DO YOU KNOW THE TRUTH? (1 OF 3)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 2 John 1:1-3
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Do You Know the Truth? (1 of 3)
Nothing But the Truth
Jeff Schreve
2 John 1:1-3
When I was a kid growing up, we only had three channels on the television, plus UHF. Some of you may remember that. I was talking to my friend Brandon this week, and he said, "You know, when we were kids growing up, we spent a lot of time outside especially in the summertime because during the day, there's nothing to watch. So you just went outside and played." But I remember as a kid, my dad would watch particular shows. We had one TV that we got to watch, and so if he was watching, we watched what he watched. And he loved the show, Perry Mason. Anybody like Perry Mason? You ever watch Perry Mason? Perry Mason was an interesting show. Perry is a defense attorney. He's always got a client that is accused of murder that didn't do it. It's amazing how he always got those clients. He never lost a case. And the prosecuting attorney, Hamilton Burger, never won a case for years. No wonder he was a heavy drinker...so I've been told. But, it was during those times of watching Perry Mason with my dad that I learned about swearing in a witness, because Perry Mason was a lawyer show, but it was also a detective-type show, and it was also a show of murder mystery. And you're always trying to figure out who done it, because you know whoever Perry was defending, he didn't do it, she didn't do it. And so, they would always have a courtroom scene, and it would always have a formula. In the courtroom you would find out this is the person who did it. But you would have to swear in the witnesses. And so, what would they do to swear in the witnesses? You would put your left hand on the Bible, you would put your right hand up. "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God?" Yes! You had to say yes. If you said no, I don't know what they would do. You said yes. Because if you're getting ready to go on the witness stand, you bette ...
Nothing But the Truth
Jeff Schreve
2 John 1:1-3
When I was a kid growing up, we only had three channels on the television, plus UHF. Some of you may remember that. I was talking to my friend Brandon this week, and he said, "You know, when we were kids growing up, we spent a lot of time outside especially in the summertime because during the day, there's nothing to watch. So you just went outside and played." But I remember as a kid, my dad would watch particular shows. We had one TV that we got to watch, and so if he was watching, we watched what he watched. And he loved the show, Perry Mason. Anybody like Perry Mason? You ever watch Perry Mason? Perry Mason was an interesting show. Perry is a defense attorney. He's always got a client that is accused of murder that didn't do it. It's amazing how he always got those clients. He never lost a case. And the prosecuting attorney, Hamilton Burger, never won a case for years. No wonder he was a heavy drinker...so I've been told. But, it was during those times of watching Perry Mason with my dad that I learned about swearing in a witness, because Perry Mason was a lawyer show, but it was also a detective-type show, and it was also a show of murder mystery. And you're always trying to figure out who done it, because you know whoever Perry was defending, he didn't do it, she didn't do it. And so, they would always have a courtroom scene, and it would always have a formula. In the courtroom you would find out this is the person who did it. But you would have to swear in the witnesses. And so, what would they do to swear in the witnesses? You would put your left hand on the Bible, you would put your right hand up. "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God?" Yes! You had to say yes. If you said no, I don't know what they would do. You said yes. Because if you're getting ready to go on the witness stand, you bette ...
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