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Originally Posted by Evangelical
But a pledge is not a sin, is it?
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James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but [e]let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.
Hebrews 6:16 For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
When we are baptized calling on the name of the Father, Son and Spirit that is our oath. As the Bible says, we swear by the greater. When we enter into the kingdom we are recognizing that Jesus is Lord and He is the greatest.
To then require an additional "loyalty pledge" to Witness Lee is to establish "another Jesus". As James says, you will fall under judgement for this.
The false prophet does the same thing when he requires everyone to have the number 666 put on them in order to buy or sell.
The Caesars did this when they required Christians to swear to the Genius oath for the Caesar. Hitler did this when he required Nazi Germany to swear an oath to him.
It is the single biggest indicator, "above all" others, of a false prophet.
This is no different than the Judaizers requiring you to be circumcised.
So in this context, if the act of making the pledge is to "preach another Jesus" then yes, that is rebellion, it is blasphemy, and it is sin.