"It was said to the old time people: You shall not swear falsely," Matthew 5:33.
In fact, those old-timers used to say that whatever you swear you've got to carry through with it to the Lord. But, Jesus says, that was in the old-times. Now is the new times, a new covenant. The old's gone and done away with. So. What's the new? Here it is: Don't swear at all. Not by the sky. Not on your mother's grave. Not by a stack of Bibles. Not by your head. Not by God. Swearing by this or that just means it's OK to deceive and lie the rest of the time. If you mean, Yes, just say: Yes. If you mean, No, just say: No. Repent.
We meet with a brother or sister today with integrity in the words we share. And together we say: Thank You! to God that all his Yesses to life are found truthfully in Jesus.
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