BREATH OF LIFE
MINISTRIES PRESENTS
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B526 "Thou Shalt
Not Bear False Witness"
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[Music] BREATH
OF LIFE THEME MUSIC
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PB: Remember, the
first four love letters
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deal with our love
for God, the final six
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deal with our
love for one another,
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and we want to
love like God wants
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us to love. So Exodus 20:12,
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if You have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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Aud: Amen.   PB: All
right, the Word says,
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“Honor thy father
and thy” what, everybody?
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Aud: Mother.  PB: “Honor
thy father and thy” what?
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Aud: Mother.  PB:
“That thy days may be” what?
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Aud: Long.  PB:
“Long upon the land which
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the Lord thy God”
what?  Aud: Giveth thee.
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PB: Then the Word
says, “Thou shalt not” what?
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Aud: Kill.  PB: Then,
“Thou shalt not commit” what?
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Aud: Adultery.  PB:
“Thou shalt not steal,”
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and then tonight,
commandment number nine,
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“Thou shalt now bear
false” what?  Aud: Witness.
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PB: Come on, “Thou shalt
not bear false” what, everybody?
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Aud: Witness.  PB: “Against
thy” what?  Aud: Neighbor.
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PB: In other words,
turn to your neighbor,
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and say,
“Neighbor.”  Aud: Neighbor.
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PB: Thou shalt not
lie. [laughs] Amen.
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Let's pray. God,
we thank you tonight
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for bringing us
again where we can
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praise your name
through word study,
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word preaching,
through song and through
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fellowship. Now
as we engage in the
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study of
commandment number nine,
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“Thou shalt not
bear false witness,”
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we pray your power
and your Holy Spirit
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to be in this place,
to tabernacle with us.
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And when we leave
here we'll be able
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to say it was good to
have been here tonight.
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It's in Jesus' name we pray.
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Let all those who
love him say Amen.
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Aud: Amen.  PB:
And Amen. You may be
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seated in the presence of God.
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Commandment number nine,
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“Thou shalt not
bear false witness.”
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A pastor was in his church one
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Sabbath morning, and he said to
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his congregation, “Next week I
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plan to preach
about the sin of lying.
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In preparation for this message,
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I'm asking all of
you to read Hebrews
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chapter 14 for next Sabbath.
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In affirmation after he declared
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this to the church,
the church members said,
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“Amen.” They're going to do it.
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They would read
Hebrews 14 in preparation
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for the next week's
sermon. The following Sabbath,
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the pastor stood up
before his congregation
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to preach, and he
said, “How many of
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you took the time to
read Hebrews chapter 14
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this past week?” When
he asked that question,
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every hand in
the church went up.
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“Yes, we read
Hebrews chapter 14.”
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The preacher
then smiled and said,
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“That's very good, but
Hebrews only has 13 chapters.
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I will now proceed with my
message on the sin of lying.”
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:
Tonight, Thou shalt not lie.
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“Thou shalt not bear
false witness.” How many of
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us have seen people's
characters assassinated?
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Reputations slandered.
People's names defamed,
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defaced and devalued,
all based on someone who
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makes up some bogus
charges against the person.
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People talking about
other folk, and they have
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no idea what they're
talking about. Or people
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talking about other
people, and they know that
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what they're saying
is not true, but they say
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it to cause intentional
harm, intentional injury
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and hurts. How many
times has this happened?
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That somebody's dream
in life has become nothing
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but a nightmare
because of what somebody
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else said about
them?  Tonight let me give
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you some good
news, though. A lie,
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as I've learned in my
life, a lie cannot live.
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Words may lie, but
actions will always
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tell the truth. Do
I have a witness in
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this place? But
lying seems to be a way
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of life for people
today. We lie at the
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drop of a hat. In
a survey in a book,
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the book was called
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“The Day
America Told the Truth.”
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It said that 91%
of the people surveyed
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lie routinely
about matters that they
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consider trivial; 36% like about
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important matters;
86% regularly lie to
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parents; 75% lie
to their friends;
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73% lie to their
siblings, their brothers
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and their sisters; and
69% lie to their spouses.
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People lie, lie, and still lie.
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When I was a
kid, we used to say,
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“Liar, liar, pants
on fire.” We lie, lie,
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and still lie.
Now, don't you sit there
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and act like you don't
know what I'm talking about.
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Let me call the
roll tonight. How many
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times have you
said or heard somebody
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say the following:
“The check is in the mail.”
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And it wasn't.
You all ought to hear
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what I'm saying
tonight. How many times
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have you heard somebody say,
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“I'll start my diet tomorrow,”
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and you don't. Or better yet,
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“Give me your
number, and the doctor
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will call you
right back,” and he won'.
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You go into a store, money is
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“cheerfully
refunded,” and it's not.
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“This offer is
limited to the first
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100 people who
call in,” and it's not.
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Or better yet,
“one size fits all,”
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and it doesn't.
[Laughs] “Your luggage
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isn't lost”--that's
what Delta has told
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me on many
occasions. “Your luggage isn't
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lost, it's just been misplaced.”
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“Leave your
resume on file with us,
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and we will keep
it and call you when
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we have an
opening,” and they won't.
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Or better yet,
when my dad was giving
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me a whipping,
“This hurts me more
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than it hurts
you.” No, it doesn't!
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Aud reaction/laughter.
  People tell me today,
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they don't mean any
harm, but just lying,
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Pastor, I need five
minutes of your time.
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But they really
want an hour. You go to
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a restaurant,
“Your table will be ready
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in a few minutes,” and it won't.
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Or better yet, my
final one for tonight,
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I go to the
dentist office: “Open wide,
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it won't hurt a
bit.” Yes, it will.
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Are you hearing
what I'm saying? We lie,
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we lie, and we still lie.
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
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But in this
commandment, love letter #9,
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it has been given to us,
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“Thou shalt not
bear false witness.”
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Thou shall not
lie. Other translations.
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You must not lie. No
lies about your neighbor.
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It is a word of
prohibition that comes
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to every
believer, to be very careful
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how we use our
tongues. Lying lips are
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an abomination
to the Lord, and an
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unconsecrated
tongue is like a torch
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fire in barren forests.
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But there are some
people who are here
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tonight who sit
here, some people who
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are watching, and
you can identify with
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this because
you've been a victim of
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unconsecrated
tongues that have said
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things about you.
They've said things
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about you, and
excuse my English and my
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Southern slang,
and you know it ain't
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been the truth. Do I
have a witness in this place?
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But let me tell
you something tonight,
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some advice to
everybody. Don't be so
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quick to believe
everything you read,
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everything you hear,
or everything you see.
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I say it all the
time: everything on the
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Internet is not
true. Everything you read
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on Facebook is not
true. Everything somebody
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tells you may not be
the way it actually was.
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There are not two
sides, but three sides to
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every story: yours,
mine, and the truth.
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Are you hearing
what I'm saying? You'd
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better consider your
source, because every
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source is not reliable.
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When somebody
comes running telling you
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something, you
better consider where you're
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getting it from.
Because anybody who brings
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foolishness to you,
you better be on guard.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying? Because if
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they bring that
stuff to you, you better
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know they will take
you to somebody else.
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We lie, lie, and lie.
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
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That's why I even
say with me, even with
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what I preach, check it
out against the Word of God.
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If it ain't in the
Word, it doesn't deserve
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to be heard. Let the
Bible speak for itself.
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Too many folk in
personal and in social,
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educational, vocational,
and spiritual circles
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are following behind
what other people say.
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But you better follow
what thus saith the Lord.
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You better
leave tradition alone,
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you better leave
what's popular alone,
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you better leave what
other folk are doing alone.
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If you follow
Jesus Christ, if you call
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yourself a
Christian, you better follow
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what thus saith
the Lord. He said,
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“If you love me,
keep my” what, everybody?
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Aud: Commandments.  
PB: “Thou shall have no
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other gods before me.
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Thou shall not
make unto me any graven”
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what, everybody?
“Thou shall not take the
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name of the Lord thy
God in” what, everybody?
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“Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it” what?
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Aud: Holy.   PB:
“Thou shalt not kill.
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Thou shall not commit” what?
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“Thou shalt not
steal,” and tonight,
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“Thou shalt not
bear false witness.”
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When God gave this commandment,
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he gave it for
the purpose to put
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some restrictions
in life on our tongues.
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Because blessed
communication can become
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cursed
communication. Honesty can
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become dishonesty.
Truth can become lies.
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This
commandment, this love letter,
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was given to
combat what one could do
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to another by merely
releasing information
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without having all the
facts. This commandment,
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this love letter,
serves to keep people from
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slandering the
life of another person.
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But I wonder how many
people, in just casual
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conversation, nothing
maligning, nothing malicious,
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they get caught up in
some office-place conversation,
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some harmless church
gossip, just sitting around,
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talking about
somebody else. And the more
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they talk, the juicier
it got. The more they talk,
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the more embellishing
went with the story.
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And the person
speaking about the person
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talked with authority
as if they knew the person,
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only to discover
that all they had been
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saying was a bold-faced lie.
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This has happened to me.
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I remember pastoring
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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And back then I was young, well,
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I won't say I was
young, I was younger,
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because I'm still
young. Come on, say Amen.
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[Aud. reaction]  I
was young-ger. Vibrant.
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Full of energy.
Full of enthusiasm.
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If you think I've
got enthusiasm now,
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you should have
seen me 20 years ago.
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Come on, say Amen.
And I had to tell my
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church family on
one Sabbath morning that
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I was being
relocated and reassigned
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from Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
to Nashville, Tennessee.
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The congregation was
sad to hear that my wife
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and I would be
leaving; we had just
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been married a year;
my wife was expecting
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our first child;
they just knew that was
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going to be the church baby.
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And they were
sad we were leaving.
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Well, that Saturday
night after I had that
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Sabbath morning announced
that we'd be transferred,
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our church had
a basketball team.
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And we had a basketball
team, and we had a game
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to play in Birmingham,
Alabama. It was a good
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thing that we went to
play, because the church
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that plays together
also stays together.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying? And so we went,
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and it took the minds
off the fact that soon we
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would be relocating.
And so, because I could
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play a little bit back
then. I don't hear any Amens.
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Aud.: [Laughter]  
PB: Because I could play a
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little bit back then.
Don't hate, I could play a
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little bit back
then.   [Aud. reaction]
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PB: I was better I
shape back then. Come on,
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say Amen. I was on the
court playing, and my wife,
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Danielle, was in the
bleachers in the stands.
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Well, Danielle was
sitting near some of our
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friends in the stands in
Birmingham, just talking,
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laughing, having a good
time. And so in the course
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of conversation there
was this other gentleman
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who was sitting
next to my wife and the
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group of friends,
and he just eased his way
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into the
conversation. And he said,
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“You all see
Pastor Byrd down there
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playing
basketball on the court?”
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They said, “Well, yes.” He said,
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“Well, you know what? He's mad.
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He's angry.”
Now, they're trying to
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associate, how
was he mad and angry,
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he's on the court,
not getting a technical
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foul or
anything. How was he angry?
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Well, he's mad.
He goes on to say,
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“Well, you see, Pastor
Byrd and I, we're boys.
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And he told me
that he's mad at the
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administrators who
are moving him from
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
to Nashville, Tennessee,
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and he just might
quit the ministry.”
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[Aud. reaction]   PB:
Now, my wife is sitting there,
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listening to all of this.
And she just says to herself,
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who is this man?
The man keeps talking.
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He keeps bumping
those gums. I wish I
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had a witness in
this place. So then
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one of our friends, who
couldn't contain himself,
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he knows that this
man doesn't know what
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he's talking
about, he says to the man,
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are you sure Pastor Byrd is mad?
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Are you sure he
doesn't want to relocate?
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The man says,
“Oh, yes, he told me.
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I know he's mad.
We're boys. Just ask him.”
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So my friend says,
“Well, why don't we
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just ask his wife, who's
sitting right here next to me.”
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[Aud. reaction]  
PB: My wife looks at
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this gentleman
with this hilarious look
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on her face,
and the friend says,
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“Is it true that
your husband is mad?”
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My wife said, “Nooo.”
The man's face turns red.
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He gets his
nachos and his cheese.
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He disappears with the ___ness,
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and since that day I've
never seen that man again.
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[Aud. reaction] 
 PB: But we have a
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propensity to lie.
People will say things
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about you, not
knowing anything about the
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person they're
talking about. People will
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spread stuff about
you, what you like,
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what you don't like,
who you are, who you aren't,
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what you're going
to do, what you're
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not going to do,
and they've never seen
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or met you. If you
walked into a room,
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they wouldn't know who you were.
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But we lie in all
directions. We lie
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to ourselves. We lie on others.
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We lie to
others. We to ourselves,
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but not only to
ourselves, we lie
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about ourselves. 
 What do you mean,
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we lie about
ourselves? Cosmetics
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help us lie about
ourselves. [Aud. reaction]
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PB: There was a little
thread going on Facebook,
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and the little
thread on Facebook said,
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“If you're going
to get married to her,
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make sure you see her as she is,
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not in a picture
that she provides.”
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Because makeup,
extended hair--oh,
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it's quiet now. Extended nails,
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extended eyelashes and the rest
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make us lie about ourselves.
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Come on, perfume, deodorant.
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They help us lie
about ourselves too.
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But given their purpose, maybe
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they're better than the truth.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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Clothing also helps
us lie about ourselves.
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Some of us may be
robbing Peter to pay Paul,
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we don't have a
dollar to our name,
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but when we step
out of our homes,
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we look good.
Gucci, Prada, Hugo Boss,
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Polo, Ralph
Lauren, St. John's, but on
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the inside we know
we're just as broke,
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running to Taco
Bell, getting hot sauce
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packets for our
nachos that are waiting
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for us at our
homes. We lie to ourselves,
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we lie to others, and
we lie about ourselves.
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But not only
that, we lie to God.
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Now, that's
crazy, because he whom
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the scriptures
say that all secrets
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have been revealed,
but we even lie to God.
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You don't believe me?
If we were to read Acts,
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chapter five, we
read about a couple by
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the name of
Ananias and Sapphira.
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The church is in
a building project,
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and they need
some extra funds to pay
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off some buildings and
build some new buildings.
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The people are in
a building campaign,
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and they were to
make a commitment of
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what they were going
to give the campaign.
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Nobody was under
pressure or duress
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relative to what
they were going to give.
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They could give
whatever they wanted to give.
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Nobody was
going to call them up,
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nobody was going
to twist their arm,
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nobody was
going to put a gun or,
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in this case, a
bow and arrow to their
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head and make them
give. You just give
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whatever you want to give, pray
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about it and
give.  But there are two
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church members
there. They're married.
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Ananias and
Sapphira. And a part of their
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commitment was
going to be from their
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property they
were going to sell.
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So they went out,
the Bible teaches,
00:17:55.47\00:17:58.07
and they cut a
deal on this property.
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But they sell a part of it.
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And they sold
it, let's say for the
00:18:03.68\00:18:05.58
sake of this
illustration, for $25,000.
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Everybody say
twenty-five thousand.
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Aud: Twenty-five thousand
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PB: So Ananias
comes to the church
00:18:10.85\00:18:12.79
and says, “We're so excited.
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God is so good. Hallelujah!
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Our family is
going to commit to the
00:18:18.96\00:18:21.06
Lord $10,000. We
sold that property
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for $10,000, and
we're going to give
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the church all of the money.”
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The Bible says
that immediately he
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dropped dead.
Comic relief has made
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some preachers comment that
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God allowed Ananias to
give the $10,000 first,
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and then he fell
dead. Are you hearing
00:18:38.95\00:18:40.82
what I'm saying?
  [Aud. reaction]
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PB: But he drops
dead, and then they
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bury him out, take
him and go bury him.
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But then the Bible
says his wife, Sapphira,
00:18:46.99\00:18:51.13
unbeknownst to
her that her husband
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just fell dead,
she comes in and she
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too is excited. I
don't know if Ananias
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had the time to tell you or not,
00:19:00.47\00:19:02.80
but we've sold our
property, we've sold
00:19:02.84\00:19:05.94
our property for
$10,000, and we're going
00:19:05.97\00:19:07.88
to give all of it,
all $10,000, to the
00:19:07.91\00:19:09.91
church building
project. And after the
00:19:09.94\00:19:13.62
resources are in,
the Holy Spirit comes
00:19:13.65\00:19:17.15
in like a grim
reaper, and he takes her life,
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and they drag her
out too. Pastor Peter
00:19:21.59\00:19:25.96
and Pastor
Barnabas stand up and say,
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nobody told them
to lie about what they
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were going to
give. They could have
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given whatever
they wanted to give.
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The problem is
not that they didn't
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give all of it.
The problem is they
00:19:39.91\00:19:41.54
lied about what
they had, and then
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said that what they gave was all
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they made in the
property exchange.
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But they lied, they
didn't tell the truth,
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thou shalt not
bear false witness,
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thou shalt not lie.
People lie to others,
00:19:52.75\00:19:55.52
people lie on
others, people lie to
00:19:55.56\00:19:57.46
themselves, people
lie about themselves,
00:19:57.49\00:19:59.53
and people lie to
God.   Why all this lying?
00:19:59.56\00:20:04.43
Where did all
this lying come from?
00:20:04.47\00:20:07.57
The Bible teaches in John 8:44,
00:20:07.60\00:20:12.51
it's clear that Satan is a liar.
00:20:12.54\00:20:15.01
The Bible is clear that Satan is
00:20:15.04\00:20:17.28
the father of lies. The Bible is
00:20:17.31\00:20:19.91
clear that there
is no truth in him.
00:20:19.95\00:20:22.68
He lied about God. He
said that God was mean,
00:20:22.72\00:20:26.89
that God was
legalistic, that God was stern,
00:20:26.92\00:20:30.19
that God was this and
that. Satan is a liar.
00:20:30.23\00:20:33.73
He said you could curse and take
00:20:33.76\00:20:35.66
God's name in
vain. Satan is a liar.
00:20:35.70\00:20:37.93
He said that
Saturday was not the Sabbath.
00:20:37.97\00:20:40.77
Satan is a
liar. He said that our
00:20:40.80\00:20:43.30
bodies are not
the temples of God.
00:20:43.34\00:20:44.94
Satan is a liar.
He said that we could
00:20:44.97\00:20:47.51
sleep around,
cheat around, lie around,
00:20:47.54\00:20:49.91
but Satan is a
liar. He said that we
00:20:49.94\00:20:52.95
don't have to
return an honest tithe
00:20:52.98\00:20:54.62
to God, but Satan
is a liar. He said
00:20:54.65\00:20:57.55
that it's all
right to talk negatively
00:20:57.59\00:20:59.69
about people, but
Satan is a liar and
00:20:59.72\00:21:02.22
the father of
lies.  [Aud. applause]
00:21:02.26\00:21:04.76
PB: Let me tell
you something tonight.
00:21:04.79\00:21:06.76
Satan does not like you. I said,
00:21:06.80\00:21:10.20
Satan does not like you.
00:21:10.23\00:21:12.23
Satan does not like your mama.
00:21:12.27\00:21:14.24
Satan does not like your daddy.
00:21:14.27\00:21:16.30
Satan does not
like your husband.
00:21:16.34\00:21:18.31
Satan does not like your wife.
00:21:18.34\00:21:20.31
Satan does not like your son.
00:21:20.34\00:21:22.31
Satan does not
like your daughter.
00:21:22.34\00:21:24.25
Satan does not
like your grandchildren,
00:21:24.28\00:21:26.55
and Satan does not
like you. But tonight,
00:21:26.58\00:21:29.62
Satan and I, we
have an agreement.
00:21:29.65\00:21:31.79
We have an agreement tonight.
00:21:31.82\00:21:34.29
I hate him, and he hates me.
00:21:34.32\00:21:37.89
[Aud. reaction] 
PB: But he doesn't
00:21:37.93\00:21:39.53
just hate me, he hates you too.
00:21:39.56\00:21:41.26
Because anybody,
listen to me good,
00:21:41.30\00:21:43.26
who is trying
to do what's right,
00:21:43.30\00:21:45.40
anybody who
loves God, anybody who
00:21:45.43\00:21:49.07
is trying to do what God says,
00:21:49.10\00:21:50.94
is high on the
devil's priority list.
00:21:50.97\00:21:54.31
I know this
firsthand, because the
00:21:54.34\00:21:56.58
higher the level,
the higher the devil.
00:21:56.61\00:21:58.35
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:21:58.38\00:22:00.22
If you know Jesus
20 years, 20 months,
00:22:00.25\00:22:02.85
20 weeks, 20
days, or 20 minutes,
00:22:02.88\00:22:06.76
you know the
devil has picked you out
00:22:06.79\00:22:09.29
to pick on you.
But you know what?
00:22:09.32\00:22:11.19
It's a good thing,
because if the devil
00:22:11.23\00:22:13.23
didn't mess with
you, you and the devil
00:22:13.26\00:22:14.76
are probably running
in the same direction.
00:22:14.83\00:22:17.17
[Aud. reaction] 
PB: The Bible says
00:22:17.20\00:22:19.30
Satan is as a lion.
He's as a what, everybody?
00:22:19.33\00:22:21.50
Aud.: Lion  PB:
But not just any lion.
00:22:21.54\00:22:23.10
A roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour.
00:22:23.14\00:22:25.94
But I'm so
grateful for the counsel of
00:22:25.97\00:22:27.51
I Peter 5:8, to
“be sober, be vigilant,
00:22:27.54\00:22:31.95
because your
adversary, the devil is as
00:22:31.98\00:22:34.75
a roaring lion, walking about,
00:22:34.78\00:22:36.52
seeking whom he may devour.”
00:22:36.55\00:22:38.42
Now, to devour is
not just to scratch you.
00:22:38.45\00:22:43.19
To devour is not
just to bite you.
00:22:43.22\00:22:48.13
To devour is to
destroy you. [Aud. reaction]
00:22:48.16\00:22:52.47
PB: If you
understand anything about the
00:22:52.50\00:22:54.74
animal world, you
will understand something
00:22:54.77\00:22:57.17
about lions. Lions
stalk. Lions do what, everybody?
00:22:57.21\00:23:01.34
Aud. Stalk.  PB:
And you must understand
00:23:01.38\00:23:02.84
that whenever you
experience a certain
00:23:02.88\00:23:04.75
level of spiritual
elevation in your life,
00:23:04.78\00:23:06.61
you're high on the
devil's food chain.
00:23:06.65\00:23:09.62
So Peter says, “Be
sober, be vigilant.”
00:23:09.65\00:23:13.66
You have to make sure
that your mind is together,
00:23:13.69\00:23:17.19
that you don't have
any satanic influence
00:23:17.23\00:23:19.29
guiding your purpose
or ordering your steps.
00:23:19.33\00:23:21.56
But you've got to
be a person who walks
00:23:21.60\00:23:23.57
in the spirit of
God. That's why the steps
00:23:23.60\00:23:26.57
of a good man are
ordered by the Lord.
00:23:26.60\00:23:28.37
You have to be a
person who knows how
00:23:28.40\00:23:31.01
to hear from God,
not hear from Satan.
00:23:31.04\00:23:32.67
That's why when
people come up you,
00:23:32.71\00:23:34.28
you've got to
choose who you're going
00:23:34.31\00:23:36.21
to listen to.  [Aud. reaction]
00:23:36.24\00:23:38.08
PB: Because if
you're not careful,
00:23:38.11\00:23:39.48
the devil is
cunning, he's clever,
00:23:39.51\00:23:41.38
he's sly, he's
subtle. The devil will
00:23:41.42\00:23:43.59
get you caught up in something,
00:23:43.62\00:23:45.09
and before you
know it, you can't
00:23:45.12\00:23:46.55
figure out what
happened. Do I have a
00:23:46.59\00:23:48.22
witness in this
place? Let me tell you
00:23:48.26\00:23:50.13
something, the devil is a liar.
00:23:50.16\00:23:51.26
The devil is a what, everybody?
00:23:51.29\00:23:52.39
Aud.: Liar.  PB:
I said, the devil
00:23:52.43\00:23:53.53
is a liar. The devil
is a what, everybody?
00:23:53.56\00:23:55.56
Aud.: Liar.  PB: You
all don't believe me,
00:23:55.60\00:23:56.97
that the devil is a deceiver.
00:23:57.00\00:23:57.87
The devil knows the
Bible better than you.
00:23:57.90\00:23:59.73
The devil can quote
scripture better than you.
00:23:59.77\00:24:02.60
The devil can
preach better than you.
00:24:02.64\00:24:04.77
The devil can
teach better than you.
00:24:04.81\00:24:06.98
The devil can
sing better than you.
00:24:07.01\00:24:08.98
Do I have a
witness in this place?
00:24:09.01\00:24:10.91
The devil is looking
for somebody, in fact,
00:24:10.95\00:24:13.52
he's looking for
anybody that he can take out.
00:24:13.55\00:24:16.38
If the devil can
keep me from being the
00:24:16.42\00:24:18.85
preacher of God that
God has called me to be,
00:24:18.89\00:24:20.99
then that's that
many more people who will
00:24:21.02\00:24:23.63
not hear the word
of God. If the devil
00:24:23.66\00:24:24.83
can keep me with an
excuse of why I ought
00:24:24.86\00:24:27.00
not teach God's
word, that's more people
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who will not be
instructed in God's word.
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If the devil can
keep you from serving
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in ministry, then
that's more people who
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will not be edified
in the body of Christ.
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If the devil can keep
you from being a witness
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in the world, then
that's more people who
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will not be in
the kingdom of God.
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If the devil can
keep you from revival
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:
then you won't get his word.
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But in the name
of Jesus, through the
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intercession of the Holy Ghost,
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I'm here to tear
Satan's kingdom down.
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The devil is a
liar, all he wants to do
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is steal, kill, and
destroy, and he does
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it through deception.
Everybody say deception.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:
He wants to deceive you.
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He wants to trick you.
He wants to lie to you.
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The devil is a
liar. No deep theological
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thought about it,
he's a liar. From the
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dawn of earth's
history to the present
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day in Earth's
history, Satan has been a liar.
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The Bible says in Genesis 1:1,
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“In the
beginning, God created the
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heavens and
the” what, everybody?
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Aud.: Earth.  PB:
We don't know when
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that beginning
was, but we know God
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created this
Earth, are you hearing
00:25:36.30\00:25:38.07
what I'm saying?
But in Heaven Satan
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wanted to be as
God. The Bible teaches
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in Isaiah,
chapter 14, that he wanted
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to be as the most high God.
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And because there
can't be two cooks
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in the kitchen, it
was either going to
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be God or it was
going to be Satan.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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There was war
in Heaven according
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to Revelation 12.
Jesus fought against Satan.
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Jesus' angels fought
against Satan's angels.
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And Jesus whipped
Satan! Are you hearing
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what I'm
saying?  [Aud. reaction]
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PB: Let that be a
lesson for us tonight.
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I dare you to put
Jesus up against the devil.
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He will win every
time. The Bible says a
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third of the angels
were cast out of heaven
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into this Earth, and
Satan's job has been to deceive.
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[Aud. reaction] 
PB: So he began his
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deceptive activity in
Genesis 3. Adam and Eve:
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if you eat, you won't
die. But what happened?
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They ate and they
what? Died. Satan was
00:26:32.59\00:26:36.56
successful in
deceiving a third of the angels.
00:26:36.59\00:26:39.23
Satan was successful
in deceiving Adam and Eve.
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And then Satan had
the nerve to try to
00:26:42.96\00:26:46.90
deceive my Jesus.
But Satan is no match
00:26:46.94\00:26:50.94
for my Jesus. Satan
can't fight Jesus and win.
00:26:50.97\00:26:55.24
Let me tell you, can I give you
00:26:55.28\00:26:56.75
some good news tonight?
00:26:56.78\00:26:58.25
[Aud. reaction]  PB:
Satan lost in Heaven,
00:26:58.28\00:26:59.68
Satan lost at
Calvary, Satan's going to lose
00:26:59.71\00:27:04.59
at the second
coming, and Satan's going
00:27:04.62\00:27:07.46
to lose in hell
___ fire. Hallelujah,
00:27:07.49\00:27:09.46
somebody. Satan
is no match for God.
00:27:09.49\00:27:13.46
Jesus stood on the word of God.
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Jesus said, “It is
written.” It is what, everybody?
00:27:16.33\00:27:19.23
Aud.: Written.  PB:
And when you stand on
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the word of God,
Satan can try and mess with
00:27:21.04\00:27:22.77
you all he wants.
But when you call on the
00:27:22.80\00:27:24.94
name of Jesus, Satan
has to flee. When you
00:27:24.97\00:27:28.21
call on Jesus,
Satan has to run and hide.
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And that's how we
have to defeat Satan
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and his deception:
through the word of God.
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To the law and to
the testimony; if they
00:27:37.85\00:27:39.19
speak not
according to this word,
00:27:39.22\00:27:40.86
it is because
there is no light in him.
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Sanctify them through thy word;
00:27:43.19\00:27:44.99
thy word is
truth. Thy word is a lamp
00:27:45.03\00:27:47.40
until my feet and
a light unto my path.
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Thy word have I hid in my heart,
00:27:50.20\00:27:52.33
that I might not
sin against thee.
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There are a lot
of folk out there,
00:27:54.44\00:27:56.04
a lot of folk that
think Satan is this
00:27:56.07\00:28:00.54
figure that has
a pitchfork, horns,
00:28:00.58\00:28:06.01
a tail, and a
red suit. But let me
00:28:06.05\00:28:11.09
tell you something tonight,
00:28:11.12\00:28:12.29
friends of mine. Satan is not
00:28:12.32\00:28:14.62
A: Thank you for
joining us for another
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exciting Breath of
Life television broadcast.
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Tune in next week
at the same time as
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Dr. Byrd will
deliver another dynamic
00:28:20.40\00:28:22.93
message from the
Lord just for you.
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Until next time,
may God bless you.
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