Truth Is Sacred: The Ninth Commandment
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Truth Is Sacred: The Ninth Commandment

Exodus 20:16  (ID: 0525)

We serve a promise-keeping God who cannot lie—yet as fallen people, we cannot hope to tell the truth until we face the reality of our sinfulness outside of Christ. Considering the ninth commandment’s prohibition against dishonesty, Alistair Begg explores the many ways that we slander, deceive, and flatter those around us because of pride, selfishness, or fear. By contrast, when we choose to engage the world around us with truth, we honor God and His creation.


16“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Copyright © 2024, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.

Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.