Title: Speak the truth / Ephesians 4:23-25
Speak the truth / Ephesians 4:23-25
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be renewed only in the heart, 24. God
put on the new man, which was created in righteousness and holiness of truth
Come on, 25. Wherefore, putting away falsehood, each one with his neighbor
Speak the truth, for we are members of one another.”
- Amen.
The special difference between man and beast is that he speaks.
As precious as words are, God judges our words.
Matthew 12:36 '...Anything that a man speaks of nothing will be judged
on that day will be judged.”
If you lie and embarrass your neighbors, you will be punished.
Psalm 5:6 “He will destroy the liars...”
Proverbs 21:6 “Gathering wealth with deceitful words is to seek death.
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Verse 25 ‘the truth’ in the Greek, ale deia (ajlhvqeia) means truth and truth.
Lee (Jesus, John 14:6). We shared the sermon on the topic of <Speak the truth>.
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1. You must admit that you are usually a good liar.
He originally created man honestly, but when he committed original sin, he was influenced by the snake.
After receiving it, I was good at lying.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 ‘.. God made man upright, but man
They have devised many schemes.” Judaism at the time said that he was fluent in the Bible.
don't tell them
23:27 ‘… like whitewashed tombs, outwardly beautiful,
It is full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.'
John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil...
Because it is not in ...'
About a couple of lies that people tell in everyday life
1) Saying you are innocent and boasting about yourself
When you say that you believe in Jesus and your sins are forgiven, the forgiveness of original sins and the eternal
It means that the atonement has been granted. But until you go to heaven
Believe it or not, you commit a moral, social, and volitional sin. Therefore
Therefore, the life of repentance must continue.
The Salvation Sect (Ock Soo Park) teaches that there is no sin, but that is a lie.
C. 1 John 1:8 ‘If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and
The truth will not be in us.”
2) Just saying that you love your brother
These days, good words such as serving brothers and the local community, etc.
The strings are rich, but if you are actually in agape love, that is.
It is not.
1 John 3:15-18 ‘15. ... .he laid down his life for us
By this we know love, and we also for the sake of our brothers
We deserve to lay down our lives.. We love only with word and tongue
Do not do it, but in deed and truth.”
With words, not even the slightest bit of help, let alone life.
All the sayings that it is a love community or serving are all lies.
2. We must first become spiritually new
Text Ephesians 4:23 “renewed in the spirit only” The reward of the soul
The womb does not change qualitatively, and the more you fill the world, the more sinful
will be offended. Man must first change his soul
But this eventful change can only be done by God.
Because God created the soul and is the Lord of the soul.
because of.
Mark 10:27 ‘… with men it is impossible, but with God it is
All things are possible with God.”
I travel to the capital city to find my self quite philosophically.
However, in the end, his inner self does not change and returns to the same place.
Because of this, I give up trying to change myself and only trust the Lord.
You have to try hard to meet them.
2 Timothy 3:7 “Always learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
‘Nira’
In the case of Nicodemus, a Jewish ruler, he came to Jesus himself.
I got to have a conversation. In the words of that time,
John 3:3 ‘Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
'Nara'
Nicodemus later saw (John 19:39) eventually believing and following Jesus.
You will see that you have become a person. Meeting the Lord is a blessing.
It is a blessing to receive a great turning point in your life.
Paul was a Jewish lawyer who persecuted Jesuits on the road.
When I met the Lord, I was changed in an instant. meeting the Lord
The way is the Bible and the church, a minister of the word, and a way to serve God rightly.
It's about meeting people.
3. The power to change is the word of truth
It is said that the history that sanctifies is the truth.
Ephesians 4:24, “created according to God in righteousness and holiness of truth.
Put on the new man in which you have been planted.”
John 17:17 “Sanctify us in the truth, your word.
is truth.”
1 Peter 1:23 “You have been born again… by the word”
The world is under the control of the devil, so they lie every day.
There is no existential reason why honest things are so hard to find in the world.
Because they live by the false spirit of their ears.
Why we must tell the truth
Ephesians 4:25 “Speak the truth, for we are members of one another.
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If brothers give and receive lies, they are no longer brothers.
It is said in Romans 12:9 that if you truly love, you will not lie.
I am saying
God asks sinners to donate large sums of money or
Honesty with an honest spirit rather than a confession of faith expressed in words
In one word, always always confess your sins to the Lord,
Always speaking the truth and being careful not to lie
is. Then I hope you believe that blessings will follow you.