From: cprice@treehut.waffle.atl.ga.us (Clyde Price)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: Scripture-generated Vows, Clyde Price
Date: 17 Apr 92 02:26:26 GMT
Organization: Clyde's TreeHut BBS


 VOWS: Committments, Life-Policies, Quality Decisions: (Ps
188:27)
                                   [Please read, & meditate on, &
I was created by God, and will         maybe memorize, the refs.]
be judged by Him. He is the BASIC       Ps 139
reality of my life.                     Col 1:13
                                        I_Cor 6:20
     Jesus Christ is my Savior and      Rom 10:9-10  Tit 3:5
the Lord of my life.                    Ps 119:97
                                        II_Tim 3:14-17
     I accept the Scriptures of the     Mt 10:35  Ps 1:2 Josh 1:8
Old and New Testaments to be the        Jn 5:46 Ps 199:105 Pv 7:3
Word of God, my infallible guide        Jas 1:25  Rom 12:2
for what I believe and do.  I will      Jn 8:31-32  Ps 37:31
seek to understand them as well as      Lk 24:27,32,44,45
I am able, to memorize as much          Ps 119:9,11,16   Dt 6:6
Scripture as I can, to meditate         Mt 4:4  Ps 199:18 Ps 40:8
upon it, to apply its teachings to      Mt 7:24f  Ps 119:34
my own life, and help others            Dt 11:18  Jn 2:5 Ac 18:16
understand and obey it as much as I     Col 1:5-6  Ps 19:14
am able.                [I left out the word "read" deliberately:
              you can do all of the above and be unable to read.]
                                        Jn 12:32
     I will acknowledge Jesus           Mt 10:32-33  Pv 3:6
Christ publicly as my Savior and        Mt 5:16      Ps 20:7
Lord, and will actively seek ways       Rom 1:14-15-16
to identify myself with my Savior       Ps 34:1-3
in order to bless other Christians      Ps 119:74
and bring sinners to faith in Him.      Pv 11:30
                                        Lk 24:46-49
     I believe that my Prime            Mt 4:19  16:26
Mission as a believer in Christ on      Mt 12:30  Ps 71:15
the earth is to bring sinners to        Mt 28:18-20
saving faith in Christ, and then to     Mk 5:19-20  16:15-?
strengthen and edify believers.  My     Lk 11:23
twin mottos will be "Seek first the     Mt 6:33  Phil 3:10
Kingdom of God" and "To know            Jn 1:37,40-42,45   4:35
Christ, and to make Him known as        Jn 12:11  Ps 27:8  96:1-3
the Way, the Truth, and the Life."      Jn 14:6  Ac 17:17
                                        2 Tim 2:2
     I dedicate my body as a living     Rom 12:1   Rom 6
sacrifice to God and willingly lay      I Jn 3:16
my life down for my brethren and        Phil 1:27   2:20
for the gospel.  I am willing to        Jn 15:13
risk my physical safety if
necessary when the safety of
another is in danger and I am
within range of helping.  I will
not deny Christ nor fail to             2 Tim 2:12-13
acknowledge Him as my Savior and        Rev 2:11
Lord, even at the threat of death.      Mt 24:9-13
                                        Pv 29:5
     I recognize that my body is a      Gen 2:7  3:20
creation of God, and that people        2 Cor 4:7
will be variously affected by my        1 Cor 16:7
appearance.  Since I'm a "Creator's     (Eph 2:10)
Original", uniquely designed and        Ps 139:13-16
equipped by God for His "mission"       II Cor 5:14-15
for me, I will be unmoved by            II Cor 5:16-17
hurtful or flattering comments          Pv 31:30(!)  II_Cor 3:18
about my features, and I will seek      Pv 12:18  Jn 1:12
to reflect in my appearance the         Ps 34:5
modest confidence of God's own          2 Cor 5:20
child.                                  Phil 4:13
                                        II Cor 3:4-6
     I will always seek to be a         Ps 119:63  122:1
part of a Bible-believing local         Lk 17:1-4
church where I can be accountable       Mt 18:15  Pv 3:11-12
to others and exercise my spiritual     Mt 15:6
gifts.                                  I Pet 4:10  Rom 12:6-8
                                        I Cor 12:4-11
     I will acknowledge my brothers     Mt 10:40-42  Ps 133:1
and sisters in Christ, even across      Mt 25:40,45  Gal 3:28
barriers of denomination,               I Cor 1:10-13  Col 3:1
nationality, culture or race.           John 13:34-35

     I will pray for my brothers        Eph 1:15-23  3:14-21
and sisters in Christ, that God         Col 1:9-?
will give them the grace to             Jas 4:6-9
recognize and repent of sin, to         Col 4:12
seek His face in prayer, to hunger      2 Tim 2:22  Mt 5:6
for His Word, to obey Him even when     Eph 6:18
sorely tempted to sin, and that the     Jn 15:26-27
Holy Spirit would direct, anoint        I Cor 10:13
and inspire their witness to the        Acts 8:29
unsaved and their ministry to the       Acts 1:8  8:4  11:15
saints, and to be healed and physically  Ps 119:130
strengthened in order to complete their  Lk 21:34-36  Dt 7:15
works on earth.                         Ps 107:20  Jas 5:14-16
                                        Eph 2:10
     I will pray for the lost, that     John 6:44  I Tim 2:1-6
God will convict them of their sin      John 16:7-11
and their need for a Savior, and        Mt 9:10-13, 37-38
continually send them Spirit-filled     Lk 7:34
witnesses who will testify winningly
of the Lord Jesus.

     I will speak out against sin       Pv 24:25
and point to God's standards of         Mt 5:13-14
righteousness, and yet not with a       Dt 4:6-21
judgmental  attitude of superiority     Mt 7:1-5
or self-righteousness, but in           Ps 139:23-24
gentleness, recognizing that I,         Ps 32:5
too, am a sinner. I will humbly         Pv 28:13
repent of any sin that the Word and     I Jn 1:7-9
the Spirit show me.  I will confess     I Cor 1:30
Christ as my only righteousness,        II Cor 5:21
and lovingly proclaim to sinners        Mk 5:19-20
the forgiveness found in Him.           Pv 14:25
                                        Pv 24:24-25
     I will speak out for the           Pv 31:8
rights of the helpless, and seek to     Pv 28:4
deliver those who are being taken       Pv 24:11  28:1
away to death, even at the cost of      (Ps 56)
my own possessions, my reputation,      Lk 6:26
or my life.  I will seek to lead my     Pv 19:23
family into the same committments       Eph 6:4,12
so that if we are threatened as a       Mt 5:10-11
family, we can stand together as a      (Ps 50:14-15)
family, and if necessary suffer         (Ps 46:1-3)
together for the sake of righteous-
ness.  We shall have together a "no     Pv 29:25
hostage" policy concerning threats      Mt 10:26,37
to make us compromise our confession    Ps 40:13-14
of Christ or our individual commit-     Jn 9:22
ments not to participate in sin.        II Cor 5:10
                                        Mt 4:12,17
     I dedicate my family and      (Pv 31:10...? YOU can, Lord!)
especially my (present and/or           Mk 10:14  Ps 102:28
future) children to the Lord. I         Pv 22:6,15  Dt 6:4-9
will seek to disciple them as the       Ps 34:11
Lord's disciples, to teach them to      Ps 37:26 Isa 59:21, 54:13
repent of their sins, to trust in       (Ps 78)  Acts 4:12
Christ Jesus alone for salvation,       Rom 3:23,6:23,5:8,10:9-10
to understand His Word for them-        Acts 17:11
selves and obey Him faithfully, to      Lk 1:40  2:52
walk closely and directly with Him,     Ps 32:8  Jer 1:4-9
and to hear His voice.                  Jn 10:27
                                        Isa 50:4
     I recognize that all that I am     Ps 61:10
and all I own belongs to God, and I     Lk 14:33  16:14
will manage my body and my              I Cor 3:16-17
possessions, my relationships,          Pv 18:9  27:23
responsibilities and employments as     Lk 12:15
His steward.  I commit myself to a      Lk 19:13
policy of giving to God through His     Pv 3:9-10  Dt 8:18
Church the first 10% of my income,      Ps 119:37  Mt 23:23
and administrating what remains to      Lk 6:38  (Ps 67)
His glory.                              Pv 10:22
                                        I Cor 4:2
     I will seek to explore and         Lk 19:11-27
develop all the gifts, talents and      Col 3:16,23
abilities God has given me, and I       Ex 28:2  31:1-6
will try to employ all my               Mk 10:43-44
capacities to the glory of the          Ex 15:20-21
Triune God.                             I Chron 25:1,7
                                        Dan 1:17
     I will learn as much as I can      Jn 2:25
about people and about God's world,     Ps 8 (esp.v.6)
with the Scriptures as my primary       Pv 21:30
Textbook and the judge of all other     Col 2:8
sources, and seek to employ my          Ps 119:128  Mt 13:52
knowledge in building the Kingdom.      I Cor 9:23  10:31
                                        I Jn 1:8
     I recognize that in me, that       Rom 7:18
is, in my flesh, there dwelleth no      Phlm v.6
good thing, and that it is God who      Jn 15:4-5,16
works in me by His Word and His         Ps 119:133
Spirit, to make me willing and able     Phil 2:13
to be and do whatever He wants.  I      Jer 18:6
have no right to be proud or            Jn 3:30
arrogant about my blessings,            Pv 16:18
because ultimately God Himself is       I Cor 4:7
the source of all of them.              Jn 1:3, Col 1:16-18
                                        Col 2:6-10
     Some folks make vows about daily time in prayer or in Bible
reading, or amounts of Scripture to memorize, or efforts to
witness for Christ.  Single folks make Scripture-generated vows
("standards") about traits they would require in a person they
would date/marry.  Some people make specific vows concerning
fasting, or giving certain amounts to the Lord, or percentages of
income from specific projects.  These vows should be thought-&-
prayed through in meditation on Eccl 5:1-6 and Numbers 30.  Also
read the Westminister Confession Chapter 22 "Of Lawful Oaths and
Vows".
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Clyde C. Price, Jr. (404)761-2327
P.O.Box 667, Red Oak, GA 30272-0667 USA
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