Tell People the Truth

Series: Tell Others The Truth

Tell People the Truth

February 01, 2026 | Ricky Temple

Passage: Acts 10:9-16

In this sermon, Pastor Rick teaches how telling the truth—especially when it’s uncomfortable—is essential for building a future that lasts. Through Peter’s encounter in Acts 10, he reveals how God confronts blind spots, challenges cultural bias, and calls believers to embrace truth that leads to unity, growth, and lasting transformation.

Series Information

This series explores the power of truth as the foundation for anything meant to endure—relationships, leadership, faith, and legacy. Each message challenges the tendency to avoid, delay, or reshape truth for comfort or convenience, and instead calls for courage, clarity, and integrity. Through practical and spiritual application, the series reveals that lasting impact is never built on half-truths, silence, or avoidance—but on honesty that is spoken, received, and lived out, even when it costs something.

Series Breakdown
  1. Tell People the Truth
    Truth must be spoken clearly and lovingly—because silence and deception eventually undermine trust and growth.
  2. Don’t Reject the Truth
    Truth only works if it is received. Resisting correction or conviction leads to collapse, not strength.
  3. More About the Truth
    Truth is not just information—it’s alignment. This message unpacks how truth shapes character, decisions, and direction over time.
  4. Tell the Truth About Your Future
    You cannot move forward honestly if you lie to yourself about where you are going. Lasting futures require truthful self-assessment and obedience.
Series Big Idea

You cannot build something that lasts if truth is avoided, delayed, or selectively applied—even when telling the truth costs you influence, comfort, or position.