My Dear Precious Child,
My Son Jesus did not only quote religious laws to you, saying "you have heard it said," but He went even further and identified the demonic spirits which cause you to break the laws so that they can condemn you. He taught you what to do to avoid the devil's condemnation in your mind. The prophet Paul said later that the laws were given to identify sin, or the devil, since the demonic being behind all sin is the devil. (Romans 7:7-12) So if you learn to recognize the temptations in your mind as being from the devil, then with the power of My Holy Spirit He gives you the authority to refuse them.
It's when you are ignorant of the demons behind the temptations to break the religious laws that you are fooled, deceived and thus sow seeds to your own destruction by doing what the devil tempts you to do in your thoughts. When you recognize that the negative thoughts are from your enemy who wants to destroy you, you are more likely able to refuse to follow their urging. Refusing to do evil, as tempted in your thoughts, will eliminate the barriers to My blessings flooding into your life. You must learn to recognize the tempting thoughts first. That is where My Son Jesus and My Holy Spirit come in, not only teaching you to recognize the demonic thoughts as being from hell, but I give you the power of My Holy Spirit to enable you to refuse their urging.
For instance, one religious law that Jesus said opens you up for the devil's destruction is swearing to do something or pledging to do something. (Leviticus 19:12) Jesus said that you have heard in your religious teaching that you should not swear falsely but you shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn to do. Jesus told you that in order to avoid evil, for you not to swear to do anything at all, don't swear by My heaven, by the earth, by your national flag, by your own head, by your Instruction Book or anything on which you are asked to swear or pledge. Jesus' reasoning is that if you do swear to do something, if you are unable to do it because your circumstances change, then you have opened yourself up for condemnation by the devil. You have opened the gate for him to oppress you with his condemning voice. You have also opened the gate for other humans to curse you for not keeping your promise or your obligation. By not swearing to do something, either tell the truth or fulfill an obligation, you are leaving room in your life if any unforeseen things happen for you not to feel bound to some pledge that you have made. (Matthew 5:33-45) Jesus said that you, as My child, merely answering, "Yes," and "No," to whatever the situation requires, are adequate.
Then Jesus said that anything else, in other words anything that requires you to swear to do something or pledge to do something, comes from hell to entrap you into being condemned by the devil if you break a pledge or a promise. In order not to be condemned by the devil and worrying about having sworn falsely to people or to a court or even to Me, only say "Yes," or, "No," instead of swearing to do what is asked. The devil will make you feel horrible for breaking any pledge if you find that you have to break a pledge because of a change in circumstances. But if you have not pledged but merely said that you would do what they ask if nothing unforeseen comes up that makes your circumstances different, then you are not bound to a promise or that person. If you are asked to swear to tell the truth in court, say what Jesus said, yes or no, because your perspective on something to which you are swearing might have been completely different than the perspective of anyone else.
My Holy Spirit amplified this teaching by Jesus when He said not to promise to do something but merely to say that you will do what is asked if no unforeseen thing comes up. That will release you from binding yourself to the expectations of another person because if you break a pledge to someone you open the door for the devil to harass you with condemnation and you open the door for the person whom you promised to have condemning feelings about you. (James 5:12)
Everything that Jesus taught to you relates to how to avoid the curses of the devil by equipping you with the knowledge of how the devil works. Jesus identified the temptations that come to your mind and He gives you the power of My Holy Spirit to refuse the temptation to swear to do something or to pledge to do something. In taking His advice you avoid the condemnation, the accusations, and the deceptions of the devil, all which come into your thoughts if you break a pledge or swear to do something and are unable to keep your promise.
Merely speaking the words, "Yes," and, "No," from your mouth can cause you to avoid all kinds of evil. I said anything else comes from hell. (Matthew 5:37)
People of few words are blessed.
Your Instructive and Loving Father
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