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never once contacted me. That makes me think they have probably not contacted others either. If you pass on such “information” and it is really slander, you are sinning. You are, in fact, guilty of shedding innocent blood — murder. 6. Lack of appropriate seriousness. How many times have you treated God lightly or spoken about God lightly? Scripture admonishes us that the “fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Do you lack proper respect for this God of ours? If so, that is sin! 7. Lying. Lying is ANY deliberate deception. Examine your daily life. How often do you lie, passing it off as “just a little white lie”? How often to you exaggerate? ALL lies are sin. 8. Cheating. Have you gone through the line at a grocery store and not said anything when the clerk mistakenly rang up less than the amount you owed? If so, you have cheated. Cheating is any time you have done to someone something you wouldn’t want done to you. Write down the instances where you have done this. 9. Hypocrisy. How many times have you confessed sins you really didn’t intend to quit? How many times have you pretended to be something you were not? 10. Robbing God. List all the times God wanted you to help someone or share the gospel with someone and you did not do it. Are you wasting time on “recreation” or other pursuits when God wants to send you out into the

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