I Am a Promise Keeper; Therefore, I Cannot Support Promise Keepers

David W. Cloud

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Though I reject the movement called Promise Keepers, I believe in promise keeping. In fact, I have been a promise keeper for many years.

I have kept the promises I made to the Lord when He saved me in 1973. I am thankful that salvation is not based on my promises or my works but on the free unmerited grace of Jesus Christ because of His shed Blood on Calvary. But out of a repentant heart I made many promises to the Lord that I would serve Him and seek Him and honor Him. I have failed miserably in so many ways, but this I can say: I have served the Lord Jesus Christ for 22 years. I have not turned back to the world. I have continued in His Word. I have loved Him and served Him. I am a promise keeper to the Lord. And as such I cannot affiliate myself with the Promise Keepers movement which is contrary to His Word.

I have kept the promises I made to my wife at our marriage altar on August 13, 1976. I vowed to love her and to be faithful to her, to take care of her, to cleave to her until death do us part. I have done that. I am a promise keeper. And as such I cannot affiliate myself with the unscriptural Promise Keepers movement which seeks to insert psychology and self-esteem programs into the family instead of the pure Word of God and the simple Scriptural pattern for the home.

I have kept the promises I made before my ordination council. I was questioned in regard to my understanding of and commitment to the sound doctrine of the New Testament Faith. I was given a solemn charge to keep the that Faith and to be steadfast in work of God. I agreed to stand fast in the Word of God and not to turn aside doctrinally or morally, and I have done that. I am a promise keeper. And as such I cannot affiliate myself with the Promise Keepers movement which claims that doctrine is less important than unity.

I have kept the promises I have agreed to with my church. Ever since I was saved in 1973, I have been a member of a Bible-believing Baptist Church. Each of those churches has had a Covenant which states the responsibility of a church member as laid out in the Word of God. I have kept those Covenants for 22 years. I am a promise keeper. And as such I cannot affiliate myself with the Promise Keepers movement which promotes things contrary to our church covenant.

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