Making Promise To God What Happens If We Break It ?

[J-Kay-2]

I was thinking about this scripture regarding making promises
to God. Since it is New Year and people make resolutions and
then break them, I recalled the scripture and felt they could be
so much alike. Difference is, we make resolution to ourselves,
and it seems we are hurting ourselves. But, making a promise
to God seems as if it could come pretty close to being the same.
Can it be forgiven when we make promise to God ?

I found a question and answer from another place that answered
my question. It was posted in year 2010.

I think this has happened in the past before. I made a promise to God that I wouldn't do a certain something, then doing it. Thus breaking the promise I had made to God. What will happen now? Can I still be forgiven?
​

Look at what Peter promised...

Mat 26:32-35 NKJV But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." (33) Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble." (34) Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." (35) Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And so said all the disciples.

... and what he delivered ...

Mat 26:69-74 NKJV Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee." (70) But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are saying." (71) And when he had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, "This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth." (72) But again he denied with an oath, "I do not know the Man!" (73) And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you." (74) Then he began to curse and swear, saying, "I do not know the Man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.

Peter was restored after this, and we too can be restored when we fail.

 

[directline2iam]

Vows
Matt 5:33"Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.' 34"But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING

 

[J-Kay-2]

Vows
Matt 5:33"Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.' 34"But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,35or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING

I always knew it has been said " it is better to not make a vow." Thank you for sharing this.

 

[J-Kay-2]

We have people who make vows for just about everything,
yet at same time be lying.

I am thinking of those who ( when it was permitted ) in the
court room and put their hand on the Bible and swear to
tell the truth and nothing but the truth.

Then we have the vows to our mate when we marry.

Okay that being the case we really do need forgiveness
if we break these vows.

We would be better off not to say "I swear to God " that is
wrong. I believe making a vow to God and breaking it is
offensive, but not unforgivable, do you ? This is making
me take a look at myself. No wonder the Lord laid it upon
my heart for a couple of days.

 

[Brother_Don]

God can't be fooled, many people try and use God as a banker. i've seen it, they will be going through a rough time, and know God has brought them through before, or seen God bring others through. Then after they get what they need, they go back into the previous way of living. Then things get worse and worse, its a vicious cycle for some. i don't make promises to God, and try not making promises to people because i never know what might happen the next day.

 

[john832]

It has to do with the heart. Motives, intent and genuine repentance.

 

[klg61]

God know's our heart, he know's every one that when they come to him, he know's if thier heart is in the right place and what they seek even before they ask. God loves every one of us dearly, and it is up to us to seek him through christ with all our heart and soul, repentance is turning from sin, we can not love this world and have the love of the father. we can not be saved and turn and go right back to living of this world and living in sin, even though we stumble we get back up and repent, keep fighting the good fight.

 

[2Thewaters]

Num 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.
Num 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;
Num 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.
Num 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.
Num 30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
Num 30:7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
Num 30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
Num 30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

 

[Toska]

I have known people who will say "God, if you do this for me then, I will do this for you". I don't believe in bargaining with God. I choose to live my life for Him and only want to please Him. Yes, I have received many beautiful gifts from Him--unconditional love, grace, peace, just to name a few. And I will receive the ultimate gift when my time on this earth is done. But, I did not tell Him that if He would give me these things that I would follow Him. The reverse is what has happened, I chose to follow Him and He as blessed me more than I could have ever imagined.

I do know that if I do something that displeases Him, He will forgive me if I repent and ask for forgiveness. I am not going to intentionally break my promise to Him, though. Using his gift of forgiveness to do what I know is sinful is wrong (in my humble opinion).

 

[reject-tech]

I always knew it has been said " it is better to not make a vow." Thank you for sharing this.

And no kind of deal making at all actually, like "God, if you will make this happen, I will do or believe such and such"
Or "God, I did this, I deserve that"

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. [SUP]2 [/SUP]A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

 

[J-Kay-2]

God can't be fooled, many people try and use God as a banker. i've seen it, they will be going through a rough time, and know God has brought them through before, or seen God bring others through. Then after they get what they need, they go back into the previous way of living. Then things get worse and worse, its a vicious cycle for some. i don't make promises to God, and try not making promises to people because i never know what might happen the next day.

Brother: * I agree with you. I thought of people who will say to God ...
If you will do thus and so, I will..... You got it right.... I do not make
promises, because I once thought I was above ever doing anything
to offend the Lord, only to find I did and it taught me, any one is capable
of falling away ( even those like myself who thought I was beyond that).
Thank you ....

 

[J-Kay-2]

God know's our heart, he know's every one that when they come to him, he know's if thier heart is in the right place and what they seek even before they ask. God loves every one of us dearly, and it is up to us to seek him through christ with all our heart and soul, repentance is turning from sin, we can not love this world and have the love of the father. we can not be saved and turn and go right back to living of this world and living in sin, even though we stumble we get back up and repent, keep fighting the good fight.

So true. I am living example ~ I don't think we can purposely sin and say
oh, well, God will forgive me. We know it doesn't work that way. I don't
think anyone who really loves the Lord, intentionally sins against Him, and
it is the enemy who is so subtle at wooing Christians away if it be possible.
Grace is not cheap and was purchased by the shed Blood of Christ and His
suffering. May we always be alert and stay close to HIM. God bless

 

[J-Kay-2]

I have known people who will say "God, if you do this for me then, I will do this for you". I don't believe in bargaining with God. I choose to live my life for Him and only want to please Him. Yes, I have received many beautiful gifts from Him--unconditional love, grace, peace, just to name a few. And I will receive the ultimate gift when my time on this earth is done. But, I did not tell Him that if He would give me these things that I would follow Him. The reverse is what has happened, I chose to follow Him and He as blessed me more than I could have ever imagined.

I do know that if I do something that displeases Him, He will forgive me if I repent and ask for forgiveness. I am not going to intentionally break my promise to Him, though. Using his gift of forgiveness to do what I know is sinful is wrong (in my humble opinion).

I agree Toska ... We are thinking alike. God bless you my friend.

 

[dcontroversal]

I was thinking about this scripture regarding making promises
to God. Since it is New Year and people make resolutions and
then break them, I recalled the scripture and felt they could be
so much alike. Difference is, we make resolution to ourselves,
and it seems we are hurting ourselves. But, making a promise
to God seems as if it could come pretty close to being the same.
Can it be forgiven when we make promise to God ?

I found a question and answer from another place that answered
my question. It was posted in year 2010.

I think this has happened in the past before. I made a promise to God that I wouldn't do a certain something, then doing it. Thus breaking the promise I had made to God. What will happen now? Can I still be forgiven?
​

Look at what Peter promised...

Mat 26:32-35 NKJV But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee." (33) Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble." (34) Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." (35) Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And so said all the disciples.

... and what he delivered ...

Mat 26:69-74 NKJV Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, "You also were with Jesus of Galilee." (70) But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are saying." (71) And when he had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, "This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth." (72) But again he denied with an oath, "I do not know the Man!" (73) And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you." (74) Then he began to curse and swear, saying, "I do not know the Man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.

Peter was restored after this, and we too can be restored when we fail.

It is simple!
1. Don't vow or make a promise you can't keep
2. Keep the vows you make and keep your word
3. Let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay
4. Or be found a liar, truce breaker, deceptive etc. and be judged by God.

 

[J-Kay-2]

It is simple!
1. Don't vow or make a promise you can't keep
2. Keep the vows you make and keep your word
3. Let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay
4. Or be found a liar, truce breaker, deceptive etc. and be judged by God.

Very good and simple. J-K

 

[Alfa]

MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!

In the OT, Bible says it is better to not make a vow than make one and not fufill it and if you make your vows onto the Lord, you must fulfill them or else it becomes a sin and on top of that God will still require it from you. More over Jesus said it is absolutely better for you to not make a vow at all, because he didn't want us to suffer from the penalty for not fulfilling them, but it is your choice if you are confident that you will fulfill it. Now about Peter, he made that vow and the other desciples got carried away and joined in the vow, but Peter was restored after breaking his vow and keep in mind that all the desciples except John ran away but John tagged along and saw the crucifixion. Of you do a little research you will find out that all of them were captured and executed for preaching the word of God and became martyrs (someone who is killed for their beliefs) but John on the other hand did sufer torture but miraculously survived and was exiled to a prison mine where he wrote the book of Revelations from, and was later released and did of old age. Now from this you can see that all the eleven desciples who ran away, where restored but God still demanded the completion of their vows of dying for Jesus. So make your vows wisely, and God bless you.

 

[J-Kay-2]

MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!

In the OT, Bible says it is better to not make a vow than make one and not fufill it and if you make your vows onto the Lord, you must fulfill them or else it becomes a sin and on top of that God will still require it from you. More over Jesus said it is absolutely better for you to not make a vow at all, because he didn't want us to suffer from the penalty for not fulfilling them, but it is your choice if you are confident that you will fulfill it. Now about Peter, he made that vow and the other desciples got carried away and joined in the vow, but Peter was restored after breaking his vow and keep in mind that all the desciples except John ran away but John tagged along and saw the crucifixion. Of you do a little research you will find out that all of them were captured and executed for preaching the word of God and became martyrs (someone who is killed for their beliefs) but John on the other hand did sufer torture but miraculously survived and was exiled to a prison mine where he wrote the book of Revelations from, and was later released and did of old age. Now from this you can see that all the eleven desciples who ran away, where restored but God still demanded the completion of their vows of dying for Jesus. So make your vows wisely, and God bless you.

Very well said, and I thank you for sharing your wisdom. J-K-2

 

[breno785au]

I am guilty of breaking a vow to God but I will pick myself and continue to fulfil it. What else can I do?

 

[Alfa]

I am guilty of breaking a vow to God but I will pick myself and continue to fulfil it. What else can I do?

Keep going on your vows, you have to complete it, don't give up. I advise that you go the extra mile in your vow, just to make up for the inconvenience of you slacking on it. God bless you

 

[Alfa]

Very well said, and I thank you for sharing your wisdom. J-K-2

no problem, you're welcome!