1. 10 Commandments #9

2. #9-Don't be a Liar

3. http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=K7Y7ZPNX

4. Exodus 20:16 "You shall not give false testimony against yourneighbor."

5. We all lie for the same reason: To Avoid Pain

6. Pain of consequences

7. Matthew 26:69-75Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said.

8. But he denied it before them all. "I don’t know what you’re talking about," he said.Then he went out to the gateway,

9. where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, "This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth."

10. He denied it again, with an oath: "I don’t know the man!" After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said,

11. "Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away." Then he began to call down curses,

12. and he swore to them, "I don’t know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken:

13. "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

14. Pain of Embarrassment

15. 1 John 1:8-9If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

16. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

17. Psalm 32:3-5When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me;

18. my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity.

19. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." And you forgave the guilt of my sin.

20. Proverbs 28:13Those who conceal their sins do not prosper, but those who confess and renounce them find mercy.

21. Pain of Accountability and Growth

22. James 5:16

23. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.

24. Are you telling the last 10%?