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Teaching
Why We Make Oaths
Snake in a can
Broken Trust Hurts
Have you been hurt by a broken promise?
Have you hurt someone else by breaking a promise?
Have you ever broken a promise to God?
We Were Created for Trust
If everyone were trustworthy:
No signing receipts, no contracts, no clicking “I agree with the above terms and agreements”
No perjury, no false accusations, no “Oops, I meant to do that and forgot.”
No wondering, “Will he come through?”
No wondering, “Did she really mean what she said?”
No broken promises (We were made for this kind of world, but we broke it)
Long ago, we broke that trust
Beginning
Adam & Eve did not obey God as they intended: They broke His trust
Adam blamed Eve for his sin; he broke her trust as a husband
After that, sin entered the world
After that, sin entered the world
Marriage contracts were broken
Business deals were broken
Children and teens say they will be good, and then they aren’t
People start accusing each other of made up things, broken trust all over!
Without trust, no one can really interact with anyone and feel safe!
Without trust, society falls apart, we needed a fix
Oaths Were Made to Help Our Trust Issues
Presidents Oaths Video Here
Defining oaths
Definition: a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behavior
Barney Fife video
Someone has broken my trust and now wants me to trust them again
They swear (make an oath) by God they will do what they said
This means if they fail, they choose to bring God’s punishment on them self.
In other words:
An oath is a promise backed by the punishment of God if it is broken.
This helps because:
If someone has broken my trust before, I put myself at risk by trusting them again
If that person swears by God they do as they say, then I might believe they are serious
So, a relationship is restored
If I trust someone who has broken my trust before, I put myself at risk.
Needed for society, broken trust leads to problems
Examples: Contracts, receipts, president oaths, perjury, marriage even
Chosen to honor God
Examples
Failed, really want to get it right now
Loan $
___________ loans me money, I say I will pay it back, I don’t.
Now, I need more $.
__________ doesn’t want to give it
I swear by God I will pay him back this time.
_______ says, “OK, you do this at your own risk.”
Marriage
Husband cheats on wife, wife says she is going to leave him
The husband says he swears by God he will never do this again
The wife believes he is serious, gives him another try
Oaths are of some help because:
If someone has broken my trust before, I put myself at risk by trusting them again
If that person swears by God they do as they say, then I might believe they are serious
So, a relationship is restored
Why Oaths Didn’t Fix the Problem
Barney Fife Video Here
Barney Explanation
Barney said he would do something, he made a promise
Non-Binding Oaths by other things than God for every little thing
He made the promise several times, insisting on it.
But the promise means NOTHING!
In Jesus’s day, people made non-binding oaths on things other than God, often times for frivolous things.
Other things: Made promises on other things: Heaven, Earth, Jerusalem, their head.
Non-binding oaths: Came up with oaths that could be more easily broken
Other things: Made promises on other things: Heaven, Earth, Jerusalem, their head.
Every little thing: People would swear by these things all the time for every little commitment
“By me head, I WILL do the dishes dear!”
“By the temple, I WILL remember to put the toilet seat down”
“By Jerusalem, I WILL show up for that meeting.”
This brought them back to square 1
Other things: Avoiding God’s wrath
Non-binding: They can break oaths
Every little thing: their character has not changed a bit!
Still untrustworthy!
Barney Fife!
They’re charcter
Frivolous Oaths
Oaths don;t free us from God’s judgement
Oaths
Jesus Gave a Higher Standard Than Oaths
Don’t Take Oaths
You can’t avoid God’s wrath by swearing on lesser things: it all belongs to God!
God will hold people accountable for breaking their word!
Oaths are DEADLY!
You can’t even control your hair color, you put yourself in danger by taking them!
Just Do What You Say
Jesus leads these people to a higher standard than oaths: being people of their word
If you truly intend to do something, say yes and ACTUALLY DO iT!
If you’re not sure, say no and be okay with that, it’s ok too
Trying to get around being true to our word is from the evil one,
the Devil does not want us to be people of our word.
Loving God & Others
God’s Idea of Perfection
God is completely consistent with His own words!
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