Swear To Tell The Truth The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth So Help Myself To Gain Dominion Over You Through Taking Away Your Religious Beliefs In Favor Of A Higher god, The Court

I assume the saying still goes "I swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God."

Note to self and a plan of attack (shared): Swear by nothing jesus quotes

Its like saying "Tell the gosh darn truth!" in it's current version shortened...Minus the huge religious problem in a land that supposedly embraces our freedom of religion.

Me: what was that part where jesus warned not to swear based on X because X was

ChatGPT said:

You're referring to a powerful and nuanced teaching from Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, where He warns against swearing oaths — especially using sacred things as collateral for truth-telling. The key passage is found in Matthew 5:33–37.

📖 Matthew 5:33–37 (ESV)

"Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’

But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

or by the earth, for it is his footstool,

or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil."

✨ Key Warnings in This Teaching

Swear Not By… Why It's Sacred

Heaven It is God’s throne — not yours to bind.

Earth It is God’s footstool — not yours to manipulate.

Jerusalem It is the city of the great King — not your possession.

Your own head You don’t even control your own biology — let alone truth.

🧠 Meaning and Implications

Jesus is calling for integrity without theatrics.

In His time, people swore oaths by holy things as a way to sound more trustworthy (*** Bingo), or to evade accountability (depending on what they swore by).

Jesus condemns this as spiritually manipulative, and insists that one’s word alone should be reliable without invoking sacred things.

✨ "Let your 'yes' mean yes, and your 'no' mean no" — that’s the gold standard of honesty.

📜 Supporting or Related Scriptures:

🔹 James 5:12 (echoes Jesus directly)

“But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your 'yes' be yes and your 'no' be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.”

🔹 Isaiah 66:1

“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool…” — confirms Jesus’ statement about the sacredness of heaven and earth.

🧭 Summary

Jesus is warning people not to swear by anything sacred — because all things belong to God, not to us.

To swear by them is to use what is divine for personal credibility, which is both arrogant and dangerous.

Instead, Jesus calls for truthful simplicity:

Say what you mean. Keep your word. You shouldn't need God’s throne as a prop.

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