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  (SERMON CLIP) LYING TO GOD IN OUR PRAYERS AND BEING HONEST WITH SIN
  by Francis Chan
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of being completely
honest before God, without making excuses for our sins. It challenges
listeners to confess their wrongdoings openly, acknowledging the
severity of their actions and attitudes. The message highlights the need
to address issues such as hatred, bitterness, lust, adultery, and
mistreatment of others as sins against God and His creation.

Topics: "Honesty Before God", "Confession and Repentance"
Scripture References: Psalm 32:5, Proverbs 28:13, 1 John 1:9, James 5:16

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of being completely honest before
God, without making excuses for our sins. It challenges listeners to
confess their wrongdoings openly, acknowledging the severity of their
actions and attitudes. The message highlights the need to address issues
such as hatred, bitterness, lust, adultery, and mistreatment of others
as sins against God and His creation.

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Excuses, let me not blame. Here's the truth. Here's what we're gonna do.

I'm gonna give you a few minutes to be honest, completely honest, before
God. What's the point in lying anyways? But you'd be surprised how often
we lie even in our prayers because it's habit. How often we try to make
our sin not so bad because we say that to everyone else.

I've been praying that you could come before God this morning and just
lay it out with no excuses. Just say, God, here's what I did. This was
sinful.

That was sick. That was evil. That was a flat-out lie.

God, I hate this person. That hatred is so wrong. You tell me it's sin,
but I hate him.

I just do. I have hatred for this person. And it's against you that I'm
sinning because you created that person.

Just lay it out. I've got bitterness toward this person. I've been
staring on the internet at these women that you created, these men that
you've created.

I'm right on the verge of having an affair. I had an affair. You know
about it.

The way I've been treating my kids. I've abused your children. These are
your kids.

And I just, I did that to your kid. I sinned against you, God. That was
your kid.

Do you understand this? This is, when David says it's against you that
I've sinned. Remember when Ananias lied to Peter, the apostle? Ananias
and Pharaoh lied to Peter. And Peter goes, you didn't lie to me.

You lied to the Holy Spirit. See, when you come in this room and you lie
and you lie to me and go, oh, good sermon. You're not lying to me.

You know? And when you come in this room and you pretend like nothing
bad's going on in your life, you're not lying to the person next to you.
You're not lying to me. You're lying to God.

It's against God that you're sinning. It's against his children that
you're sinning. It's his, it's his son that you hate.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/zJRWpzu2xG0.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/francis-chan/sermon-clip-lying-to-god-in-our-prayers-and-being-honest-with-sin/
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