8. KEEP YOUR WORD · 2020. 4. 30. · keep your word. 34 but i say, do not make any vows! do not say, ‘by heaven!’ because heaven is god’s throne. matthew 5:34. 35and do not

KINGDOM COMMANDS8. KEEP YOUR WORD

34 BUT I SAY, DO NOT MAKE ANY VOWS! DO NOT SAY, ‘BY HEAVEN!’

BECAUSE HEAVEN IS GOD’S THRONE.MATTHEW 5:34

35 AND DO NOT SAY, ‘BY THE EARTH!’ BECAUSE THE EARTH IS HIS

FOOTSTOOL. AND DO NOT SAY, ‘BY JERUSALEM!’ FOR JERUSALEM IS

THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.. MATTHEW 5:35

36 DO NOT EVEN SAY, ‘BY MY HEAD!’ FOR YOU CAN’T TURN ONE

HAIR WHITE OR BLACK. 37 JUST SAY A SIMPLE, ‘YES, I WILL,’ OR ‘NO, I

WON’T.’ ANYTHING BEYOND THIS IS FROM THE EVIL ONE.

MATTHEW 5:36-37

T1 DECEPTION CLOSES DOORS & DESTROYS LIVES.

PROVERBS 11:3-6

3 HONESTY GUIDES GOOD PEOPLE; DISHONESTY DESTROYS

TREACHEROUS PEOPLE.PROVERBS 11:3

4 RICHES WON’T HELP ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, BUT RIGHT LIVING CAN

SAVE YOU FROM DEATH.PROVERBS 11:4

5 THE GODLY ARE DIRECTED BY HONESTY; THE WICKED FALL BENEATH

THEIR LOAD OF SIN. PROVERBS 11:5

6 THE GODLINESS OF GOOD PEOPLE RESCUES THEM; THE AMBITION OF

TREACHEROUS PEOPLE TRAPS THEM. PROVERBS 11:6

T2 INTEGRITY CREATES SECURITY & MATURITY.

1 PETER 3:10-12

10 FOR THE SCRIPTURES SAY, “IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY LIFE AND SEE HAPPY DAYS, KEEP YOUR TONGUE

FROM SPEAKING EVIL AND YOUR LIPS FROM TELLING LIES.

1 PETER 3:10

11 TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD. SEARCH FOR PEACE, AND

WORK TO MAINTAIN IT. 1 PETER 3:11

12 THE EYES OF THE LORD WATCH OVER THOSE WHO DO RIGHT, AND

HIS EARS ARE OPEN TO THEIR PRAYERS. BUT THE LORD TURNS HIS FACE AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL.

1 PETER 3:12

T3 INTEGRITY BRINGS JOY TO GOD.

1 CHRONILES 29:11-17

11 AND YOURS O LORD IS THE GREATNESS, THE POWER, THE GLORY,

THE VICTORY, AND THE MAJESTY. EVERYTHING IN THE HEAVENS AND ON

EARTH IS YOURS, O LORD THIS IS YOUR KINGDOM. WE ADORE YOU AS THE ONE

WHO IS OVER ALL THINGS. 1 CHRONICLES 29:11

12 WEALTH AND HONOR COME FROM YOU ALONE, FOR YOU RULE OVER

EVERYTHING. POWER AND MIGHT ARE IN YOUR HAND, AND AT YOUR

DISCRETION PEOPLE ARE MADE GREAT AND GIVEN STRENGTH.

1 CHRONICLES 29:12

13 “O OUR GOD, WE THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOUR GLORIOUS NAME! 14 BUT WHO AM I, AND WHO ARE MY PEOPLE,

THAT WE COULD GIVE ANYTHING TO YOU? EVERYTHING WE HAVE HAS COME

FROM YOU, AND WE GIVE YOU ONLY WHAT YOU FIRST GAVE US!

1 CHRONICLES 29:13-14

15 WE ARE HERE FOR ONLY A MOMENT, VISITORS AND STRANGERS IN THE

LAND AS OUR ANCESTORS WERE BEFORE US. OUR DAYS ON EARTH ARE

LIKE A PASSING SHADOW, GONE SO SOON WITHOUT A TRACE.

1 CHRONICLES 29:15

17 I KNOW, MY GOD, THAT YOU EXAMINE OUR HEARTS AND REJOICE

WHEN YOU FIND INTEGRITY THERE. YOU KNOW I HAVE DONE ALL THIS WITH

GOOD MOTIVES, AND I HAVE WATCHED YOUR PEOPLE OFFER THEIR GIFTS

WILLINGLY AND JOYOUSLY1 CHRONICLES 29:17