The Disciples Integriy
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Call To Worship
1 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! 2 Sing out the honor of His name; Make His praise glorious. 3 Say to God, “How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power Your enemies shall submit themselves to You. 4 All the earth shall worship You And sing praises to You; They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah
Giving
6 that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Today’s Text:
33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ 34 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
5:33
5:33
33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’
This is not a direct quote from the Old Testament, rather it is a compilation of several old Testament verses, at least 14 verses.
Jesus is dealing with a complex religious system of dishonesty.
this complex system of dishonesty. I will give you two of the 14 verses.
12 And you shall not swear by My name falsely, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
23 That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.
Here we have the Messiahs formula again, “you have heard it said to those of old” remember Lord Jesus us not arguing with Moses the law giver, rather, he is getting to the heart or the meaning of the law.
5:34-36
5:34-36
34 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
Do not swear at all.
12 But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.
Do not swear by heaven because it belongs to the Lord.
1 Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?
Do not swear by the earth because it is His foot stool.
Jerusalem is the city of the great king.
Don’t Swear by your own head because you cant self determine your hair color.
5:37
5:37
37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
in the kingdom our words can be currency.
getting people to swear by anything else is not necessary for people of the kingdom. People of the Kingdom should be honest.
1. Integrity is at the core of who we are.
1. Integrity is at the core of who we are.
22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal truthfully are His delight.
there should be no reason to lie to one another in the kingdom.
2. Honesty is a learned behavior.
2. Honesty is a learned behavior.
we come to a place in situations like this (church) where we act like that we walk deeply in things that we want to walk in.
These things are learned behavior.
3. Understand the value of your word.
3. Understand the value of your word.
the only time anyone has ever tried to convince me that they where telling the truth where people.
many people I know who are starting over say that they had to learn to tell the truth.
everyone has lied, and may lie again if they feel as of their back is against the wall. (don’t confuse me understanding how a person can feel pushed to lie make you think that it’s just one of those things that happens. that’s not it at all, rather, I want all rockers to know that when your back was against the the wall and you don’t have to run you can stay right here and we’ ll walk it out).