IF YOU A NEW COVERT TO THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION YOU, CHILD OF GOD, MAY NOT BE ACQUAINTED WITH VOWING. THE WORD VOW IS DEFINED AS, A SOLEMN PROMISE, ESPECIALLY A PROMISE MADE UNTO GOD. BE ATTENTIVE WHEN YOU HEAR OR READ WORDS SUCH AS THESE VOW, PLEDGE, PROMISE, OATH, OR SWEAR; BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU PROMISE, ESPECIALLY WHAT YOU PROMISE GOD. FOR WHAT SOEVER YOU PROMISE GOD, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO KEEP YOUR PROMISE, AND YOU CANNOT RETURN LATER, AND SAY THAT YOU MADE AN ERROR. THE LORD INSPIRED SOLOMON, THE SON OF DAVID KING OF ISRAEL, TO RECORD THESE WORDS CONCERNING THE VOW.

Eccl:5:4: When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Eccl:5:5: Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Eccl:5:6: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

LET ME GIVE YOU AND EXAMPLE OF MAKING A VOW, WHEN A YOUNG MAN, AND A YOUNG WOMAN COME BEFORE A MAN OF GOD TO TAKE THEIR WEDDING VOWS. WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR PROMISES TO LOVE, HONOR, AND CHERISH EACH OTHER UNTIL DEATH DO THEY PART; DO YOU THINK THEY ARE PROMISING THE MINISTER THAT IS PERFORMING THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE. OR, DO YOU THINK THEY ARE PROMISING THE MIGHTY GOD, THAT LIVES WITHIN THE MAN OF GOD. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THEY ARE PROMISING THE LORD GOD. COME INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE CHILD OF GOD, A VOW BINDS THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL. I BASE MY OPINION ON THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE.

Nm:30:1: And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

Nm:30:2: If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Nm:30:3: If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

Nm:30:4: And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

Nm:30:5: But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

CHILD OF GOD, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WERE THE CUSTOM CAME FROM, THAT CAUSES A MAN TO SEEK PERMISSION OF THE FATHER, OF THE BRIDE TO BE, FOR HER HAND IN MARRIAGE. LISTEN CAREFULLY, AS I READ THIS VERSE OF SCRIPTURE CONCERNING SINGLE WOMEN MAKING VOWS UNTO GOD.

Nm:30:5: But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

BELOVED OF GOD, ONCE A BORN AGAIN MAN HAS VOWED UNTO GOD THAT HE WILL LOVE, AND HONOR, AND CHERISH A WOMAN. GOD WILL EXPECT THAT MAN TO KEEP HIS PROMISE UNTIL DEATH DO THEY PART. AND, THE ONLY CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DIVORCE IS FORNICATION. IF A MAN OF GOD DIVORCES HIS WIFE FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN FORNICATION, AND REMARRIES HE WILL BE LIVING IN ADULTERY.

Lk:16:18: Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. (KJV)

SAINTS OF GOD, AFTER A MAN OF GOD HAS MADE A VOW TO GOD TO LOVE, AND HONOR AND CHERISH A WOMAN, THERE IS ONLY ONE CAUSE OF ACTION THAT WILL JUSTIFY DIVORCE IN THE EYES OF GOD, AND THAT IS FORNICATION. FORNICATION IS A BROAD TERM, AND INCLUDES ALL UNLAWFUL SEXUAL ACTIVITY. IF A MAN DIVORCES HIS WIFE FOR FORNICATION, HE CAN REMARRY WITH OUT LIVING IN ADULTERY. IN THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE JESUS IS SPEAKING TO THE PHARISEES,

Mt:19:3: The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Mt:19:4: And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

Mt:19:5: And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Mt:19:6: Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Mt:19:7: They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

Mt:19:8: He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Mt:19:9: And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and who so marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

SAINTS OF GOD AFTER A MAN HAS TAKEN HIS WEDDING VOWS, HE CAN PUT AWAY HIS WIFE FOR FORNICATION, AND REMARRY, WITHOUT LIVING IN ADULTERY. BUT, A WOMAN CANNOT DIVORCE HER HUSBAND FOR ANY REASON, AND REMARRY, AS LONG AS HER HUSBAND IS ALIVE, WITHOUT LIVING IN ADULTERY. IF A WOMAN REMARRIES WHILE HER HUSBAND IS LIVING SHE SHALL BE CALLED ADULTERESS.

Rom:7:1: Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

Rom:7:2: For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

Rom:7:3: So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

1Cor:7:10: And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

1Cor:7:11: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife

CHILDREN OF GOD, YOU MAY NOT BE ACQUAINTED WITH WHAT ADULTERY DOES TO THE SOUL. IF A MAN PUTS A GUN TO HIS HEAD, AND PULLS THE TRIGGER, SENDING A BULLET THROUGH HIS BRAIN HE WILL MOST LIKELY DESTROY HIS PHYSICAL BODY. IF A BORN AGAIN CHILD OF GOD GOES INTO A WOMAN, AND COMMITS THE SIN OF ADULTERY, THE PHYSICAL MAN WILL GET UP AND WALK AWAY, BUT THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL SHALL BE DESTROYED.

Prv:6:32: But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. (KJV)

COME INTO THIS KNOWLEDGE, CHILDREN OF GOD, IT IS THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL THAT SHALL LIVE IN ETERNITY, THE OUTWARD MAN OF FLESH, AND BLOOD SHALL PERISH, BUT THE SOUL IS RENEWED DAY BY DAY. THE SOUL NEVER GROWS OLD.

2Cor:4:16: For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. (KJV)

ARE YOU AWARE CHILD OF LIGHT, THAT THE NUMBER ONE REASON, LISTED IN THE WORKS OF THE FLESH, WHY MEN, AND WOMEN WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS ADULTERY?

Gal:5:19: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Gal:5:20: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Gal:5:21: Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

SAINTS OF GOD, THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN ADULTERY THIS VERY DAY. THEY PROSPER, AND SEEM TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH. BUT, THE HOLY SCRIPTURES SAY THAT THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL DEATH, BUT THE SPIRITUAL DEATH. AND PAY DAY IS COMING. REMEMBER THIS SAINTS OF GOD, THE MOST PRECIOUS THING THAT YOU OWN, IS NOT YOUR FAMILY, NEITHER YOUR HOME, NOR YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. BUT THE MOST PRECIOUS THING THAT YOU OWN IS YOUR SOUL.

Mk:8:36: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (KJV)

LISTEN CAREFULLY SAINTS OF GOD, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY WHEN YOU GO TO GIVE TESTIMONY IN COURT, A MAN COMES WITH A BIBLE AND ASK THAT YOU PLACE YOUR HAND ON THE BIBLE. AND SWEAR THAT YOU WILL TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND CONTINUES WITH THE OATH. IF A MAN SWEARS FALSELY, AFTER HE HAS VOWED TO TELL THE TRUTH THERE IS A CURSE THAT COMES INTO HIS HOUSE THAT DESTROYS IT.

Zec:5:1: Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

Zec:5:2: And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

Zec:5:3: Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

Zec:5:4: I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

CHILDREN OF GOD, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE SECULAR LAWS PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT, AND ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT ? ACCORDING TO SECULAR LAW, IF A MAN IS A COUNTERFEITER, AND HE BUYS PAPER OF THE QUALITY TO MAKE MONEY FROM ONE MAN, AND BUYS INK FROM ANOTHER, AND ANOTHER MAN PRINTS THE MONEY, AND ANOTHER MAN DISTRIBUTES THE MONEY. WHEN THE MEN IN AUTHORITY COME UPON THESE MEN, WHO WILL BE GUILTY OF THE CRIME OF COUNTERFEITING? IT MY BELIEF THAT THEY ALL WILL BE GUILTY OF COUNTERFEITING. THE MAN THAT ACTUALLY PRINTED THE MONEY, THE OTHERS AS ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT, AND ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT. THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR MENTIONING THE LAW AS PERTAINING TO ACCESSORY BEFORE, AND AFTER THE FACT. AND, IT IS BASICALLY THIS, GOD HAS GIVE THIS COMMANDMENT CONCERNING DIVORCE. WHAT GOD HAS JOINTED TOGETHER LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER. IN THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE JESUS IS SPEAKING TO THE PHARISEES AND HE SAYS,

Mt:19:5: And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Mt:19:6: Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

CHILDREN OF GOD, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH ME, THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF MARRIAGES BEING PUT ASUNDER? IF A MAN FINDS FAULT WITH HIS WIFE, MAYBE SHE COMPLAINS TO MUCH, OR HAS GAINED LOTS OF WEIGHT, OR WILL NOT KEEP HIS HOME CLEAN. AND HE DECIDES TO DIVORCE HER. HE HIRES HIMSELF A LAWYER, AND TAKES THE CASE TO COURT. AND, THE JUDGE GIVES A DECREE AND THE DIVORCE IS FINALIZED. WHEN THESE PEOPLE STAND BEFORE GOD, WHO WILL BE GUILTY OF PUTTING THIS MARRIAGE ASUNDER. THE MAN THAT DECIDED TO DIVORCE HIS WIFE, THE WOMAN, THE LAWYER, THE JUDGE? WILL JUDGMENT BE STRICT WHEN WE STAND BEFORE GOD?

1Pt:4:17: For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

1Pt:4:18: And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST, IT IS MY BELIEVE THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH REQUIRES THEIR PRIEST AND NUNS TO TAKE A VOW OF CELIBACY. IT IS MY OPINION, TO FORBID A PERSON TO MARRY IS THE DOCTRINE OF THE DEVIL. I BASE MY OPINION ON THESE SCRIPTURES.

1Tm:4:1: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

1Tm:4:2: Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

1Tm:4:3: Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

1Tm:4:4: For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

1Tm:4:5: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

1Tm:4:6: If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ,

LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THESE WORDS, BE VERY CAREFULL WHAT YOU SAY, FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOUR SHALL BE JUSTIFIED, AND BY YOUR WORDS, YOU SHALL BE CONDEMNED.