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not swear - Let your That question will be - yes, no - not
... or your head will not swear, because you can not make even one hair white or black. So let your speech be: Yes - yes, no - no, because what else is, it's from evil. (Matthew 5:36-37)
But Jesus was silent: Then the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether Thou art the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus said to him: Thou hast said. (Matt. 26:63 64)
new standard of truthfulness
J ezus said, 'But I tell you: We make no oaths. ... Let your communication be, simply: Yes - yes, no - no, because what else is derived from evil "(Mt 5:34, 37; literal translation). This statement negates the creative and dishonest ways to avoid telling the truth (which were presented in the previous chapter). In other words, Jesus demands from us more than the Old Testament injunction keeping vows and says not to swear. It seems that the said This is because, since, with an approximation of the Kingdom of God through his ministry (Luke 11:20; 17:21), the presence of the King himself (Mt 21:15-16) and the exile of the Spirit of truth (Jn 15:26) and the initiation of new covenant (Luke 22:20; see Request 1923), the standard of truthfulness should be increased, thereby reducing the measure of compromise with evil in this world.
Jesus said that we do not swear, because everything beyond a simple yes - yes, no - no, comes from evil. The evil in the human heart has led to lies and deception. Jesus said that these things come from the "father of lies" (Jn 8:44), and derive their power from the evil present in the human heart. For this reason, the truth is all the time exposed to repression. But without the truth of the social life is not possible. There must be some measure of confidence in marriages, businesses, schools, governments of countries and a huge world of contractual obligations, not to mention the valuable structure of friendship relations. Therefore, the evil lies, deception and deception, which penetrates the heart of man and society is limited by means of oaths hereinafter.
Oaths are intended to ensure that you do not provide the love
evil that undermines the mutual trust, is essentially selfishness and ill will. To obtain the desired twisting of the truth is allowed even on someone's injury. It follows that the maintenance of truth requires sustaining love. If we were not selfish and do not act wickedly towards others, not łamalibyśmy promises not lie or pretend. Then królowałaby true. However, because the world is not governed by love, and therefore the need arose to take oaths to fill the gaps in love. Oath was introduced out of necessity due to lack of love. Because we do not show love to each other and our words do not stem from love, why are filing an oath to provide others with their own truthfulness. we risk the danger of the gods for breaking their word. This means that respect for our good we do in our measure of truthfulness. We do not want God to strike us. This regard for their own good is the participation of every individual, even non-believers have it. That is why the oath they have the power to guarantee our truthfulness.
Jesus' words can be paraphrased as follows: "I urge you to have used a different standard of truthfulness. I invite you to witness the coming of my kingdom, and bear witness to the righteousness which is introduced into this world. Yes, you are still in this fallen world, which is a lie and a fraud. Among those who do not yet know my power of Saving oath may be necessary to maintain social order unregenerate human communities. They act as a kind of a dam on a river of human error ".
Jesus said: "You just said."
Jesus's statement can be summarized as follows: "But as for you who know me and you go behind me, who forgave the forgiveness of sins, and whose hearts are turned - let your yes and no will be as binding as an oath. Let your conduct is beyond reproach. When the court asked the secretary you: Do swears you tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God?, then . look him straight in the eye and say I'm truth. " The night before the crucifixion of Jesus, the high priest asked him during the trial: "I charge you by the living God, that thou tell us whether Thou art the Christ, the Son of God" (Matthew 26:63). In other words, the high priest demanded that Jesus is the Messiah responded or calling upon God to witness.
Jesus was not resolved and in accordance the commandment, which I previously gave (Matt 5:37), he replied: "You said ." It was his simple "yes": "You said and you are right" (Matthew 26:64; see Mk 14:62). There was no need to take an oath. His "yes" is as good as the Oath. The high priest felt the full force of this truth and do not have to continue to push for an oath. Tore his clothes and said: "He has uttered blasphemy! Do we still need witnesses? Here you have heard the blasphemy "(Matthew 26:65).
Are followers of Jesus should not even make an oath?
radical core of Jesus' statements about przysięganiu is the demand that we be thoroughly honest men and fully prawdomównymi. It is, however, ask yourself the following question: Is Jesus' followers should never make vows? Before I answer, I would like to draw attention to some interesting thing - you can bet that question differently. Jesus said: "But I say unto you, that you do not swear ' (Matthew 5:34), but also said: "Let your speech be: Yes - yes, no" (Matt. 5:37). Thus, the question here is whether or not we should not swear, be represented as follows: Are the followers of Jesus should make promises, statements or answer questions except through simple "yes" or "no"?
comprehensive approach to issues is helpful, because there are some exceptional situations in the service of Jesus, which undermines the claim that the followers of Jesus not be added to the simple declaration of "yes" and "no" to any other words in order to emphasize their veracity. One of the most common sayings of Jesus is the phrase "Amen", which in the Gospels, there are over fifty times, and even stronger words: "Verily, verily I say unto you," which appears in the Gospels more than twenty five times.
describing the use of this phrase, DA Carson said: "Jesus used this phrase to confirm and underscore the credibility and weight of their contributions." [1] If you live in this world, someone so right that they do not have to add any other words to emphasize their veracity, then that person was Jesus. But he added various phrases to emphasize his speech. Apparently, the use of speech to emphasize their different words that need not be spoken, not due to a lack of righteousness of Jesus - they were uttered in a fit of love - the desire that students become aware of unassailable credibility of what was said, because it may be were unaware of how credible the speaker is Jesus.
This leads me to caution against too simplistic a statement that the follower of Jesus can be the right person so that, because it allowed listeners in different situations, add various statements to emphasize their veracity. What's more, Jesus was aware that the same God who is the essence of righteousness, confirmed his words sometimes oaths. He did not compensate for the insufficient credibility of their words, but to encourage us to He believed (see Luke 1:73; 1 M 22:16). So it seems that the essence of Jesus' arrest is absolute honesty truthfulness, however, does not appear that this demand clearly stipulated that truthfulness can be expressed only by specific words.
Some oath may be submitted
So based on these considerations, we can say that there are exceptions to the seemingly absolute prohibition "But I say unto you, that you do not swear? I am inclined to admit that we should be open to the fact that certain formulas oaths (such as "I call God to witness that what I say is true") may be a way to express love to someone who does not know us (and knows nothing about Our credibility) and because of their cultural traditions have believed us if we took an oath. In other words given by Jesus' absolute prohibition of swearing oaths refers to abuse (see Matthew 5:35-36 and Matthew 23:16-22), and at all times and in all cultural spaces of his request, we were people necessarily honest and prawdomównymi.
should however beware of the ruthless annihilation of claim to speak the truth
These considerations lead to the conclusion that the formula of oaths or other forms of promises not to use so that our words give greater credibility than would appear from our behavior, but only in order to help others adopt the pure truth of our words. But even now, when I write the words of this chapter, I feel, to some extent neutralize the sayings of Jesus. He really give us a higher level than the commandment "Thou shalt not swear falsely, but keep a Lord your oaths" (Matthew 5:33). The aim of his demands is something more than just call for keeping our promises. His request is a plea for a departure from the use of oaths. Our new position should be such that the filing is not necessary oaths. You should be careful in making oaths. Oath is likely (if not necessarily) indicate that my poor reliability, which may bring shame to Jesus. One of the things that bring glory to Jesus is that He frees us from the need to lie, and the need to prove that they do not lie.
followers of Jesus are not only honest people - people who are developing internally, so that quite to the state in which they will need not protect against suspicions of insincerity. Therefore, you can find ways - different from those adopted by the world - the publication of Jesus the Lord over their minds and mouths. After all, Jesus wants to be known as the Way, the Truth and Life. Asks us to live and they said yes, that people may know of his glory.
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