Under Oath
In the legal world, there are two ways to testify: by oath or by affirmation. Both testimonies are valid within jurisdictional parameters, but there is a slight and significant difference between them.
An affirmation is when you share your understanding of truth based on your honor. For instance, "I give you my word that…" An oath takes things to the next level as a spoken pledge with the weight of a "Supreme Being" behind it. For example, "I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, SO HELP ME, GOD."
As believers in Jesus, we must live 'under oath.' Understanding our human condition and our fallibility to deceive and manipulate, our affirmation just isn't enough. Behind it, a string of broken promises and misread circumstances.
Shouldn't we live under the authority of the one we serve? Jesus said, "It is right that you call me teacher and Lord because that is who I am" (John 13:13). If he is Lord of our lives, then our lives must honor and represent the weight of the "Supreme Being" behind us.
A life lived 'under oath' prioritizes God, obediently follows his calling, and is lived as a servant willingly and joyfully following his master. It is filled with integrity and honor, and divine love flows.
Is your life story an affirmation or an oath? Is it based around you and your righteousness or Christ and his?
Live life under oath.
An affirmation is when you share your understanding of truth based on your honor. For instance, "I give you my word that…" An oath takes things to the next level as a spoken pledge with the weight of a "Supreme Being" behind it. For example, "I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, SO HELP ME, GOD."
As believers in Jesus, we must live 'under oath.' Understanding our human condition and our fallibility to deceive and manipulate, our affirmation just isn't enough. Behind it, a string of broken promises and misread circumstances.
Shouldn't we live under the authority of the one we serve? Jesus said, "It is right that you call me teacher and Lord because that is who I am" (John 13:13). If he is Lord of our lives, then our lives must honor and represent the weight of the "Supreme Being" behind us.
A life lived 'under oath' prioritizes God, obediently follows his calling, and is lived as a servant willingly and joyfully following his master. It is filled with integrity and honor, and divine love flows.
Is your life story an affirmation or an oath? Is it based around you and your righteousness or Christ and his?
Live life under oath.
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