Nothing But the truth• You shall not give false Testimony against

Your Neighbour• Suggests a legal context• Disastrous impact on People• Disregard for God’s character

Eph 4 v25 “Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbour, for we are members one of another.”

Nothing But the truth• Five types of lie – Rick Warren• Convenient - Laziness

• Cowardly - Reputation v Character

• Conceited- Insecurity

• Calculated- Evade responsibility

Cruel – Gossip and Slander

Prov 12 v22 “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,but those who act faithfully are his delight.”

Nothing But the truth• God’s Plan• We are present to God in

Christ and, Christ is present in the world in us.

• Jesus is the way, the truth and the life•  John 8 v31-32. ‘If you hold to my teaching then you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free’  

Nothing But the truth1 John 1 v5 – 2 v8

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Nothing But the truthMy little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

Nothing But the truthBeloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

Nothing But the truth• Being rooted in Christ changes the

way we think and behave.• ‘If some one accused you of being

a Christian would there be enough evidence to convict’.

• James 2 v18 “Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

• But WE are saved by Grace through faith

Nothing But the truth• Take one more step to be more like

Christ• Apostle John is confronting three

lies. And all are about sin.• Some claim Sin does not break

their fellowship with God • Some people claim that they do

not sin • Some people claim that if they

do sin…..

Nothing But the truth• When we sin…… We have an advocate with the Father • Luther’s discovery of Grace• By faith in Jesus we are no longer under judgement• We are Forgiven:• Sins past ! Sins

present ! …… and sins future ! WE ARE FORGIVEN.

Nothing But the truth• Called to be like Christ• that the world might see

Christ – IN us !!!• God Writes the Law……• Jesus Intercedes for Us• As a New creation being of one body• The Church – God’s Gospel Vehicle

Nothing But the truth• Christ, Us, Church World.• No false Testimony• We are not shaped by the Past – We are shaped by the Cross !!!• Nothing But the Truth !• BEING Christ.

Nothing But the truth