Seven Sins God Hates The Most: 2. A Lying Tongue

2/6/2022
Scripture: John 8:37-47, Proverbs 6:12-19 Text: Prov. 6:17b
Sermon: SEVEN SINS GOD HATES THE MOST: 2. A LYING TONGUE
Points: I. Understanding This Sin
II. Avoiding This Sin
III. The Virtue Reflected by this Sin

SEVEN SINS GOD HATES ABOVE ALL OTHERS: 2. "A LYING TONGUE"
Proverbs 6:
12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
13 He winks with his eyes,
He shuffles his feet,
He points with his fingers;
14 Perversity is in his heart,
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.
15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
16 These six things the LORD hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
17 A PROUD LOOK,A LYING TONGUE…."
This morning we are going to continue our study of Proverbs 6. We will consider a phrase from verse 16, that God hates "a lying tongue." These verses describe the heart and character I'd the wicked. We see that Wisdom is not surprised by human nature and our sinful tendencies. Wisdom doesn't leave us in our sin, but leads and directs us in the way we should go… what we need to do and not do if we would live a life that gives glory to God.
As Wisdom describes what God hates about the wicked, He reveals what He loves. The opposite virtues are His desire for His people. God hates the lying tongue of all those who distort and deny the truth. As Ephesians 4:15 says, "we are to speak the truth in love."