Sermon
Talk Is Cheap
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Matt Heerema
October 12, 2025 · 32 min
Summary
Solomon warns that God judges the heart, not religious words or vows. Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 teaches that sincere obedience matters far more than impressive speeches or promises, a truth the Old Testament prophets emphasized repeatedly and that Jesus fulfilled, inviting believers to approach God with confidence through his sacrifice rather than their own performance.
Highlights
God is after your heart, not your words. He's in heaven and he knows what's going on inside your heart. You're not going to fool him.
You don't have to get the words right. You don't have to come up with the flowery prayer or speech or sermon or whatever. God is after your heart, not your words.
Because Jesus did that and then also gave the perfect sacrifice, the perfect vow, we can be forgiven. We don't need to try to impress God with our great words, our vows, our sacrifices. He's already pleased with his son, Jesus.