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

Lead In: Continuing to move through Matthew 5 we see Jesus once again correcting the generally accepted understanding of the law. In v.17-20 He announces that He did not abolish the law of God, preempting any arguments that might arise when He moves into the rest of this chapter. Remember, the Pharisees and Scribes had been molding the words of God to try and use their own works, their own actions, to prove how holy they were, all the while spreading their heresy to the peo