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<div class="SSN_title">"TAKING OATHS"</div>
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<div class="SSN_intro">Intro: Is it profitable for us in this modern world with its vast problems to be concerned with our speech? To Christian everything is important because of what he is. Various details of life laid down in epistles. Eph., "Lie not one to another, speak the truth always."</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. CONTRAST OF INTERPRETATION OF MOSAIC LAW WITH CHRIST. TEACHING.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. "Thou hast heard that it hath been said by them of old time," "Thou shalt not forswear thyself but shalt perform unto the Lord thy oaths."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Exact words not found in Old Testament.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Implied in 3rd commandment, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord Thy God in vain."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. <a onClick="return mV('Deu',6,13);">Deut. 6:13</a>.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. <a onClick="return mV('Lev',19,12);">Lev. 19:12</a>.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. WHAT THE LAW TAUGHT.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Place bridle on man's proneness to lie.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Life becoming chaotic, could not rely on people's word.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Restrict oath, taking too serious and important matters.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Taking oaths on trivial and unimportant matters.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Normal conversations.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. TEACHING OF PHARISEES AND SCRIBES.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Attitude legalistic - more interested in letter than Spirit.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. So term and phrase law as to leave many loopholes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Their only interest was in the committing of perjury.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Legalism still with us.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Attitude of Roman church on divorce.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Not really married of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. No real marriage had taken place.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. We isolate certain things and say, "to do that is sin and as long as you are not doing it, all is well."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Modern view of holiness.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. To go to a show is worldly, as long as you don't do this you're all right.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Watch on T.V. OK.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Nothing at all about pride, lust of flesh, lust of eye, etc., criticism, back-biting, isolate and confine to one matter only.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. Pharisees reduced whole great issue to one phase only, perjury.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. You could swear or take oath at any time.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Some oaths binding, some not.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Temple - no.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Gold in Temple - yes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Altar - no.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. Gift on altar - yes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">IV. CHRIST TEACHING (READ).</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Neg. situation such as Quakers refuse to take oath in court. Pledge to flag.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. In Old Testament, God laid down laws as to how and when oaths should be taken.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Abraham extracted oath from servant.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Jacob from Joseph, Joseph from brethren.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. <a onClick="return mV('Mat',26,63);">Matthew 26:63</a>, Jesus on trial, "held His peace."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. High Priest, "I adjure by the living God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Jesus then spoke.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Practice of Apostles.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. <a onClick="return mV('Rom',1,1);">Romans 1</a>, "I call...God is my witness."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. <a onClick="return mV('2Cr',1,23);">II Cor. 1:23</a>.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. <a onClick="return mV('Hbr',6,16);">Heb. 6:16</a>, God swore by himself.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Positive.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Using sacred titles in cursing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Should swear by name of God Himself.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. What is heaven or earth or creatures?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Should not use oaths in ordinary conversations.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Look at world today, much trouble from this.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Treaties are worthless.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Increase of divorce and infidelity.</div>
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