Learning to Live Without Lying: Study 5 in the 10-part Series "Learning to Live Without", a Deep Dive into the Sermon on the Mount.

Big Idea: We lie when disconnected from God's kingdom and are unsure of our protection, identity and care, but in His kingdom we learn to speak truth in love.

1. Why oaths existed … and what went wrong
2. Why we lie … Getting to the heart
• Fear and Desire
• False Narrative
• We lie because we don't trustworthy
The Gospel: Jesus, the one who told the truth
• Jesus told the truth, paid for it, and was raised because of it
• We are known completely
• We are loved completely
Learning to speak truth in love
• Notice your lies
• Practice plain speech
• Root your truth-telling in the gospel
3. The paradox of honesty