Thread: Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
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Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
Posted : 19 Oct, 2013 02:56 PM
What is th OT command concerning *VOWS* and *OATHS*?
Numbers 30:2: Moses said, "This is what the Lord commands: When a man makes a *VOW* to the Lord or takes an *OATH* to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said!"
What are the NT commands concerning making *VOWS* and **OATHS*??
James 5:12: "ABOVE ALL, my brothers, do not swear--not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned.!!"
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2 above}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
This would include vows that are demanded when you join any army or starting public office or a vow swearing on the Bible in the courtroom or wedding vows.
Now the book of Matthew was not written until about AD 65 and Paul did take a vow in Acts 18:18 which was long before Matthew was written. And the only laws the Gentiles were under at that time are found in Acts 21:25: As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. These preliminary laws were agreed upon before the NT was written by the Apostles in the Jerusalem council as per Acts 15:28,29.
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
Posted : 19 Oct, 2013 02:59 PM
ARE THE NT SAINTS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE OT LAWS REGARDING TAKING VOWS OR OATHS??
Galatians 2:14-16,20,21; 3:2,5,10-13;23-25: Paul said, When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners' know that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.!"
The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"
"All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written "Cursed is everyonewho does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us!
"Before faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, *WE* ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE LAW!!"
Hebrews 8:8,9,13: "The time is coming." says the Lord, "when I will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah".... By calling this Covenant "NEW", He has made the first one OBSOLETE; and what is OBSOLETE and aging will soon disappear."
Hebrews 8:6: But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which He is Mediator is SUPERIOR TO THE OLD ONE, and it is founded on better promises.
About 65 AD God inspired Matthew to write Matthew 28,19,20; Jesus says, "Go and make disciples of all nations....teaching them to obey *EVERYTHING* I have commanded you!"
I John 2:3-5: We know that we have come to know Him {Jesus} *IF* we obey His commands. The man who says, "I know Him," but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys His Word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him!
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
Posted : 19 Oct, 2013 03:10 PM
Deuteronomy 18:17-19: The Lord said to Moses, "I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from amiong their brothers, I will put My words in His mouth, and He will tell them everything I command Him. If anyone does not listen to My words that the Prophet speaks in My name, I Myself will call him to account!!"
John14:23,24: Jesus says, "If anyone loves Me, he will obey My teaching. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and We will make Our home with him. He who does not love Me will not obey My teaching. These words you hear are not My own; they belong to the Father who sent Me!"
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
Posted : 20 Oct, 2013 11:14 AM
This is how you are being used by the enemy here -- REPETITION. It's just brainwashing. Pure and simple. Though, your arguments are unsound and weak, you repeat them over and over and over and over again. Now, you are probably not even conscious of this (or perhaps you are), but nevertheless this is what you are doing here. Now the tactic has been exposed and brought into the light.
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How To Brainwash People�Even With Weak Logic
Repetition is one of the simplest ways to convince people of something. When we hear things multiple times, we tend to believe it more. It becomes more familiar and more familiar things seem more true. But we have to have a logical argument and facts to back our position up don�t we? And of course, we must have the other person�s attention!
Well no, it turns out.
Repetition Is Effective Without Attention!
It turns out that repetition of an idea convinces people of that idea whether there are strong, logical arguments for the idea or not. In cases where there is not a strong, logical argument, if you�re not paying attention, you�re more likely to be convinced!
The formula looks like this�
Don�t pay attention while something is repeated = convinced.
�Repetition is effective almost across the board when people are paying little attention, but when they are concentrating and the argument is weak, the effect disappears.�
In other words, if you have a weak argument to back it up, repeat your idea when people aren�t paying attention. If you have a strong argument, repeat it whether or not people are paying attention.
Conscious/Unconscious Minds
Kind of a nice reinforcement for the metaphor of the unconscious mind, don�t you think? If the conscious is away (not paying attention), new ideas can get in to the unconscious and take hold.
It also holds true if the idea being presented doesn�t seem to particularly apply to you. You won�t be paying particularly close attention to things that don�t apply to you. Therefor, if the ideas being presented to you fall into that category, you�re likely to accept them. With repetition, you�ll accept them more.
It�s one of the reasons we use metaphor in therapy. It�s a way to introduce an idea without bringing that conscious mind in. The trick is to keep the conscious mind out of the loop while sending signals to the unconscious mind that, �this message is for you!�
Easier Is �More Truerer�
We also prefer simpler explanations. If something is too hard to think about we may reject the idea and adopt a simpler explanation. It�s just the way we humans work.
It�s why you�ll hear explanations of the housing bubble such as, �The greedy banks caused it.� While banks certainly had a role to play, the situation is far more complex than that. But if we can�t fully grasp what happened, it�s uncomfortable. So, we grab something that�s easy to understand and hold on to it tightly.
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
Posted : 20 Oct, 2013 11:49 AM
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
James 5:12: "**ABOVE ALL**, my brothers, do not swear--not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned.!!"
Of all the terrible sins James mentioned in his book he says the above sin is **ABOVE ALL**!!
Deuteronomy 18:17-19: The Lord said to Moses, "I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from amiong their brothers, I will put My words in His mouth, and He will tell them everything I command Him. If anyone does not listen to My words that the Prophet speaks in My name, I Myself will call him to account!!"
John 14:23,24: Jesus says, "If anyone loves Me, he will obey My teaching. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and We will make Our home with him. He who does not love Me will not obey My teaching. These words you hear are not My own; they belong to the Father who sent Me!"
John 12:48: Jesus says, "There is a Judge for the one who does not accept My words, that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the Last Day!"
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
Posted : 20 Oct, 2013 11:18 PM
Here is a sample of an oath taken by a police officer.
"I _______________.DO SWEAR,, THAT - I WILL WELL AND TRULY SERVE - OUR SOVEREIGN COUNTRY AND STATE - AS A POLICE OFFICER WITHOUT FAVOR OR AFFECTION - MALICE OR ILL-WILL - UNTIL I AM LEGALLY DISCHARGED, THAT I WILL SEE AND CAUSE � OUR COMMUNITY�S PEACE TO BE KEPT AND
PRESERVED - AND THAT - I WILL PREVENT TO THE BEST OF MY POWER - ALL OFFENSES AGAINST THAT PEACE - AND THAT - WHILE I CONTINUE TO BE A POLICE OFFICER - I WILL - TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE - DISCHARGE ALL THE DUTIES THEREOF - FAITHFULLY - ACCORDING TO LAW.
According to this FALSE Prophet, a Christian could never be a police officer. It would be "Satanic". Now, I don't about you but I certainly believe that we need a LOT more Christians serving as police officers. We do NOT need to have ALL Christians eliminated from serving their communities. The same holds true for judges, public officials, and so on. This is exactly what our country needs especially in such an evil time as this.
Matthew 5:33-37: Jesus says, "You have heard that it was said to your people long ago {Numbers 30:2}, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' BUT I tell you, Do not swear at all....Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No, 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one!!"
