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Pledge
Passage:
16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
17 You blind fools!
For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’
19 You blind men!
For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it.
22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
17 You blind fools!
For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’
19 You blind men!
For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it.
22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
ME:
Turn to your neighbor and say, .....
“Our Word Should Be Enough!”
This statement comes from the perspective of the recipient of this statement.
Not from the Speaker!
“MY WORD ...”
The value of our word should be a reflection of our character, morals, and reputation.
We are going to look at this thought this morning.
We are going to look at this thought this morning.
Title of the message is “Our Word!”
How many of you have done the “Pinky Swear?”
Made the statement, “Cross my heart and hope to die stick a needle in my eye.”
How many of you belong to a “Secret Club” when you were a kid?
You developed a secret OATH!
Thinking along this same line, how many of you said, “I swear”
...... but you had your fingers crossed?
Transition: Many of us can relate to this right?
You:
Let’s move it up to some adult situations .....
How many of us remember saying the pledge of allegiance?
How many of you have never pledged allegiance to something?
Gotcha!!!!!!
You just did it with the “Pledge to the Bible.”
I am sure there is many in this sanctuary who have taken an Oath during your lifetime ......
Military
Police
Firefighters
Doctors - Hippocratic Oath
Me bringing up these 2 things “OATHS and PLEDGES” ......
You might be wondering, whats the difference between Oath’s and Pledges?
Pledge: A solemn promise or undertaking
Example: “I Pledge my love to you!”
Oath: A solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness
Example: “I swear I will never do that again, so help me God!”
As we look at this idea of ....
“Our Word Being Enough!”
Stating an Oath doesn’t seem to have the same “UMPH” (Value) as it did years ago.
Saying “I promise” or “I Swear” isn’t good enough anymore.
If you don’t believe me go try to buy or build a house.
In 1982 my dad and I went to the bank to ask for a loan to build our house.
I remember this because I went with him.
We were in that bank for about 10 minutes.
The guy asked my dad, “How Much?” and “Who was the builder”
The guy left the office for a few minutes.
Came back in with a check!
We stood up and my dad reached across the table and shook the bankers hand!
It was a done deal.
HIS WORD WAS GOOD ENOUGH!
The value of my dads word was a reflection of his character, morals, and reputation.
I wonder if in the day and time we live in today,
...... is it the credibility of a person that had gone down or is it the skepticism of mankind that has gone up, that we don’t see this anymore?
Or could it be because we have over used or DEVALUED the phrase “I swear” way too much anymore.
(“I Swear”)
It starts to have the feel of a person saying “I swear” but having their fingers crossed behind their back.
“Our Word Should Be Enough!”
Transition: You know Jesus dealt with this while here on earth?
God:
We are looking at the 3rd WOE found in
If you remember the first 2 WOE’s they both started with “Woe to you , Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites.”
The 3rd one doesn’t!
(you could actually be broken down into 3 sections.)
all pertaining to the same thing!
(16) “Woe to you, blind guides.”
Looking at the word “guides” we know he’s talking to them as leaders!
(17) “You blind fools.”
The word fool is the Greek word (MORON)!
He is addressing the education!
(Smarts)
(19) “You blind men.”
This is directed to them as men!” (Manhood)
Addressed to all three - Blind: unable to see spiritually.
(Spiritual not physical)
Moving into verses 20-22 we see the reason Jesus is stating this ......
He point out the idea of swearing of oaths.
How wrong they got it!
(They had it flipped)!
Studying scripture we come to understand that Jesus endorsed the idea of practicing and teaching this idea .....
“Our Word Should Be Enough!”
The value of our word was to be a reflection of our character, morals, and reputation.
If you think about it long enough .......
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