All Saints

All Saints

Church of England Primary School

Together we Aspire, Believe, Explore, Achieve

Tamar Way, Didcot, Oxon OX11 7LH

office.3859@all-saints.oxon.sch.uk

01235 819143

Truthfulness

Truthfulness

“Love and truth will belong to God’s people.”

  Psalm 85 v 10

Honesty and truthfulness are commands found throughout the Bible. The 9th commandment given to Moses is “Do not tell lies.” Exodus 20 v 16.  Truth is revealed in the Bible and we see Jesus as the example of truth in everything. The life of Jesus shows us how God wants us to live our lives. God is truth and therefore we can trust in the promises that we find in the Bible. We need to develop our understanding that we all face dilemmas about telling the truth but coming to the realisation for ourselves that telling the truth is better than carrying the burden of a lie. In the Bible we are taught about the importance of being known as honest and truthful “Whoever can be trusted with small things can also be trusted with large things. Whoever is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in large things too.” Luke 16 v 10. At All Saints we show our understanding of truthfulness by remembering that God teaches us to be truthful and we should be telling the truth to each other all the time so that we may be known as trustworthy and honest in all that we do. Our Golden Rules reinforce this value.

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