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Author Topic: Parables of Jesus bit by bit  (Read 7499 times)

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Re: Parables of Jesus bit by bit
« Reply #26 on: May 31, 2021, 11:26:01 am »
Oaths...
Matthew 5:33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to our ancestors,] You must not break your oath, but you must keep your oaths to the Lord.  34 But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black. 37 But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’[q] Anything more than this is from the evil one.

    I do not think it is a coincidence that Jesus goes from teaching about divorce straight into a teaching about making oaths.  God takes truth seriously but He also takes oaths and covenants seriously.  So an oath according to definition is a solemn promise usually with a divine witness.  By contrast, a covenant in scripture is a legally binding agreement.  The teaching here is about oaths not covenants, iow’s an oath is not a legally binding agreement that falls under different rules.  But we will see in a moment, not so different.
   The law teaches that we are not to break an oath.  Sounds good, right?! But Jesus who is teaching the intent of the law says this, “don’t take an oath at all:”  That might seem harsh.  Don’t make a solemn promise at all?  What could possibly be wrong with giving a solemn promise to do something, especially if it is something for someone else.  Jesus reasoning seems a little odd to me, He says the reason is because  by heaven, because it is God’s throne; 35 or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.  Okay, so God owns the heaven’s, the earth, and even Jerusalem, but what if I make a solemn oath or promise that isn’t about God at all?  Jesus continues, 36 Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.  Now we are getting to the heart of what I discovered in the teaching.  It is not in our power to fulfill such a promise. 
   There is a great debate in the church about whether or not God is sovereign or whether or not that sovereignty means that every aspect of our lives is controlled by God.  We read passages like Proverbs 16:9 (HCSB) A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD determines his steps. And wonder if we have any say in how our lives will go.  God definitely has plans and those plans will not be thwart. (Isaiah 46:11; Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 48:14: Job 42:2; Job 25:2; Daniel 4:35) This gives us part of the reason we are not to make oaths or solemn promises, because we cannot overturn or override what God is going to do in us and through us. The other part is that God is our witness. (Genesis 31:49; Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; I Samuel 20:23; Matthew 5:33) With all authority being Christ’s (Matthew 28:18) and God being both witness and guide we should have enough reason to not make solemn oaths that we may or may not be able to follow through with.  In fact, He ends by saying, let your yes be yes and your no be no.  In other words, make sure that you are true to your words and allow God to have the rest.
   The teaching is rounded out with an understanding from James. James 4 13-17 teaches that since we don’t know what will happen tomorrow, qne since Luke 12:25 teaches that we can’t change our lives, then we need to say, “If God wills I will>” rather than saying I will do this or that. When we understand that our lives are but a vapor, (James 4:13-17; Psalms 39:5) and that God has all authority, (Romans 13:1; Matthew 11:27; John 3:35) we can have no reason or right to make oaths.  If we let our yes be yes and our no be no, in other words, speak truth, we are indeed Loving according to I Corinthians 13 Love, thus fulfilling the law.
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