Why Does Jesus Say Not to Swear Oaths?

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Sermon on the Mount E14 – In Matthew 5:33-48, Jesus offers three case studies about how people can work together in spite of conflict. The first case study focuses on the ancient practice of oath keeping. By the time of Jesus, ancient Israelites no longer spoke the divine name of Yahweh out of respect, but they would still swear oaths by things closely related to God—like the sky, land, temple, etc. Some people used these oaths as a loophole because they felt less serious to break (“I only swore by the temple!”). In this episode, Jon and Tim discuss Jesus’ teaching on oaths, which demonstrates God’s wisdom on the integrity of our words and the danger of even small deceptions.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Lindsay at Bible Project. I produce the podcast. This year we're exploring Jesus
0:05.2	teaching in the Sermon on the Mount. We're currently taking questions for the second
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0:27.7	We're looking forward to hearing from you.
0:29.5	Here's the episode.
0:33.0	This is John from Bible Project, and this year we're studying the sermon on the mount.
0:39.0	With me as co-host Michelle Jones, time Michelle.
0:41.0	Hi, John.
0:42.0	So we're in the part of the sermon on the Mount
0:43.6	where Jesus teaches his followers
0:45.5	how to live by the laws of the Torah.
0:47.4	Right, so the Torah is the first five books
0:49.6	of the Hebrew Bible, and at its core,
0:52.2	the Torah is a story about how God shows Israel to be his
0:55.2	partners to do justice and righteousness and in doing so bring life to the whole
1:00.3	world. Yes now crucial part of the story is the moment God gives ancient
1:04.9	Israel commands to live by. These are the laws of the Torah and the most famous are
1:09.8	the Ten Commandments, but actually there are over 600 of these commands.
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