Lead In: As I’ve mentioned the past few Sundays, we will be staying inside of these few verses, Matt. 5:33-37, for a number of weeks. Before we move into our Sermon today, let's take a look back at the large “Time Out” that was last week’s message. Last Sunday we took a step back in our thoughts to see that the mere act of God communicating, independent of what it is He actually says, is something we must never brush aside. The transcendent King of the Universe communicatin

Before we move into Part Three of our mini-series about our words, let's, as we do every week, remember where we have been. Last week we were careful to understand that the verses we have been studying (Matt. 5:33-37) are part of the Sermon on the Mount. Which means that Jesus is teaching us the “how” in regards to the people He described in The Beatitudes, carry out their day to day life. As we’ve been discussing over the past Month, He does this by correcting the false te

Lead In: Last week we moved into Jesus' words in Matthew 5:33-37 to see Him, yet again, explaining the true meaning of the law. Bearing with the weaknesses of His students, Jesus Christ, the true teacher, explained that the way we speak is of utmost importance. Remember, the Pharisees had developed an oath taking system that allowed them to work-around God’s moral law in an attempt to convince other people that they were, in fact, reliable. They would invoke something else t