{"id":40450,"date":"2026-05-25T17:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T00:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=40450"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:05:43","slug":"26-0525","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0525\/","title":{"rendered":"Speak the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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In Acts 1:8 Jesus says, \u201cYou will be my witnesses\u2014in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world\u201d (MSG). \u00a0We are God\u2019s witnesses.<\/p>\n

And we are to speak truthfully. \u00a0God loves the truth and God hates deceit. But Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that \u201cthe heart is deceitful above all things\u201d (NIV). \u00a0How do we explain our dishonesty? \u00a0Well, for one thing, we don\u2019t like the truth because the truth isn\u2019t fun. \u00a0The wages of deceit is death.\u00a0 Not death of the body, perhaps, but death of a marriage, a conscience, a career, or faith. But perhaps the most tragic death that occurs from deceit is our witness.<\/p>\n

Examine your heart.\u00a0 Do you tell the truth\u2026always? If not, start today.\u00a0 Be just like Jesus.\u00a0 Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.<\/p>\n

\"\"Read more\u00a0Just Like Jesus<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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In Acts 1:8 Jesus says, \u201cYou will be my witnesses\u2014in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world\u201d (MSG). We are God\u2019s witnesses.<\/p>\n

And we are to speak truthfully. God loves the truth and God hates deceit. But Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that \u201cthe heart is deceitful above all things\u201d (NIV). How do we explain our dishonesty? Well, for one thing, we don\u2019t like the truth because the truth isn\u2019t fun. The wages of deceit is death. Not death of the body, perhaps, but death of a marriage, a conscience, a career, or faith. But perhaps the most tragic death that occurs from deceit is our witness.<\/p>\n

Examine your heart. Do you tell the truth\u2026always? If not, start today. Be just like Jesus. Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40452,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40450\/revisions\/40452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}