As we bring our mini-series to a close this morning, we will be tying everything together with the truth of the 3rd Commandment. Exodus 20:7 → “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.” As a reminder from a few months ago, when Jesus said that He did not come to abolish The Law but to fulfill it (Matt. 5:17-20), He was broadly speaking about every law in the Old Testament, and specifically

With the vast majority of topics that surround our words, we could very easily extend this Sermon series into numerous directions. All of it, however, all of our speech, is nothing but the contents of our hearts coming to the surface through our words. No matter what words we choose to speak, they are all what our heart sounds like. Do you love good and hate evil? Then speak that way. Use your words to show your hatred of evil, my friends. Which hints at what our Sermon toget

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