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Question:<\/p>\n

I will\u00a0have to take the oath in\u00a0Bucharest soon to get Rumanian citizenship.<\/em> Is it a sin\u00a0to take this oath?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"jur\u0103m\u00eent\"What caused\u00a0this question? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Perhaps you have addressed this question thinking of\u00a0the text of the Gospel where Jesus says:<\/p>\n

Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, \u2018YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.\u2019\u00a0But I say to you, make no oath at all<\/strong>, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,\u00a0or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING.\u00a0Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.\u00a0But let your statement be, \u2018Yes, yes\u2019 or \u2018No, no\u2019; anything beyond these is of evil. (Matthew 5:33-37)(NASB)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The focus of these words of Lord Jesus is that we must be people of integrity and do according to what we say or promise.If you say \u201cyes\u201d and do what is \u201cno\u201d, or say \u201cno\u201d and do what is \u201cyes\u201d \u2013 these things come from the evil one.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the vow is\u00a0usually required from a man who does not keep his promises and does\u00a0not honor his words.When your integrity is known, you\u00a0will be required oath only by those who do not know you yet.<\/p>\n

God also swore<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Because at one time Abraham questioned the promise of God, the Most High has sworn:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,\u00a0<\/strong>saying, \u201cI WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU.\u201d\u00a0(Hebrews 6:13-14)(NASB)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God swore\u00a0not because He had ever\u00a0told lies and had not\u00a0fulfilled His Word, but because of Abraham\u2019s doubts.<\/p>\n

Besides \u2026 What is the oath? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here is the biblical definition of an oath:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.\u00a0<\/strong>In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath,\u00a0so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.\u00a0(Hebrews 6:16-18)(NASB)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But even the\u00a0oath will not change anything in those people who lack integrity.<\/p>\n

Some have sworn\u00a0to lie <\/strong><\/h2>\n

When Jesus was arrested, only Peter had the courage to go after the crowd that caught the Savior and the Bible says that\u2026<\/p>\n

Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, \u201cYou too were with Jesus the Galilean.\u201d\u00a0But he denied it before them all, saying, \u201cI do not know what you are talking about.\u201d\u00a0When he had gone out to the gateway, another servant-girl saw him and said to those who were there, \u201cThis man was with Jesus of Nazareth.\u201d\u00a0And again he denied it with an oath, \u201cI do not know the man<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0(Matthew 26:69-72)(NASB)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How is it applied to the case\u00a0of receiving citizenship? <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The procedure for taking\u00a0an oath of\u00a0citizenship of a country does not hold on\u00a0your personal integrity or the lack of integrity, but is a solemn act by which you enter under\u00a0the protection of the state which citizenship\u00a0you receive, but you also promise to defend this state and its laws.<\/p>\n

Translated by Felicia Rotaru<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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