DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

(KJV.)  MATTHEW 5:34-37

(34)  But I say unto you,  Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
(35)  Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:  neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
(36)  Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
(37)  But let your communication be,  Yea, yea;  Nay, nay:  for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.


SWEAR NOT AT ALL

Brethren, as followers of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, we are to be mindful of our spoken words; for we are being judged by the world in all situations; ways we walk, talk and live our daily lives are always being analyze by humanity; our adversary listens to our prayers and conversations, watches our movements and tries to infiltrate our thought processes to err so he can have reasons to accuse us to the Father that we disobey his words; yes! this is what he does to all believers at all times: let us beware of his dubious ways!

Case in point, in the above text, Jesus speaks about swearing to prove ourselves to others: at times, we get carried away and speak pridefully to prove that we are certain of ourselves or situations that others may not be certain of; however, Jesus said;  (i)  Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is the throne of the LORD of hosts, nor by the earth; for it is his footstool; therefore, let us try not to prove any authenticity by using divinely objects as liaisons to justify our cases before humanity; (ii) neither should we swear with body parts; whether, hair, hands, feet or our own children as objects to promise very strongly to do or not to do anything; for it is abomination in the eyes of the LORD of hosts creator of all things including our souls and bodies; he is the only one who has power to use his creation in his own prerogative not ours.


WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT:

Fruits of thoughts, however,  (a)  let our spoken words and behaviors portray who we are in the faith of the righteousness of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior;   (b)  let us exercise patience with integrity and be genuine not faking or pretending in dealing with others; if we agree to something, let our agreements be certain; whether personal commitments, business dealings or to volunteer ourselves in the house of the LORD, we are to be faithful and if we disagree on issues that are not in agreement with our walk with Jesus Christ, or matters which we disagree of, whether personal matters or matters of secular natures, let us stand firm on our disagreements, not waver in our thoughts and opinions; for the enemy uses our minds to instigate us to do his evil works by going against ourselves both in words and actions; therefore, let us call a spade a spade, anything else is a lie and the truth is not in us.

Points to ponder, let us exercise patience in everything we do or say to others; spoken words are powerful and when words come out of our mouths, we cannot retrieve or reverse back again what we have spoken; but our words will manifest in whatever situations we spoke them into, whether negative or positive situations; therefore, let us get in habits of speaking positively; regardless, if we agree or disagree on issues with one another, let us not get angry, swear or curse but control ourselves as believers, pray and submit all things in the hands of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.


CONCLUSION:

Brethren, today we read in the above text not to swear at all by anything created by the LORD of hosts; therefore, as believers in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, let us try to remove swearing words out of our vocabularies, the enemy knows how to get us to curse our own children with our own mouths by using negative swearing words upon their lives; we swear for this and for that, we even swear upon or own lives on what we will do to ourselves in the days, months and years ahead; we are to mind our utterances and speak words of wisdom gracefully with tender loving cares and with kindness to one another; this is the will of the LORD of hosts through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior forever and evermore. Amen and Amen!


QUOTES OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)   Matthew 12:36-37 But I say  unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment......For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.