LearnChrist Bible Study Meeting, Thursday 4th August, 2022//Pst Prevail Inegbenose.

Topic: Redeeming Vow: How Important is it?

A vow is a solemn promise or pledge made to God to do something or behave in a certain way. A vow could be financial or service or conduct. Unfortunately, so many believers have failed in this task. They are quick to make pledges in the house of God, but only to leave them unredeemed.

The big question now is, how important is it for us to pay our vows?

We at LearnChrist took a look at the thought of King Solomon in Ecclesiastics 5:1-6, where he said when we come to the house of God; let us be more ready to hear, rather than making pledges without considering the commitments involved.

He says when you make a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; stating emphatically that it is better not to make a vow than to make and pay not.

King Solomon admonished that we should not allow our mouths to cause us to sin, nor say before the angel, it was an error. He asked; do you want God to be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

From the foregoing, we concluded that it is very important for us to redeem our vows.

Now, someone maybe saying, "Pastor, I have made so many vows in time past, no doubt out of ignorance, coercion, fear, favour and alright show-off; and I don't have what it takes to redeem them." Well, in the time of ignorance God overlook, Acts 17:30. Thank God this message has come to you; repent and stop making mindless vows.

Another person maybe asking, "pastor, should we stop making vow unto God?". No, don't stop; but do it with the understanding of what it entails, not as the fools.

Pls note:
1. Vow is sacred, holy and spiritual, and therefore, its binding on the vower.

2. Vow is not only in money/materials, but also in conducts and service

3. Financial/material vow must not be made in faith (in expectation of resources), but out of what you have at hand or within reach.

God bless your mind!

True talk