The Ninth Commandment: Speak The Truth | Exodus 20:16

"What is truth?” These words were spoken by Pontius Pilate in John 18:38, as he questioned Jesus, before his crucifixion on Good Friday. In many ways, not much has changed over the past 2000 years. Truth is still seen as relative, just as it was in the pagan Greco-Roman world of the NT. But today what we would consider self-evident truths, such as being able to tell the difference between a man and a woman, between good and evil, right and wrong, can no longer be presumed. In fact, we are facing increasing pressure from our culture to go along with their charade, their lies, that we must call evil good, wrong right and affirm the delusion of mentally ill men who think they are women. And if you think that that craziness is just limited to the USA and Cape Town, just ask any school teacher in our area.

In the face of a truth-averse world, God, who is truth, who alone gets to determine what truth is, reveals to us in this Ninth Commandment that we, his people, are likewise to be people of the truth. The problem with falsehood and lies is that they destroy. They destroy ourselves, other people, and even societies. What we are going to see in this sermon is that because God is truth, we are to love our neighbour by speaking only the truth.

Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.

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