Posted on 03/19/2021 11:58:16 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry” (Proverbs 20:25).
This is explained in Leviticus. It has to do with a man that makes a vow. The Jews were allowed to make vows to God, but once they did, they were to stick by it. The problem here is that a man that says that his animals are holy—or whatever else he has committed and consecrated to the Lord—and then he begins to take it back.
“And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy” (Leviticus 27:9-10).
The bottom line was: “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. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay” (Ecclesiastes 5:4-5).
Here is a man that has dedicated something to the Lord and then he is backing out on God. God says that that is all wrong, a bad wicked spirit.
What applies to man, God applies to Himself. Eternal life is a promise from God to save a man based upon His Holy name, recorded in His Holy word. If a man could lose that which God has sworn to, would make God a liar and Titus tells us that our God cannot lie!
Faith is the eye by which we look to Jesus. A dim-sighted eye is still an eye; a weeping eye is still an eye.
Faith is the hand with which we lay hold of Jesus. A trembling hand is still a hand. And he is a believer whose heart within him trembles when he touches the hem of the Saviour’s garment that he may be healed.
Faith is the tongue by which we tase how good the Lord is. A feverish tongue is nevertheless a tongue, and even then we may believe when we are without the smallest portion of comfort, for our faith is founded not upon feeling but upon the promises of God.
Faith is the foot by which we go to Jesus. A lame foot is still a foot. He who comes slowly nevertheless comes.
- George Muller
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