5. Sermon on the Mount – Wisdom Within Laws About Oaths, Retaliation, and Enemy Love

Sermon on the Mount

Speaker: Pete Dibdin
Date: 30/03/2025

We’ll be continuing our 10-part series on the Sermon on the Mount, exploring Jesus’ wisdom through his teachings in Matthew 5-7, as we take an overview of Jesus’ teaching and reflect on what His words mean for us today.

This week we’ll be looking at Matthew 5:33-48 and seeing how Jesus reveals God’s wisdom underneath Old Testament laws about oaths, revenge, and enemies.

Online Service

Digging Deeper Resources:

To help you dig deeper into this week’s theme, take time to engage with these resources from the Bible Project:

Study Guide:
Oaths, Retaliation and Enemy Love

Videos:
Wisdom Within Laws About Oaths, Retaliation, and Enemy Love
Visual Commentary: Matthew 5:33-37: Oaths and Truth-Telling
Passage Insight: Creative Nonviolence
Vocab Insight: Teleios / Whole

Podcast:
Why Does Jesus Say Not to Swear Oaths?
What Jesus Means by “Turn the Other Cheek”
Why Does Jesus Want Us to Love Our Enemies?

Talks in this Teaching Series

Click the images below, or click here for previous teaching series.

4. Sermon on the Mount – Wisdom Within Laws about Murder, Adultery, and Divorce

3. Sermon on the Mount – Jesus Fulfils the Law

2. Sermon on the Mount – The Beatitudes

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