Tommie van der Walt - 23 February, 2025
New Snakes with Old Tricks (Matthew 5:33–37)
As we continue our journey through the Sermon on the Mount, we find Jesus describing surpassing righteousness in terms of truth-telling. Tradition had distorted God’s truth in this regard, and Jesus points to two things to correct this distortion: 1. Truth-telling according to the standards of tradition (v. 33) 2. Truth-telling according to the standards of Jesus (vv. 34–37)
Scripture References: Matthew 5:33-37
From Series: "Human Flourishing: A Study of the Sermon on the Mount"
A short, devotional study of the Sermon on the Mount, which highlight human flourishing.