From last night's sermon on Exodus 21-23:
- Truth is freedom and lying is a slavery. You expend a great deal of energy propping up lies. In the end, you begin to believe your lies.
- Don't betray your friends, family or faith out of embarrassment. Be comfortable with who you are and who your people are.
- In work and in life, stand for what is true, over what is political.
- Strive for integrity in public and private, at church and at work, rather than being a different person in different parts of your life.
- Make it your ambition that your word be a very precious thing and that others value it. Resolve to be a honest, reliable, faithful, trustworthy person.
- This requires self-discipline and organisation.
- In Bible teaching, seek to be faithful to the text of Scripture, rather than making it say what you wish it said.
- Bind honesty together with love. Do not bully with the truth by being an emotional nudist, or by being overly blunt.
- A great thing about Facebook and the internet is that it forces much more of our lives into the public sphere, stopping us from being a different person in public.
- Honesty with ourselves will make us vulnerable, humble and repentant in leadership, evangelism and spirituality.
