
I) WORDS TO AVOID -
These two verses outline two areas of speech that should be avoided.
A) LYING - laying aside falsehood -
First, Not every untrue statement is a lie - if you get a math question wrong you haven’t lied, you just got it wrong.
Second, some true statements are a lie - McGee’s illustration of a man picking up an attractive woman and carrying her. What was told was true, but the manner in which it was told made it a lie.
1) Perjury - A lying witness, someone who falsely testifies against anyone accused of a crime.
Most famous case recently was Bill Clinton who was perjured himself by claiming he had not had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewisky.
Someone said the problem could be summed with three former US presidents. George Washington couldn’t tell a lie, Richard Nixon couldn’t tell the truth, and Bill Clinton couldn’t tell the difference!
2) SLANDER - lying to defame others and seek to exalt ourselves.
This includes Gossip. People love Gossip. Remember the HeHaw girls, why we’re not one to go round spreadin rumors, really we’re just not the gossiping kind. You’ll never hear one of us repeating gossip, so you better be sure and listen close the first time.
Proverbs 18:8 (ESV)
8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
3) CHEATING - Lying about what you know and don’t know. Cheating is an epidemic in schools and universities today.
ILLUS: - A massive study involving nearly 70,000 U.S. college and high school students has found that 70 percent admit to cheating. This distressing statistic highlights a 14 percent increase since 1993, and a 44 percent hike since 1963. The Duke University repor ...
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