1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:02,024 And why do people lie? 2 00:00:02,024 --> 00:00:04,384 You don't have to think too hard about it. 3 00:00:04,384 --> 00:00:06,005 It's not rocket science here. 4 00:00:06,005 --> 00:00:08,583 If you want to boil it down, it comes down to this - 5 00:00:08,583 --> 00:00:10,823 it comes down to this desire: 6 00:00:10,823 --> 00:00:15,045 Man loves himself. 7 00:00:15,045 --> 00:00:18,814 It's selfish what's behind lies. 8 00:00:18,814 --> 00:00:20,633 It's his own regard for himself. 9 00:00:20,633 --> 00:00:24,253 It's man's desire to be God. 10 00:00:24,253 --> 00:00:27,539 Lying displays man's self-centeredness, 11 00:00:27,539 --> 00:00:29,195 his selfishness. 12 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:31,344 Think about what goes behind lying. 13 00:00:31,344 --> 00:00:34,870 It's his desire to be highly thought of, 14 00:00:34,870 --> 00:00:36,575 to be praised, to impress, 15 00:00:36,575 --> 00:00:39,564 to be important, to be thought well of, 16 00:00:39,564 --> 00:00:44,844 to shield himself from being thought negatively about. 17 00:00:44,844 --> 00:00:46,403 It's to get his way. 18 00:00:46,403 --> 00:00:50,333 It's to make himself appear the way he wants to appear. 19 00:00:50,333 --> 00:00:53,045 You study the anatomy of lies for yourself. 20 00:00:53,045 --> 00:00:54,505 Trace it out. 21 00:00:54,505 --> 00:00:56,743 You'll always find that the purpose of lies 22 00:00:56,743 --> 00:00:58,592 is to protect oneself, 23 00:00:58,592 --> 00:01:00,721 to get something for oneself, 24 00:01:00,721 --> 00:01:03,064 to improve one's self-importance. 25 00:01:03,064 --> 00:01:05,986 That's where it comes from. 26 00:01:05,986 --> 00:01:07,844 You can always trace it back there. 27 00:01:07,844 --> 00:01:09,423 But, here's the thing, 28 00:01:09,423 --> 00:01:11,424 man is deceived 29 00:01:11,424 --> 00:01:13,254 because the reality is - 30 00:01:13,254 --> 00:01:15,825 here's the thing about telling a lie: 31 00:01:15,825 --> 00:01:18,372 Jesus said that everything done in secret 32 00:01:18,372 --> 00:01:20,992 is going to be shouted from the housetops. 33 00:01:20,992 --> 00:01:22,623 There is not a thing that is done 34 00:01:22,623 --> 00:01:24,893 that is not going to come out into the light. 35 00:01:24,893 --> 00:01:27,755 You see, man thinks he is doing well for himself, 36 00:01:27,755 --> 00:01:29,183 but he is not doing well. 37 00:01:29,183 --> 00:01:30,813 Because every lie that is told, 38 00:01:30,813 --> 00:01:32,285 it is going to be exposed. 39 00:01:32,285 --> 00:01:34,062 And there's no hiding place. 40 00:01:34,062 --> 00:01:35,922 You may think that that lie 41 00:01:35,922 --> 00:01:38,471 is doing something favorable for yourself 42 00:01:38,471 --> 00:01:40,524 and giving you a certain image, 43 00:01:40,524 --> 00:01:42,355 making you feel a certain way, 44 00:01:42,355 --> 00:01:43,311 look a certain way, 45 00:01:43,311 --> 00:01:46,245 protecting yourself a certain way right now, 46 00:01:46,245 --> 00:01:48,215 but you are deceived 47 00:01:48,215 --> 00:01:51,033 because it's only temporary. 48 00:01:51,033 --> 00:01:53,394 This excerpt was taken from the full sermon: 49 00:01:53,394 --> 00:01:55,359 Put Off Lying & Falsehood 50 00:01:55,359 --> 00:01:56,815 by Tim Conway.