The Ten Commandments #9 You shall not lie By Shad David Sluiter Available at www. gospelhall. org
The first commandment You shall have no other gods before me.
The second commandment You shall not make for yourself a carved image.
The third commandment You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
The fourth commandment Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.
The fifth commandment Honor your father and mother.
The sixth commandment You shall not murder.
The seventh commandment You shall not commit adultery.
The eighth commandment You shall not steal.
The ninth commandment You shall bear false witness.
The lie detector Instructions: 1) Place a large kitchen bowl on the head of a student. 2) Hook up jumper cables to the table where the computer is placed. 3) Run through the following power presentation asking the student to answer each question truthfully. The computer will try to detect truth or lie.
QUESTION 1: • What is your name?
TRUTH
QUESTION 2: • How old are you?
TRUTH
QUESTION 3: • What is the name of your girlfriend?
LIE LIE
QUESTION 4: • Do you like football?
TRUTH
QUESTION 5: • Are you and honest person?
LIE LIE
QUESTION 1: • How old are you?
TRUTH
QUESTION 2: • Are you a nice person?
TRUTH
QUESTION 3: • How often do you steal things?
LIE LIE
QUESTION 4: • Are you very smart?
TRUTH
QUESTION 5: • Are you an honest person?
LIE LIE
QUESTION 1: • Where do you live?
TRUTH
QUESTION 2: • What grade of school are you in?
TRUTH
QUESTION 3: • Do you cheat at school?
LIE LIE
QUESTION 4: • Who is the best football team in the NFL?
TRUTH
QUESTION 5: • Do you ever lie to your mother?
LIE LIE
Conclusion • Does this computer really know everything you are thinking? • NO. • Who does know your thoughts? • God.
Ananias and Sapphira sold some land decided to donate some of the money to the church.
Ananias lied to the disciples. He said that he was donating ALL of the money he earned from selling his land.
Immediately the Lord took Ananias’s life. Young men carried his body out.
Later, Sapphira came in. She told the same lie that her husband did. “Why did you lie to God? ” asked Peter. “The same men who carried your husband are waiting to carry you as well. ”
Sapphira died immediately. The young men carried her out and buried her as well.
Fear came upon the church and those who were near.
The ninth commandment You shall bear false witness.