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Please turn to the Word of the Lord, James chapter 5 verse 12
What is truth?
quality - conformity to reality or actuality
some thing is true if it is a reality.
Not what we perceive to be true but what is true.
As science has developed over the years scientists have hypothesized about how the world works.
They have made false concluding based on partial information.
It wasn’t until 1877 that the medical world was convinced that germs existed and that they were the cause of infections.
Before this time people thought that diseases were transferred though bad air smelly wounds.
It wasn’t until 1940 that antibiotics were found to combat bacterial infections.
Doctors were using what they could see touch and feel but their conclusions were false.
Statement - a statement that is dependable - The Gospel
This is a statement that will come true.
The Gospel is a dependable statement 2 Co 13:8 “8 For we can’t do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.”
Adjective - expressing or being characterized by expressing truth
Someone who makes dependable statements or has the characteristic of expressing truth
Verb - to speak or to make known statements consistent with fact or reality
To say things that are true and dependable.
Why did I go through all of that.
We like to believe that we are truthful people but in reality we live in a society that is built on lies and deception.
Look at the history of the world and the deceit of man against man.
Who here would describe themselves as a skeptic.
You are a show me then I will believe you.
Who here as ever been lied to.
Who here has been caught in a lie or false statement?
Like I said we like to believe that we live in a truthful world.
Have you ever thought what would happen in the world if every single person had to tell the truth for one day.
That when someone asked you how you felt you had to tell them what you actually felt.
I looked up truth in the bible and there about 150 verses that have the word truth in it.
Anyone want to guess how many times I found lies, lying and other derivatives in scripture.
Over 50 books of the bible, over 1000 words in almost 400 verses.
When we go to the beginning we see
Then not long after we have Cain kill Abel and:
Since man was deceived by the Father of Lies.
Satan.
It became part of the nature of man.
Scriptures says all men and women lie at some time.
Through out the Word of God we see all sorts of false thing come out of the mouths of men and women.
Above All
James 5:12a
12 Above all, my brothers and sisters, ...
Above all.
This verse starts a transition to the final commands of James.
He says after everything that I have said above all
James is speaking of the words of man again.
This has been a common issue that he was dealing with in the church and it is something we deal with today.
James Teaches
how a believer should ask for wisdom, with faith and without doubt
how a believer should boast in their circumstances with proper respect to God
how a believer should not accuse God of tempting them.
How a believer should be quick to listen and slow to speak and slow to anger
how a believers religion is useless if he cannot control their tongue
How a believer is speak and act like one who is to be judged
How a believer is to claim faith but not do anything about it.
That their works come from their professed faith
How a believer should control their tongue and all of the damage that comes from it.
Get the point.
The words we use the words we say are a window into a person heart.
You may ask why we went into so much background and that’s because this scripture is so simple but based on truth and the struggle the church had with controlling their speech.
James is getting to another example of the sin of men and the craftiness of deception.
The Command
He tells then to not swear (make a promise)...
James 5:12b
… do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath.
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He says do not swear.
Many taken this to mean that a person is to never swear, make a promise, or take an oath.
This is not true.
Throughout the scriptures God gave men oaths.
Jesus said it this way
Why do oaths exist.
They are a process that has been created to deal with the sinful lying man.
They are an attempt to force or hold liable someone to not break their word.
The Isrealits were told to take oaths in Gods name
However there were harsh punishments for breaking oaths sworn in God’s name
The religious leaders were not following what God had established.
They were only to give an oath i the name of the Lord.
But who hear has made a promise while crossing their fingers.
This is what the Isrealites did, what the religeous leaders were doing and what the church in Jerusalem was doing.
You see they did not have written documents traditionally for them to bring up in court.
The proper oath was good enough for the courts and the people.
However the people started to take oaths on other things such as, heaven, earth, Jerusalem, head.
This was because even though it made them look good these oaths were not binding.
Jesus was calling them out and saying you have no wiggle room.
You cannot cross your fingers.
If you make an on anything that exists it is God’s and therefor you are swearing in the name of the Lord.
If you swear on anything other than God’s name then you are being deceptive and that comes from the evil one the Father of lies, satan.
James refers to the same line that jesus uses.
Woe to you statements.
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