Oaths
Matthew 5:36 “Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.”
The
Bible says, that God swore by Himself, because there was no greater.
We really cannot swear even by ourselves, because we are not our own.
The prohibition against swearing does not deal with taking an oath in the law court. During His trial by the high priest, our Lord did not resent being put on His oath. On rare and solemn occasions we may have to bare our heads before God and ask Him to corroborate our word. But how different is this from the frequent and flippant use of expletives and extravagances of speech.
Even the color of the hair on their heads was determined by God (Mat. 5:36).
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