“A lie has no legs. It requires other lies to support it. Tell one lie and you are forced to tell
others to back it up. Stretching the
truth won’t make it last any longer.
Those that think it permissible to tell white lies soon grow colorblind”
(Austin O’Malley).
Oaths were an important
part of life in Biblical times. The Old
Testament speaks of taking oaths and swearing by God in order to prove to
others that the truth was being spoken. But
by Jesus’ time oaths had been corrupted.
James addresses this use of oaths in James 5:12 and places upon the
disciple of Jesus Christ the burden of integrity and trustworthiness.
Are you a trustworthy
person? Does your “yes” mean yes and
your “no” mean no? How can you know that
others trust you? What is the danger of
making an oath or swearing by the name of God?
May the Spirit speak to
each of us this Sunday as we explore the Word of God and may His gospel be ever
clearer to us all.
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