Rebel Life Part 5-Oaths

The Rebel Life Pt 5

“Oaths”

Small Group Notes

10-11-09

LIFE-GROUP LEADER INSTRUCTIONS

1. Take time to read the passages of study and pray through them. Work through them in your own life and consider yourself first in all of the questions below.

2.Think through ways that you can help the group understand that it is possible to live the as Salt & Light, but NOT without Christ's help.

3. Think of practical ways to show our students that we must be Salt first and then Light, but without Christ both of these are Impossible

Passages of Study

- Matthew 5:33-37

Questions

1.Why do you think that Jesus said not to take Oaths?

2.Why is it in our modern society Lying is looked at as not a big deal?

3.Why does Christ see Lying as a big deal?

4.Do you think the lack of seriousness for this command has to do with the horrible state our society is in today.

Application

1.In what immediately practical ways can we live these commands out in our schools, families, jobs, etc?

2.How can we avoid being tripped up by the enemy while trying to live these things out?

3.How can we avoid being our own worst enemy while trying to live these things out?

Other Scriptures to Refer to

1 Timothy 1:10, Matthew 23:16, James 5:12, Isaiah 66:1, Colossians 4:6