Has anyone here had the opportunity to stand before a board of judges? Say for instance, in our law school or system? Let’s take for example the court system where you stand before a judge. The first thing they do is to stand, and have you to be sworn in with your right hand on the Bible, and your left hand in the air. Then they ask you to repeat after them stating these words: “Do you swear that the evidence you shall give the court in this matter shall be the truth, the whole, and nothing but the truth [so help you God]?” And they wait for you to say yes or no, and this is done to anyone that comes in front of our court system, whether or not you believe in the God of the Bible or not. It doesn’t matter what your beliefs are.

Example for all court judges: each justice or judge of the United States shall take the following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of the office: “I,–, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal rights to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me a – under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God”.

Another example: Did you ever wonder why they have people to place their hand on or hold the Bible in their hand? Well, listen to this, the whole purpose for this is to bind you in earth and in heaven before the throne of Jesus knowing full well of what the Bible says about swearing or making an oath here on earth or to heaven. 

Let’s turn in our Bible to 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.”

The main thing that we should take away from this is to let your words be few. In the Word it says according to Colossians 4:6: 

⁶ “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

Also in Matthew 12:30-37:

³⁰ “He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. ³¹ Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. ³² And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. ³³ Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. ³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. ³⁶ But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

People of our Lord and Savior Yashua/Jesus Christ that say the words that come from our mouth are truthful, and not full of you and your desires. Like the word says in Colossians 4:6: “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

One of the biggest problems that the church is facing today is that the words coming from out of our mouth are not full of grace, nor have any seasoning; but what you will find is what the word says in Ephesians 5:3-6:

³ “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; ⁴ Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. ⁵ For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. ⁶ Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.”

I want all of you to remember this 1 Corinthians 4:5:

⁵ “Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.”

Also read 2 Corinthians 5:9-10:

⁹ “Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. ¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ: that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”

Thank you for listening, in Yashua’s name. It is so!