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And why do people lie?
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You don't have to think too hard about it.
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It's not rocket science here.
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If you want to boil it down,
it comes down to this -
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it comes down to this desire:
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Man loves himself.
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It's selfish what's behind lies.
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It's his own regard for himself.
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It's man's desire to be God.
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Lying displays man's self-centeredness,
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his selfishness.
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Think about what goes behind lying.
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It's his desire to be highly thought of,
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to be praised, to impress,
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to be important, to be thought well of,
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to shield himself from being
thought negatively about.
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It's to get his way.
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It's to make himself appear
the way he wants to appear.
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You study the anatomy
of lies for yourself.
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Trace it out.
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You'll always find that
the purpose of lies
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is to protect oneself,
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to get something for oneself,
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to improve one's self-importance.
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That's where it comes from.
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You can always trace it back there.
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But, here's the thing,
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man is deceived
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because the reality is -
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here's the thing about telling a lie:
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Jesus said that everything done in secret
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is going to be shouted from the housetops.
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There is not a thing that is done
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that is not going to
come out into the light.
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You see, man thinks he
is doing well for himself,
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but he is not doing well.
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Because every lie that is told,
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it is going to be exposed.
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And there's no hiding place.
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You may think that that lie
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is doing something favorable for yourself
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and giving you a certain image,
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making you feel a certain way,
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look a certain way,
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protecting yourself
a certain way right now,
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but you are deceived
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because it's only temporary.
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This excerpt was taken
from the full sermon:
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Put Off Lying & Falsehood
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by Tim Conway.