Dear St Andrews Family,
“I swear on the grave of my father Domingo Montoya thatyou will make the top alive.”
We swear, we promise, we vow…because people areuntrustworthy, because dishonesty is rampant.
· Sixty-five percent of students say that theywould be willing to cheat on an important exam.
· One noted physician says that Lying is animportant part of social life, and children who are unable to do it are children who may have developmental problems.
· Fletcher Reed says, “You won’t survive in anadult world without lying.”
Jesus calls us to do away with all oaths. That seemspretty crazy in the world in which we live. What about in the courtroom, on the wedding day, or pinky swears in the clubhouse? What then?
Let’s talk about this from Matthew 5:33-37. Andlet me paint a picture of a new world that Jesus is inaugurating. A new, more robust, more beautiful, more abundant world than you could have imagined.
Pastor Jace
