Fulfilling Our Vows – A Kingdom Catechism

Fulfilling Our Vows

A Kingdom Catechism

We must take our vows seriously, to perform them fully.

Q 70: How do the redeemed of the Lord fulfill all their vows?

A 70: The redeemed of the Lord fulfill their vows by vowing only what they intend to fulfill and exercising diligence in carrying out all that they have sworn. (Eccl. 5:1-7; Matt. 5:33-37)

Vows are solemn declarations made to the Lord, expressing, in response to some singular gesture of divine love, our resolve to perform certain obligations. Vows bind us to future actions under certain conditions, and we must take great care lest we fail to represent the Lord and our commitment to Him by not fulfilling our vows as we should. We must make sure we understand and mean every vow we take, and that we recall those vows faithfully, so that we may fulfill them each day of our lives.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.