OVERCOMING OVERCOMING LIES & LIES &

DECEIPTDECEIPT

WHY DO PEOPLE LIE?WHY DO PEOPLE LIE?

1.To gain approval or acceptance from others

2. To gain admiration from others (impress others)

3. To gain physical or monetary benefits

4. To avoid consequences

5. To avoid shame or embarrassment

6. To hurt someone

7. To protect someone from being hurt 8. To avoid facing reality (DENIAL)*

LEVELS OF DENIAL

Denial of……

RESPONSIBILITY: “It wasn’t my fault”……“He made me do it”

INTENT: “It just happened”……“I didn’t plan it”……“Things got out of

control”

HARM: “No one got hurt, no harm done”

FREQUENCY: “It only happened once”

MINIMIZATION: “It’s not as bad as it looks”……“You’re overreacting”

TYPES OF LIESTYPES OF LIES

(1) OUTRIGHT LIEOUTRIGHT LIE: Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

(2) OUTRIGHT DENIALOUTRIGHT DENIAL: John 18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also [one] of his disciples? He denied [it], and said, I am not.

(3) HIDDEN AGENDAHIDDEN AGENDA: Mat 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

TYPES OF LIESTYPES OF LIES

(4) PARTIAL TRUTHPARTIAL TRUTH: Gen 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

(5) FABRICATIONFABRICATION: Exo 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break [it] off. So they gave [it] me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

TYPES OF LIESTYPES OF LIES

(6) SLANDERSLANDER: Job 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

(7) FALSE ACCUSATIONSFALSE ACCUSATIONS: Luke 23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.

(8) MASKING EMOTIONSMASKING EMOTIONS: Gen 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

TYPES OF LIESTYPES OF LIES

(9) DECEPTIONDECEPTION: Josh 9:12 This our bread we took hot [for] our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: And these bottles of wine, which we filled, [were] new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

TYPES OF LIESTYPES OF LIES

(10) ACTINGACTING: 1Sa 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

(11) PLEADING IGNORANCEPLEADING IGNORANCE: Gen 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?

TYPES OF LIESTYPES OF LIES

(12) EXAGGERATIONEXAGGERATION: Num 13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, [which come] of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. (Num 14: 36-37)

Principles to Principles to help help

overcome overcome

LIES & DECEITLIES & DECEIT

1.1.Do not let the Devil use youDo not let the Devil use you

John 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Act 5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?

2. 2. Develop a fear of GodDevelop a fear of God

Pro 8:13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Pro 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.

Pro 12:22 Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight

3. 3. Abide by God’s WordAbide by God’s Word

Exo 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Eph 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

4. 4. Make a commitment of your Make a commitment of your “heart” & “will” to always be “heart” & “will” to always be

truthfultruthful

Matt 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Psalm 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.

5. 5. Be true to your conscienceBe true to your conscience

Acts 24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.

6. 6. Be accountable to someoneBe accountable to someone

Jam 5:16,19-20 Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.