SO HELP ME GOD!

Matthew 5:33-37

March 8, 2020

I. Introduction

This is the ­ ____ of Christ’s six great illustrations of true morality:

a. Anger is equal to ____________

b. Lust equates to _____________

c.. Faithfulness in ______________

d. Honesty in _____________

II. Oaths and the Mosaic Law

a. An oath is simply a _______________

God approved and provided for the making of oaths in His name;

“Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your

God” (Lev. 19:12). Examples:

Abraham and the king of Sodom (Gen. 14:22-24)

Abraham and Abimelech (Gen. 21:23-24)

Abraham’s servant Eliezer getting a wife for Isaac (Gen. 24:1-4, 10)

Isaac taking an oath (Gen. 26:31)

Jacob and Laban (Gen. 31:44-53)

David and Jonathan (I Sam. 20:16

David made an oath (Ps. 132:2)

Even God Himself made oaths on numerous occasions.

To Abraham (Gen. 22:16-17)

Hebrews explains, since God “could swear by no one greater, He swore by

Himself (Heb. 6:13-14).

Never to destroy the earth again (Gen. 9:9-11)

To send a redeemer (Luke 1:68, 73)

To raise his Son from the dead (Ps. 16;10; Acts 2:27-31)

To preserve and eventually bless Israel (Is. 49:15-18)

III. The Perversion of Rabbinic Tradition

To get others to take their ________________seriously, people began to

swear by ________________, _____________, ___________________,

__________________, ____________________ or the _________________.

b. Jesus teaches that all oaths invoke God’s witness ________________.

IV. Conclusion