January 13, 2013
We are weak but we are warned.
Mat 5:2 And he
opened his mouth, and taught them, saying…
Mat 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been
said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths:
Mat 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all;
neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Mat 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his
footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Mat 5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Mat 5:37 But let your communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
This reminds me a
bit of Paul -
1Co 7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and
widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1Co 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them
marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
It is better NOT
to swear, not to make oaths to GOD or anything that is GOD'S, but the swearing,
the making of vows to God was something done. Jesus Himself did say- 'ye have heard
that it hath been said by them of old time…'
In old time ,
this was said--
Ecc 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer
not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecc 5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not
vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ecc 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh
to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore
should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Suffer NOT thy
mouth to cause they flesh to sin.
Maybe today we
don't make vows like they did in old OLD times. A man seldom uses his word for anything
at all. We need contracts and signatures in triplicate in order for our vows and
oaths to mean anything to us. A
man's word USED to be his bond, but no longer is that true not in reality. It
becomes heresy instantly when the word is broken. Men think very little of
perjuring themselves even in court. They make a big deal over it, but in truth
you have to prove perjury and when all you have is someone's word there is
little proof- it just becomes a he said, she said, or he said, he said, or she
said, she said kind of thing and you need to decide who to believe without
knowing factually what is true.
The thing is,
with God, He knows and NEEDS no proof from any one, HE knows the truth- all of
it. He knows how easy it is for us to break our word even when we don't mean
to. Yet even though you don't
mean to break your vow and were sincere when you made it, the action of breaking
it remains and has a cost.
It is better NEVER to EVER swear by GOD or anything- because ALL things are
GOD'S, that to RISK being in a situation of having to break that vow, that
oath, that swearing.
Why do we make
vows?
Why do we swear
by God?
Why do we make
oaths?
Some do these
very flippantly without any real regard to the importance of what they are
doing. God does not turn a blind eye to such things. Jesus is TEACHING us,
remember?
Mat 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been
said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths:
Mat 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all;
neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Mat 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his
footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Mat 5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Mat 5:37 But let your communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Yes or no -
without any EMPHASIS. Without
anything more to add to those words. You can say Yes, but mean no-- you are
lying. But when you say yes, and swear by God or any thing that is HIS then but
then you lie, YOU are daring to LIE directly to YOUR Creator, YOUR Redeemer!
Lies..
We know who the
father of lies is --
Joh_8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and
the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
When you choose
to lie you are choosing SATAN.
When you choose
to swear by God and inevitably there comes an occasion to break the oath you've
made- because SATAN wants us to join him in his hideous well deserved fate of
eternal death- then you are choosing SATAN, choosing DEATH.
We are weak but
we are WARNED!
Our strength is
CHRIST.
CHRIST tells us
JUST to say YES or NO, do NOT invoke God's name on anything we are vowing, upon
anything we are making an oath towards we have not right to do that, we are
WEAK and Satan will exploit us at every opportunity. Our SAVIOR does not want
us lost! Our SAVIOR does not want us to put ourselves in the position of
choosing Satan over God.
Our SAVIOR is
trying to teach us, we must learn.
Our SAVIOR is
showing us LOVE.
We must surrender
to HIS LOVE.
We must believe
all these things He is trying to teach us are for our GOOD!
BY the grace of
GOD may we LEARN, may we LEARN LOVE.
Please Lord,
please keep us from making oaths, for making vows, for swearing in Your HOLY
NAME, please! Save us!
In YOUR LOVE!
AMAZING LOVE!
opened his mouth, and taught them, saying…
Mat 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been
said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths:
Mat 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all;
neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Mat 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his
footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Mat 5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Mat 5:37 But let your communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
This reminds me a
bit of Paul -
1Co 7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and
widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1Co 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them
marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
It is better NOT
to swear, not to make oaths to GOD or anything that is GOD'S, but the swearing,
the making of vows to God was something done. Jesus Himself did say- 'ye have heard
that it hath been said by them of old time…'
In old time ,
this was said--
Ecc 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer
not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecc 5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not
vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ecc 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh
to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore
should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Suffer NOT thy
mouth to cause they flesh to sin.
Maybe today we
don't make vows like they did in old OLD times. A man seldom uses his word for anything
at all. We need contracts and signatures in triplicate in order for our vows and
oaths to mean anything to us. A
man's word USED to be his bond, but no longer is that true not in reality. It
becomes heresy instantly when the word is broken. Men think very little of
perjuring themselves even in court. They make a big deal over it, but in truth
you have to prove perjury and when all you have is someone's word there is
little proof- it just becomes a he said, she said, or he said, he said, or she
said, she said kind of thing and you need to decide who to believe without
knowing factually what is true.
The thing is,
with God, He knows and NEEDS no proof from any one, HE knows the truth- all of
it. He knows how easy it is for us to break our word even when we don't mean
to. Yet even though you don't
mean to break your vow and were sincere when you made it, the action of breaking
it remains and has a cost.
It is better NEVER to EVER swear by GOD or anything- because ALL things are
GOD'S, that to RISK being in a situation of having to break that vow, that
oath, that swearing.
Why do we make
vows?
Why do we swear
by God?
Why do we make
oaths?
Some do these
very flippantly without any real regard to the importance of what they are
doing. God does not turn a blind eye to such things. Jesus is TEACHING us,
remember?
Mat 5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been
said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths:
Mat 5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all;
neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
Mat 5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his
footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Mat 5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,
because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Mat 5:37 But let your communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Yes or no -
without any EMPHASIS. Without
anything more to add to those words. You can say Yes, but mean no-- you are
lying. But when you say yes, and swear by God or any thing that is HIS then but
then you lie, YOU are daring to LIE directly to YOUR Creator, YOUR Redeemer!
Lies..
We know who the
father of lies is --
Joh_8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and
the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
When you choose
to lie you are choosing SATAN.
When you choose
to swear by God and inevitably there comes an occasion to break the oath you've
made- because SATAN wants us to join him in his hideous well deserved fate of
eternal death- then you are choosing SATAN, choosing DEATH.
We are weak but
we are WARNED!
Our strength is
CHRIST.
CHRIST tells us
JUST to say YES or NO, do NOT invoke God's name on anything we are vowing, upon
anything we are making an oath towards we have not right to do that, we are
WEAK and Satan will exploit us at every opportunity. Our SAVIOR does not want
us lost! Our SAVIOR does not want us to put ourselves in the position of
choosing Satan over God.
Our SAVIOR is
trying to teach us, we must learn.
Our SAVIOR is
showing us LOVE.
We must surrender
to HIS LOVE.
We must believe
all these things He is trying to teach us are for our GOOD!
BY the grace of
GOD may we LEARN, may we LEARN LOVE.
Please Lord,
please keep us from making oaths, for making vows, for swearing in Your HOLY
NAME, please! Save us!
In YOUR LOVE!
AMAZING LOVE!