Sermon on the Mount, Honesty,

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The Sermon on the Mount

3. "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.

4. “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

6. The Authority of Jesus
“Again you have heard that it
was said to those of old,..But I
say to you”
― Jesus

7. The Call to Kingdom Obedience
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
― Matthew 5:33-37

8. A man is never more truthful than
when he acknowledges himself as a
liar.
― Mark Twain

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

10. The Battle of Truth and Lies
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or
‘No’; anything more than this comes
from evil.
― Matthew 5:37

11. The Journey to Honesty
Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or
‘No’; anything more than this comes
from evil.
― Matthew 5:37

12. The Call to Honesty
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.
― Col 3:9-10