“Before I say I Do? Matt. 5:27-37

Introduction: A Story Worth Sharing

A. A Genuine _____________. Matt. 5: 1-26 Matt. 5: 1-26 Conversion Conversion

“When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at His teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.” (7: 28-29)

B. A ________________ Heart. ”Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No.’ No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” (5:37) ”Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No.’ No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” (5:37)COMMITTED

Exposition: Something Worth Living For Something Worth Living For (Matt. 5:27-32)

A. Marital Fidelity When you marry, marry for life or don’t marry at all.

“It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce’. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness,

“Haven’t you read, that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female, and said, ‘for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what god has joined together, let not man separate.”(Matt. 19:4-6)

Application: Some Things Worth Doing Some Things Worth Doing

1. _______ a deeper relationship with Christ through a repentant heart. Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No! SEEK

2. _________ to be Christ- like in attitude and action, adjusting your heart to His. Mean what you say and do what you mean. STRIVE