In my past lifestyle, I was one to take His Word lightly. But I have learned since I have come to embrace the Kingdom concept that a man's word is his bond. The Lord God keeps His Word and that is part of our character, if we are to state that we belong to the Kingdom of the living God. You and your word are one, not should be, they are. As the husband studies and reads God's Word together in that process they will eventually become one: Arlene and I are living examples of this. Just like Jesus the King and His Father are one. I and My Father are one. Before Arlene and I leave our place of residence, we always speak to the King of our whereabouts. We always acknowledge His presence in our lives. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. He is the King, and He will not be denied.
A vow is different from a promise. A promise is a pledge to do or not do a specific thing, such as a father promising to take his son to the zoo. A vow, on the other hand, is a solemn assertion that binds the one who made the vow to a certain action, service or condition, such as a vow of poverty. A promise is a commitment to do something later, and a vow is a binding commitment to begin doing something now and to continue to do it for the duration of the vow. Some vows, or contracts, are for life; others are for limited periods of time. By the way, the Lord God takes making a vow very seriously. When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; for He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed-- A vow is unto death, which is why the Lord God said, "Don't make it if you aren't going to keep it". Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.
Now allow me to enlighten you. "Unto death" does not mean "until your natural death". It means giving God the right to allow you to die if you break the vow. Under the Old Covenant, if they broke vows and God's mercy did not intervene, something serious happened. A vow isn't made for another individual. vows are made to the Lord God and before God, in other words, with God as a witness.
Remember, marriage is a vow and breaking that vow is a serious matter because it also breaks one's fellowship with God. The Old Testament representative Malachi expressed God's perspective on faithful to the marriage vow in the following statement. And this is the second thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and crying; So He does not regard the offering anymore, nor receive it with goodwill from your hands. Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, with whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Remember, marriage is bigger than the two individuals in it.
John 10:30 Proverbs 3:6 Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 Malachi 2:13-14
~~W.R. Luchie
A vow is different from a promise. A promise is a pledge to do or not do a specific thing, such as a father promising to take his son to the zoo. A vow, on the other hand, is a solemn assertion that binds the one who made the vow to a certain action, service or condition, such as a vow of poverty. A promise is a commitment to do something later, and a vow is a binding commitment to begin doing something now and to continue to do it for the duration of the vow. Some vows, or contracts, are for life; others are for limited periods of time. By the way, the Lord God takes making a vow very seriously. When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; for He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed-- A vow is unto death, which is why the Lord God said, "Don't make it if you aren't going to keep it". Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.
Now allow me to enlighten you. "Unto death" does not mean "until your natural death". It means giving God the right to allow you to die if you break the vow. Under the Old Covenant, if they broke vows and God's mercy did not intervene, something serious happened. A vow isn't made for another individual. vows are made to the Lord God and before God, in other words, with God as a witness.
Remember, marriage is a vow and breaking that vow is a serious matter because it also breaks one's fellowship with God. The Old Testament representative Malachi expressed God's perspective on faithful to the marriage vow in the following statement. And this is the second thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and crying; So He does not regard the offering anymore, nor receive it with goodwill from your hands. Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, with whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Remember, marriage is bigger than the two individuals in it.
John 10:30 Proverbs 3:6 Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 Malachi 2:13-14
~~W.R. Luchie
