We are going to try to present the passages for the upcoming Sunday sermon on the blog for discussion before and after.
This Sunday is the second Sunday of the God’s Wish List series. Because we love God we want to love the things that God loves. Just like I love my wife so I want to learn what she loves and then give that to her. I want to give to God what God loves too.
These passages today don’t tell us what God loves but tell us what God hates - a false tongue. So, God’s wish list - the truth - honesty.
Read the passages and then interact - Why do you think God’s hates lies? Why do we lie? When do you lie? When is telling the truth hard? What is the gray area when saying something that isn’t true may indeed be the right thing to do?
Proverbs 6:16 - 19: There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil, a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.
Zechariah 8:16 “These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; do not plot evil against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this, ” declares the Lord.