Matthew 5:33-37 · Oaths

33 "Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' 34 But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; 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 swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

Watch Your Language!
Matthew 5:33-37
Sermon
by Bill Bouknight
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A pastor was out taking a walk one evening. He looked up and saw a little boy barreling downhill on his wagon. The wagon slammed into a tree, and all four wheels fell off. The boy said, "I'll be darned." The pastor said, "son, couldn't you think of something better to say than that?" As the two of them put the wheels back on, the boy asked, "What should I have said?" The pastor thought a moment and said, "Well, you could have said 'Praise the Lord. '" with tongue in cheek, the pastor added, "If you say something like that, who knows, the wagon might fix itself." The boy took his wagon back to the top of the hill. He came racing down again, slammed into that same tree. All four wheels flipped off. The boy said, "Praise the Lord," and suddenly all four wheels locked back into place, and the …

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