Anyone going beyond the truth is lying.
Read: Exodus 23:1,7
You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand.
Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.
Being untruthful is not a joke!
Read: Proverbs 26:18-19
Just as damaging
as a madman shooting a deadly weapon
19 is someone who lies to a friend
and then says, “I was only joking.
Power, fame, and money mean nothing if your soul ends up in hell.
Read: Mark 8:36-37
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?37 Is anything worth more than your soul?
You are no longer in this alone.
Read: Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified or dismayed (intimidated), for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
God’s ways are simply higher than ours!
Read: Matthew 5:43-45
You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy.44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
Let pride go!!!
Read: Proverbs 11:2
When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with humility comes wisdom.
Your enemy may look like an angel of light so be careful and know who you’re really dealing with.
Read: Matthew 7:21-23
“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’
Your sin cannot stop God from using you. Look at Moses, God used him anyway.
Read: Exodus 2:12
So he looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
We should obey God.
Read: Acts 5:29
Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
Let’s remember, we are made in the image of God.
Read: Genesis 1:27
So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.