The Promise Keeper -- God and the Covenant
The Promise Keeper “God and the Covenant” Sabbath School Class Study Notes November 23, 2019 Larry R Evans Introduction Some time ago there was a television panel game show called, “To Tell the Truth.” It may still be showing, I don’t know. The idea behind the show is that two of the three featured contestants were imposters and were lying about who they were. One was telling the truth. Four celebrity panelists were to determine who was telling the truth. Another game show called, “Truth or Consequences” selected contestants from the audience. They were asked questions and they had to either tell the truth (answer a question) or pay some kind of consequence (perform a stunt) . It seems that personal integrity is so valued yet maligned that we “make sport” of it openly in game shows. We’ve turned a human problem into a game in which the plot is all about deceiving others. In religious terms, we call that hypocrisy . The dictionary describes hypocr