TOPIC: DON’T SWEAR DECEITFULLY
TEXT: Psalms 24:4 “He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.”
Memory Verse: Psalms 89:35 “Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.”
FOCUS:
Today we are still on our series, how do I become a sign and a wonder and we are looking at Psalms 24:4; the bibles says Who will ascend to the hills of the Lord? I would say the hills of the Lord is the hill of signs and wonders. ‘He that hath a clean hand and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.’ And today we are looking at who has not sworn deceitfully.
What does it mean to swear deceitfully? When you know that something is absolutely a lie, and you still go ahead to swear in the name of anything. There are so many people who are under curse today and have become reproaches because they are not aware that anytime they swear deceitfully, they attract the curse from the Lord. Curse will not come until there is a cause; that means every curse has a reason. No one can curse you if you have not done anything. Curse only become effective when there is a reason for it. And one of the ways that the devil has plagued human beings is when people come under curse by swearing deceitfully that is why the Bible says our yes should be yes, and our no should be no. That means in no circumstance should one swear.
Swearing is not of God no matter the pressure or what is going on, it should not occur to you to swear. Sometimes, people play with it. You should be conscious that you can accept any decision you take so you don’t need to impress anyone. Sometimes people go into swearing and then, they now lie on it because you are trying to impress the other person. You want someone to see you as a saint when you are actually a sinner. When you are guilty of something, why not just apologize and go your way than swearing or implicating your life. I have also heard men of God who swear and say ‘if God doesn’t do this for this person then they will have problem’. I don’t understand their level of understanding but to me it’s very wrong. Like I used to say, my call is too big for me to swear for any mortal being promising them that God will do this for you. Quit swearing and then you will become a sign and a wonder. Amen.
LESSON:
James 5:12 “But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.”
We are looking at we should not swear deceitfully; we should not even swear at all. And our lesson today is James 5:22 that is, don’t come under pressure or try to impress; don’t swear at all. I learned this for years now, you can’t get me to the point of swearing I will rather walk away. It says neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither oath: but let your yea be yea; and your no be no; so that you don’t fall into condemnation. When you keep swearing you will fall.
You want to be a sign and a wonderful? Then you must make sure that you don’t fall. Trying to swear will make your life miserable; you will not like the outcome. Don’t bring your life into confusion trying to impress anyone. Many have sworn and are yet to recover. Many people that you think it’s the devil, it’s not actually the devil it’s because they have sworn. Sometimes, especially when children are growing up they say ‘who did this?’ instead of the child to receive the punishment and walk away, the next thing is to start swearing. Meanwhile, deep inside you know that you are guilty. Stop swearing today. Let every parent teach their children that no matter the pressure the see out there, swearing should be out of it.
No matter who is cursing you, you don’t curse back because swearing brings you under condemnation. You can never be a sign and a wonder if you keep swearing how much more when you now swear deceitfully. Stop swearing today so that you can be a sign and a wonder. Don’t add deception to your life, it will bring you under bondage, it will torture you, it will make the person a misfit in God’s Kingdom. If you go out there and do a survey, you will discover that many people are going through hell because they have sworn deceitfully! God bless you. You are a sign and a wonder!
PERSONAL CONFESSION: I receive grace not to swear either with things on earth or things that are invisible.
PRAYER FOCUS: Father forgive me from my past deceptive swearing in the name of Jesus christ.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: God’s blessings is only available for the upright in heart. How upright is your tongue?
The Wonder’s of God are only available for those that does not swear Deceitfully.