The Trouble With Lying, Jn 18:17

The Trouble With Lying Jn. 18:17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Peter’s denial of Jesus Christ, we see the trouble with lying.  Once you tell a lie you will be confronted again, at some point, with the same question or one that is very similar to it.  To cover yourself you...

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Lying Lips, Prov 12:22

Lying Lips Prov. 12:22 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Proverbs chapter 12, Solomon writes four things about lying.  There is more in the Bible about lying lips than what you find here.  But preaching on this subject out of one Proverb is handy.  It will probably make this message easier...

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How Will You Respond, Ps 119

How Will You Respond? When the word of God is your lamp and light, when it’s purity is making you pure, and when it’s truth is sanctifying you, how will you respond when you face: Sin. You will cease from sin.  Ps 119:9-11, 101, 133.  Your attitude toward sin changes...

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Dissimulation, Jos 7:11

Dissimulation Jos.7:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Dissimulation is hypocrisy.  It comes from simulation.  When you are in a flight simulator it looks and feels like you’re in a real jet but you aren’t.  It’s fake.  Likewise, when you live your life in dissimulation you are pretending to be something you...

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Guile, Ps 32:2

Guile is defined as craft, cunning, duplicity, and deceit.  It is found in the man and is manifested by what he says. Ps 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.  So, it is in you, in your...

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Watch Your Lips, Prov 17:7

Your lips are the gate keepers of your mouth.  They can either let bad and untoward things come forth from your mouth or they can be used to bring forth good and beneficial things.  Therefore, you need to watch your lips.  There are many different kinds of lips that we...

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The Crafty Lying Tongue, Job 15:5

The Bible describes all kinds of tongues. We are studying tongues that are an unruly evil. Today we will study the crafty lying tongue.  Notice the unruly evil of a: Crafty tongue – Job 15:5 – “thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.” A crafty tongue is cunning and skillful in...

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Sin Against the Holy Ghost, Eph 4:30

Sins Against the Holy Ghost Eph. 4:30 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO After you are saved, you need to be especially careful not to sin against the Holy Ghost.  You sin against the Holy Ghost when you: Grieve him – Eph 4:30 – you grieve the Holy Ghost by disobeying him [Heb 13:17].  He...

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Abominations to the Lord, Prov 16:5

Abominations to the Lord Prov. 16:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the book of Proverbs we learn about five things that are abominations to the Lord.  Each one of these has to do with the wicked.  Yet it is important for us to consider that, even as Christians, these wicked...

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Put Away, 1 Cor 5:13

There are some things that don’t go away on their own and God doesn’t deliver you from them.  You have to put away these people or things in your life.   Put away: A wicked person – 1 Cor 5:13.  In the context of v.11, we are not to keep...

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