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    The document discusses the importance of telling the truth and avoiding lies and deception. It states that truth is essential for relationships and society to function properly. While all people are prone to some level of dishonesty, the 9th commandment prohibits purposefully deceiving others. Lies are usually told either to make others look bad or to make oneself look good, which stems from malice or pride. The document encourages following Jesus, who is characterized as the truth, in order to become more truthful with oneself and others.

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    The document discusses the importance of telling the truth and avoiding lies and deception. It states that truth is essential for relationships and society to function properly. While all people are prone to some level of dishonesty, the 9th commandment prohibits purposefully deceiving others. Lies are usually told either to make others look bad or to make oneself look good, which stems from malice or pride. The document encourages following Jesus, who is characterized as the truth, in order to become more truthful with oneself and others.

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    Joshua Laxinto
    The document discusses the importance of telling the truth and avoiding lies and deception. It states that truth is essential for relationships and society to function properly. While all people are prone to some level of dishonesty, the 9th commandment prohibits purposefully deceiving others. Lies are usually told either to make others look bad or to make oneself look good, which stems from malice or pride. The document encourages following Jesus, who is characterized as the truth, in order to become more truthful with oneself and others.

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    Tell The Truth

    How prone we are to lying! With a stroke of exaggeration here, an omitted detail there, or a misleading silence we distort the truth. Yet truth is the foundation and superstructure of all relationships. Remove the girders of truth, and society crumbles on itself. This moral absolute is so self-evident that even criminals punish their own lie to them.

    The ninth commandment forbids purposeful deceit against our neighbor and underscores the sacredness of the truth in all our dealings. The two Hebrew and words used for false in Exodus 20:16 and Deuteronomy 5:20 means untrue and insincere. Bearing a false witness against our neighbor, therefore, is any expression of insincerity and untruthfulness.
    This commandment also exposes two underlying motives that God hates-malice and pride. When we lie, it is usually to cast a person in a bad light or to place ourselves in a good light. The first springs from malice, the second from pride.

    Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life (Jn 4:16). The closer we are to Him, the more truthful we will become with ourselves and with others. The question is, Are we followers of Him who is the truth? Lord cleanse my heart of all deceit And teach me what is true Help me to have integrity In all I say or do.

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