Deuteronomy 19:15-21

good morning good morning good morning welcome to coffee and devotions this morning we're going to wrap up Deuteronomy chapter 19 we're going to be looking at verses 15 through the end of the chapter all about how do you get Witnesses and how do you make sure Witnesses are telling the truth and things like that so I we get have some coffee or milk we'll pray we'll get into God's word okay so you had your milk I'm going to have my coffee you're going to have coffee too H gotten cold you may not like it all right that's good that's good let's have some well we had coffee you ready to pray let's pray father we thank you so much for this day thank you for what a gift it is to get to read your word and spend time together Lord we pray that you please help us as we read your word that you would teach us instruct us let us walk in your ways in Jesus's name amen all right all Deuteronomy chapter 19 beginning at verse 15 you ready one witness shall not Rise Against The Man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits by the mouth of two or three Witnesses the matter shall be established if a false witness Rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord before the priest and the judges who serve in those days and the judges shall care make careful inquiry and indeed if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother then you shall do to him as he sought to have done to his brother so you shall put away the evil from among you and those who remain shall hear and fear and Hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you your eye shall not pity Life For Life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot that's it what what do you think this passage was about oh you weren't paying attention Okay so here ready we'll work through it so in the very first part it's about verses 15 and 16 uh well verse 15 sorry verse 15 is that if there's somebody who's going to make an accusation like say oh he stole from me or oh he hit me and there's no evidence of it can I take the witness of one person no nope you have to have two or three or 100 yeah if a 100 people saw it that's fine but especially if it's going to be like a capital punishment where someone has to be put to death can you just take one person's word for it m you got to have witnesses right but if you're going to have somebody who's going to come to a law court and they're going to stand before God and the judges and the elders the priests they're going to stand there and there's going to be judgment and you find out the person was lying what do you think should happen to that person who is found to be lying bearing false testimony what do you think the Bible says can happen the judge be lying well this the judge is the one finding out the truth here yeah so it's one of the witnesses who's lying or the or one of the people who's bringing an accusation saying oh let's say oh he stole my money let's say you you really wanted Daniel's money and so you came to Mommy and Daddy and he said uh Daniel stole my money when really was his money what do you think and God's if you were an Israelite back then what do you think God's telling them should happen not only do you not get Daniel's money but guess what now you have to pay him the money that you tried to steal from [Music] him that I had money would yeah right but now say instead of begging she came to Mommy and Daddy and she said Ellie stole that $5 from me and she was just lying because she wanted your $5 right if she was telling a lie and we found out about it then she would have to pay the money that she was trying to get you to have to pay yeah yeah and so this this is the law right and so it's so the whole point of this is that other people would see that and go oh boy I don't ever want to lie like that I don't want to bear false testimony because then it's going to hurt me if they find out the truth it's going to be bad I'm going to get that instead right and didn't I money well we're not talking about the money that you may or may not have right now right but the point is that uh they needed to have judges who were going to be just and they weren't going to just go oh you know what it's it's not a big deal you can lie on Court and it's it'll be fine no no no when somebody uh commits perjury which is lying under oath I don't yeah when when there's perjury when somebody lies under oath the judge cannot take pity right because they're they're not just they haven't just broken the law but now they're even making it worse well yeah you just explained all of it to me yeah right we're talking about when people lie yeah can you see why God hates lying yeah can you see how it would ruin people's lives mhm yeah so I think you called Mommy a pirate well no I didn't call her a pirate but I called her something else uh yeah that was that was years and years and years ago but I'm not going to live that down because I sinned when I did that yeah I called her I didn't call her a pirate though I called her yeah you were listening through the door weren't you mhm yeah Daddy wasn't nice to Mommy then was I did I love her like Jesus loved the church no MM no I was mad I I was mad at how she was behaving and so I called her a name and that wasn't good I called her a I called her a tyrant not a pirate and that and that was not loving it wasn't good I be hearing from your yeah I know mhm yeah you told me I hear a pirate well he might have heard that cuz it's it's pretty close sounding so so this is about bearing false testimony and how would they hear Witnesses yeah well what do you think we're called to do Ellie [Music] um well I think we're to tell the truth yeah especially in witness bear especially in witness bearing right we're to promote the truth between man and man right where we're to be those who would be like Jesus who's the way the truth and the life yeah you ready to pray yeah of course you can go out of the room after we pray y okay you ready to pray okay Lord we thank you so much that you call us to tell the truth it's hard Lord because the truth is ugly sometimes we sin but Lord we pray that we would be not just a land filled with just judges but also truthful people Lord we pray that you would please help us to be Salt and Light in telling the truth even though it may hurt us Lord please let us love you and follow you all of our lives in Jesus's name amen oh May the God of all truth bless you as you walk in his ways I'll see you next time I say bye bye