Sovereign Grace Community Church, Abuja

Continuing our Ten Commandments (Walking in God’s Law) series, this week’s study considered the Ninth Commandment in Exodus 20:16: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.” Under the Old Covenant, this command protected the innocent and vulnerable, preserved the integrity of justice, and called those bringing accusations to examine their own consciences.

Through the trials of Naboth, Joseph in Potiphar’s house, Esther, Stephen and ultimately, our Lord Jesus Christ, we saw the destructive end of false witness and how seriously God regards truth. Yet the command reaches beyond the courtroom into our everyday lives. We bear false witness through slander, rash judgment, manipulative flattery, and even hypocrisy that professes Christ while our lives say otherwise.

The Ninth Commandment ultimately reveals our natural inclination towards deception while pointing us to Christ, our perfect standard of truth. We are therefore called to depend upon the Holy Spirit to reflect God’s truthful character in our words, judgments, and lives.

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Having introduced Paul's ministry in the previous passage, Pastor Adeola Ogundele turned our attention to the nature of Paul's ministry and the message God entrusted to him. In the face of false teachers who sought to diminish Christ by adding to the gospel, Paul reminded the Colossian church that there is only one message that saves: "Christ in you, the hope of glory."

Paul described himself as both a servant and a steward. As a servant, he existed for the spiritual growth of God's people rather than his own prominence, and as a steward, he had been entrusted with God's Word, having no authority to alter or add to it. The mystery he proclaimed was not something unknowable, but God's once-hidden plan now fully revealed in Christ—that through Jesus, God would dwell with His people and bring both Jews and Gentiles into the hope of eternal glory.

We were reminded that every believer has also been entrusted with a stewardship in God's house. There are no spectators in the kingdom of God; each Christian has been given gifts and opportunities to serve Christ and strengthen His church.