DEVOTION ~ SWEAR NOT
Theme: Swear Not Text: Matthew 5:33-37 33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ 34 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; 35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. Ever been caught in situations where none believes your side of the story? To vindicate yourself, you often say; true for God or I swear. In the text for our consideration today, we will learn what Jesus has to say concerning swearing. To swear means to establish an oath of which you are obliged to fulfill or to invoke the name of (a sacred being) in an oath. The oath established binds the individuals involved (the one who swore and the witnesse...