What is truth? The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth. The Bible tells us that the Spirit will guide us into all truth. Our churches need a fresh outpouring of the Spirit of God, an infusion of truth. When you reject the truth, all that’s left is a lie. Do not covet what your neighbor has. God is your provider.
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turn with us to Exodus chapter 20 verse
16 and 17 as we conclude our sermon
series The Ten Commandments with today’s
sermon Thou shalt not bear false witness
and you shall not covet two young boys
were talking to each other and one said
to the other my mother is such an
alarmist one sneez and she thinks I have
a cold one cough and she thinks I have
the flu one lie and she thinks I’m
destined for the White
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House read with me Exodus 20: 16 and 17
ready you shall not bear false witness
against your neighbor you shall not
covet your neighbor’s house nor covet
your neighbor’s wife nor his male
servant nor his female servant nor his
Ox nor his donkey nor anything that is
your neighbors end of story father God I
thank you for the word of God and I pray
that this congregation in America will
hear this leaving our country a more
spiritually wholesome place in which to
live in the authority of your name we
pray and ask it and all of God’s
children’s said amen you may be
seated the ninth commandment simply says
tell the truth tell the
truth what is truth here’s the absolute
truth listen there is a God of Might and
Majesty who has all power in heaven and
in Earth he is allmighty he is all
knowing he is all powerful he is not a
cosmic bellhop responding to your every
request
he’s not your doting grandfather sitting
benignly in the heavens watching your
bizarre behavior he is the creator of
Heaven and Earth he is Jehovah shama The
God Who is there he is Jehovah Gyra the
god that supplies all of your needs he
is Jehovah Rafi the Lord that heals your
sick body that Miracle working God is in
this building right now he is Jehovah
Nissi the God who brings our B he is the
god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob the Alpha
and Omega the first and the last the one
who was and is and always shall be he is
the shepher of the Stars he calls them
by name he holds the seven seas in the
palms of his hand he weighs the
mountains and a scale and the hills in a
balance the islands of the sea are but a
small thing he’s the author of The Ten
Commandments these Ten Commandments are
the bases of social order and the gate
great way to happiness and prosperity
his son Jesus Christ said I am the way
the truth and the life that’s the truth
the whole truth nothing but the truth
can I hear an amen in this
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house and then comes the pin head that
says well I don’t believe in absolute
truth well listen
up what you believe has no bearing in
reality God doesn’t give you a
vote the world is round whether you
believe it or not fire will burn you
whether you believe it or not jump off a
10-story building and you will fall
whether you believe in gravity or not
poison will kill you whether you believe
it or not God’s word is the absolute
truth whether you believe it or not
period
the ninth commandment thou shallal not
bear false
witness actually translates in the
Hebrew you shall not answer nor repeat
you shall not answer nor repeat get this
you were not to answer or repeat unless
you were an eyewitness to the event you
might want to write this down if you are
not an eyewitness in the Bible you are a
false witness
if you are not an eyewitness to what
happened you are a false witness how
many things have you repeated about
other people where you were not an
eyewitness by Bible standards that’s a
false witness you don’t get to go to
court and say what Aunt Mary said about
Uncle nid and said this and that they
want an eyewitness to the fact look at
what the Bible says about your words
Matthew 12:36 for by your words you
shall be
justified and by your words you shall be
condemned every Idol word that men speak
shall be judged and they shall give
account on the day of judgment think
about that there’s no no middle ground
either
Justified or
condemned God hates lying all sin began
with
lying go with me to the Garden of Eden
Adam and Eve were told not to eat the
forbidden fruit or they would surely die
Satan the father of Lies slipped into
the garden and said eve eat that fruit
you will be like God you will be just as
smart as God she ate it and sin was
released on the earth sin that birthed
every disease every death every divorce
every war that has happened from the
Genesis until this day was released that
day because it gave Satan a license to
operate on planet Earth every death
every divorce every war that has covered
the Earth with dead and dying came out
of that first lie Jeremiah said their
tongue is a deadly Arrow David said they
sharpen their tongues like swords and
they aimed their words like deadly
arrows the question is how can I reverse
the PO poison and pain of a lying
tongue how many of you have ever been
lied
about most of you the Bible says bless
and curse
not bless and curse
not what does that mean Proverbs 26 and2
as a swallow darts in flying so a curse
or a lie without cause shall not
land have you ever seen a swallow a a a
swallow fly they don’t fly in a straight
line they fly like
this the point is when you bless those
who curse you the blessing of God covers
you with a Divine Shield of protection
and you become a Teflon Christian the
curse the LIE the slander will not stick
the Bible says like a daring swallow the
curse is returned to the sinder and the
pain and poison of that lie goes to the
sinder who sent it you overcome the
Bible says you overcome evil with good
and that’s exactly how you do it you are
not a helpless victim you can reverse
the curse you can reverse the lie with
blessing and watch God go to war on your
behalf this is a principle I have
practiced this all of my adult life if
you will use it God will take your
enemies out because you have reverse the
curse with the power of God’s
blessing consider the ways we lie let’s
talk about slander lying about another’s
conduct or
character the Scorpion carries its
poison in the tail the slanderer carries
the poison in their Tong
and sometimes it sits in church with a
Bible in the lap the man or the woman
who runs their mouth in slander will
walk in the fire with prostitutes and
murderers the man who Slanders will live
life for eternity with the Hitlers and
the hmons of Life how do we
lie we lie through flattery in the Bible
flattery is saying things to a person’s
face you would never say behind their
back flattery is a form of manipulation
and manipulation is a manifestation of
Witchcraft flattery does not uh come
from the person because they love you
flattery is coming to you because
they’re trying to control
you Proverbs 2019 do not associate with
one who flatters with his lips you want
to write that verse down Proverbs 2019
do not associate with one who flatters
you with his lips end of quote
run because they’re trying to control
you most of our unhappiness in life in
marriage in business is caused by Lies
We believe about ourselves nothing is so
easy as to deceive oneself consider this
lie I must be perfect do you believe
that some of you do you would be called
a superachiever you have unrealistically
high standards that super man could not
beat the typ a hard charging Superman
leaps over buildings with a single bound
yet he hangs on to those those high
standards as if they’re objects of
worship perfectionist generally are
saturated with insecurity pushing
themselves into exhaustion and
depression trying to gain approval
living with a superachiever and a
perfectionist husband or wife is Hell on
Earth is this you you’re in a no wind
rut and here’s why if you reach your
goal you’ll say that’s no big deal this
really wasn’t anything I should have
done this
sooner listen and get this there’s a
difference between being the best and
doing the best you can do anything you
can want
to but you can’t do
everything the message is do your best
and then forget it stop comp preparing
yourselves among yourselves you are the
children of God you’re not loved because
you’re Mega something you’re loved
because you’re a child of God not
because of what you do but because of
who you are you’re the child of
God sometimes we get so caught up in the
busyness of the daytoday that we forget
to do the simple things in life such as
exchanging a friendly greeting with our
neighbors it is time to be God’s love in
action like the Good Samaritan we are
called to love our neighbors as
ourselves does your life reflect his
truth we are called to be Salt and Light
our actions and Lifestyles need to
reflect the light of Jesus to those
around us we are a living testimony of
God’s goodness if we are not shining
God’s love on those around us then who
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bread now listen to this 10 commandment
you shall not covet what is coveting
coveting is to lust or crave for with a
passion something that belongs to
another person two fishermen had a
craving desire to go ice fishing they
took their power drill and they were
drilling through the ice when they heard
a voice say there are no fish under this
ice and they looked up and said is that
you God and the voice said no I’m the
owner of this ice skating
rink the first nine Commandments forbid
specific action the last commandment
forbids a state of mind it demands that
you control your thought life look at
the 10 commandments thy neighbors thy
neighbors thy neighbors his his his this
is a Sevenfold Covenant guarding the
interest of other people it simply says
Don’t touch don’t even let it cross your
mind it’s off
limits how many of you have a little age
and you remember the television
commercial with Shaq O’Neal he’s
72310 NBA basketball player how many of
you know who he
is he’s the Blockbuster center for the
Los Angeles Lakers he walks onto a
playground he’s hot he’s sweaty he’s
looking into a heist chest for a cold
Pepsi there is none there he turns to a
little boy on the playground who sitting
there drinking of Pepsi and he reaches
out in his hand to get it and that
little boy looks up at him and said
don’t even think about
it that’s what God is saying in this
commandment don’t you even think about
touching what belongs to your neighbor
not his wife not his employee not his
cattle not his house not his car not his
Rolex not his Arnold Palmer golf clubs
and not his Mercedes you can’t have any
of those things because they belong to
him covetousness is the root of all sin
Satan’s Doctrine is to get all you can
and can all you get say Christ’s
Doctrine is give and it shall be given
unto you pressed down shaken together
and running over God shall cause men to
give to your bosom John de Rockefeller
the one who started all of the wealth
was asked when he was making a million
dollars and believe me this was before
income tax he was making a million
dollars a day and he was asked by the
Press how much does it take to s satisfy
a millionaire he said just a little bit
more just a little bit more covetousness
destroys the bloom and the beauty of
Life covetousness replaces love with
hatred and suspicion covetousness
devours Joy it consumes peace
covetousness consumes kindness and it
produces cruelty covetousness destroys
goodness covetousness destroys
faithfulness it destroys meekness and it
brings arrogance listen to the warning
of Jesus Christ the great physician
about this cancer of the soul in Luke
12:15 and he said unto them take heed
and beware of covetousness for a man’s
life does not consist in the abundance
of things which he
possesses some of you need to put that
on your
refrigerator Luke
12:15 listen to Paul’s warnings about
covetousness 1 Corinthians 6:9 and10
know ye not that the unrighteous shall
not inherit the kingdom of God now Paul
in his similar way of
writing he makes the principle and then
says who’s not going to go or who’s not
going to accomplish this so Paul says
know ye not that the unrighteousness
unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of God be not deceived neither
fornicators of adulterers eminent
thieves or the Covetous will inherit the
kingdom of God Ephesians 5:5 for this we
know that no whinger no Covetous man who
is an idolator will have any inheritance
in the kingdom of God we hear three
things coming out of Paul’s mouth one a
Covetous person is classified with the
sorest people on
Earth absolute worst a Covetous person
too a Covetous person will never see the
Gates of Heaven three a Covetous man or
woman is an idolatry why because you
worship materialism you worship things
Paul said life does not consist in the
abundance of things say that with me
life does not consist in the abundance
of things St Paul had his things right
Paul puts his pen to paper and said
forgetting those things which are past
Paul writes whosoever whatsoever things
are true whatsoever things are honest
whatsoever things are just lovely of
good report think on these things why
because someday when you die the only
thing that you have is going to be in
the Box
you covetousness will kill you
emotionally spiritually and physically
I want to give you this story in
closing and I want you to ask yourself
is this
me because
this story and sermon is going to save
some of you your future
sity Leo told sto’s award-winning Story
how much land does a man
need it’s the mirror of
covetousness The Story begins when a
peasant named Thomas learned of a rich
and fertile land that could be obtained
for a pittance from a far off nomadic
people called the basers so Thomas
traveled to this distant land eager to
become rich he arrived and found the
land that was rich Beyond his
dreams the soil was deep it was rich it
was black and fertile it was covered
with tall green grass for cattle there
were plenty of beautiful lakes there
were Meadows there was large flood Lush
Forest as far as the eye could
see Thomas asked what is the price of
this land the chief of the basers said
1,000 rubles a day that wasn’t very much
money Thomas said a th000 a day what do
you mean the chief said you can have all
the land that you can run around in one
day for a thousand rubles on one
condition you have to come back to the
same place where where you started on
that same day or lose all of your money
and you get no
property that night Thomas could hardly
sleep tomorrow he was going to run
around thousands of Acres Lakes medows
Forest he was going to be rich rich
rich the next morning at daylight Thomas
gave his money to the chief of the
baskers and he began running every step
he took the ground seemed richer and
more beautiful here was a beautiful
metal Meadow here was a magnificent Lake
here was a lush stand of trees that went
for thousands of feet here were cattle
here was was a gold mine he must have
that also further and further he ran at
noon he found himself further from his
starting point than he intended to be he
turned to run toward his starting point
his legs be to burn his lungs were
burning his chest was pounding like a
blacksmith’s Bellows his heart was
beating like a trip Hammer he was the
sun was setting he ran faster and faster
and faster he could see his starting
point the basers were cheering him on
run run run the riches are yours run a
little faster just as the sun set Thomas
lunged across the fif starting point he
fell forward gasping on the ground and
dropped
dead the chief laughed picked up a spade
and dug a grave long enough to bury
Thomas’s body he buried him in a long
row with other greedy men who had killed
themselves
trying to get just a little bit
more the point of the story is how much
land does a man really
need and in the final analysis 6 feet
from head to heels that was
all my question to some of you in this
room are you running like a madman from
dawn to dark killing yourself trying to
get just a few more
things are you compulsively sacri
sacrificing your marriage your health
your relationship with your children
your relationship with God because the
cancer of covetousness consumes you it
drives you listen to this preacher it
will kill you it will kill you stop
it and enjoy the peace and the happiness
that God
gives
and some of you looking at me saying oh
who else SS like you St
Paul St Paul said the Cure is
godliness with contentment is great
gain think about
it there is a difference
between making a living and making a
life it has been my privilege in life to
know some extremely wealthy
people who lived
miserable tragic
lives because they were always chasing
the
book and I have known people who lived
with modest means who had joy happiness
peace because everybody loved them and
they loved
everybody which one of those you want to
be God wants you to enjoy your
life he’ll meet all of your
needs God will give you the abundance
you need to fulfill Your Divine
assignment live a happy joyous peaceful
life can we stand to our
feet today we have
covered two Commandments Thou shalt not
bear false witness and you shall not
cover
it I have said things let if you’re in
this room I Pastor say I have said
things about other people that I
personally don’t know to be a
fight the point is if you were not on
eyewitness you were a false witness if
that describes you would you slip your
hand up right where you
are thank you how many of you can say I
have coveted something that belongs to
another person a man or a woman’s life
consist not in the abundance of
things would you be honest enough to say
I worship materialism I’m running myself
to death like that
peasant trying to get just just a little
bit
more if that describes you slip your
hand up right where you
are God bless you this sermon could save
your life it could save your marriage
and it could save your
soul pray this prayer with me Heavenly
Father heavenly father I approach the
throne I approach the throne in Jesus
name in Jesus name and I ask you to
forgive me and I ask ask you to forgive
me for every time I’ve ever been a false
witness for every time I’ve ever been a
false witness and I ask you to forgive
me and I ask you to forgive for being a
slave being slave to get more
things that the quality of my
life be divinely blessed by Your
Presence by Your Peace by your love and
your
joy in the authority of Jesus name I
receive that now receive
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and putting the devil on notice that you
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