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The Sermon on the Mount

"Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail

under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer."

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

“Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more

about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on

the Mount.”

― Omar Nelson Bradley

“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old,..But I

say to you”― Jesus

The Authority of Jesus

― Matthew 5:33-37

33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but

shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34 But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you

cannot make one hair white or black. 37

The Call to Kingdom Obedience

― Mark Twain

A man is never more truthful than

when he acknowledges himself as a

liar.

Why do we tell lies?Gaining  Material  Advantage  Gaining  Social  Esteem  Avoiding  Social  Embarrasment  Helping  Others  White  Lies  Hide  Moral  Failings  (Shame/Contine  Them)

― Matthew 5:37

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or

‘No’; anything more than this comes

from evil.

The Battle of Truth and Lies

― Matthew 5:37

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or

‘No’; anything more than this comes

from evil.

The Journey to Honesty

― Col 3:9-10

Do not lie to each other, since you

have taken off your old self with its

practices and have put on the new

self, which is being renewed in

knowledge in the image of its Creator.

The Call to Honesty