“Yes,” or “No” that is all we need to say we read in the Gospel passage for this weekend. Yet how often have we heard someone say I’ll try and make that event, whilst inside we know that means they won’t make it. In our world where image is everything is there an erosion of trust as we second guess what people really mean by their words? How does what we read impact our words as we walk through life? Jesus lifts us to a higher standard as he begins His teaching this weekend. Matthew 5.33-37 Speaking Notes – Caveat These notes are my speaking notes and are provided as an accompaniment to the recording. Please accept that they are not intended to be a published grammatically correct essay. I do hope and pray however they help you move towards Jesus. Now onto the content… As we continue to look at the Sermon on the Mount in the gospel of Matthew today we get to a rather complex passage, that I am thankful to have had some theological training to prepare for. So I have studied the Greek and prepared an in-depth three point talk that breaks down these complex words of Jesus and gives you some understanding of what Jesus was getting at. Let me read the words of Jesus again in case you missed them earlier. Jesus said, All you need to say is simply “Yes,” or “No”; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. Now bear with me because the Greek as I said gets a bit complex. But I have broken it down into these three key points. The Greek translates as: 1. Jesus said don’t lie. 2. Jesus said to tell the truth. 3. Jesus said it is evil to lie. So the greek really means. All... Read More The post Matthew 5.33-37 – Commit appeared first on Bedhampton Church.