Should You VOW? - Herman L Hoeh - February 1960

Herman L Hoeh

If you foolishly took a vow before conversion, is that vow still binding? Whom has God appointed to decide when a vow is binding? You may be bound by a vow and not know it! Or you may be trying to keep a vow which God has never bound! It is time we looked into the question of taking vows. Many an individual, moved by an emotional sermon, has vowed never again to drink alcoholic beverages. Under the spell of the fiery sermon, women sometimes vow never to cut their hair again. Men, seeking to please God, have vowed never to cut their hair or shave their beards. Are such vows binding? Under emotional pressure some individuals vow their tithe to a Church which they later find is not the true Church which Jesus founded! Are vows such as these, which are based on frauds, binding in God's sight? Is the individual free to determine for himself if his vow is binding? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library