Seventeen Commitments


Table of Contents

Predestination

1. God-Acceptance/Self-Acceptance

God is the Potter, I am the clay.

Cosmopolitan and GQ would have me believe my faith in God is misplaced because I do not meet the physical standards of their air-brushed models

I accept all my unchangeable "defects," and give thanks to God for the gift of life.

I voluntarily place myself on the Potter's Wheel, allowing Him to complete the vessel He is making with my life.


2. Assurance of Salvation

2 Peter 1:10 -- Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
a. New Awareness of Right and Wrong

b. Hunger for God's Word

c. Desire for a Changed Life

d. Increase in Testing

e. Love for Other Christians


Recovery

3. Eight Callings

2 Peter 1:1-10 {5} But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, {6} to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, {7} to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
Faith              Overcome               Declare Allegiance
Virtue             Discern Good and Evil  Separation/Resistance
Knowledge          Dedication             Grows out of Character
Self-Control       Service                Limiting our Freedom
Perseverance       Endurance              Suffering
Godliness          Humility 
Brotherly Kindness Insight                Alert to others who hurt
Love                                      Reproduce maturity


4. Clear Conscience

Humility

Ask for forgiveness


5. Forgiveness

"As We Forgive our Debtors"

Not take up offenses

Invest in their lives


Non-Archism

6. Submission to Powers

Demons ordained by God

Overcome evil with Good


7. Transforming Irritations

Opportunity to correct past offenses and build Christlike character


8. Yielding Rights

Stewardship


9. Four Essential Attitudes

A Reverent Spirit
Giving honor despite obnoxious personality
A Grateful Spirit
Giving God my Expectations
A Servant's Spirit
Determining to make my authorities successful
A Quiet Spirit
Overcoming fear and worry


Dominion


10. Obedience to God's Spirit

Theonomy: Placing every area of life under God's Control

Instant obedience to promptings of Conscience.


11. Cleansing My Life


12. Scripture Meditation

I desire to obtain God's Success by saturating mind with Word, hiding it in heart, meditate day and night.


13. Daily Bible Reading

Thirty minutes a day


14. Conquering Habits

I died with Christ

I know how a dead man responds to temptation

I have gained lost ground and torn down strongholds


Succession

15. Standards in Courtship

I want God's best for courtship, engagement, and marriage.

The Father of the girl will decide whom his daughter should date and marry.

I will not discuss marriage until both sets of parents approve.

The one I marry will have eight basic qualities:
Re-born by Word
Sovereignty of God
non-violent submission
clear conscience
stewardship
moral freedom
purpose in life
financial freedom


16. Honoring Marriage

Marriage is an unbreakable covenant, not a conditional contract.
a. I will date only a (growing) Christian.

b. I will build my courtship around God's purposes for my life

c. I will guard against defrauding in my friendships.

d. My spouse and I must be in harmony with our own families as far as is Scripturally possible

e. I will wait for God's timing for my marriage as indicated by our financial ability, purpose in life, and our parents' whole-hearted consent.

f. I give to God my rights to dating and marriage and will concentrate on single service until He brings the one of His choosing into my life. Every year that I am single, I will thank Him, because I know that I can be more dedicated to my work when single, than I could when married.


17. Growing in Love

I give all my affection to God, dedicate myself as a channel of His love to those He wants to love through me, and purpose to learn how to God wants to love others through me.

Table of Contents

Predestination

1. Self-Acceptance
13. Eight Callings
10. Assurance of Salvation

Recovery

4. Clear Conscience
5. Forgiveness

Non-Archism

3. Submission to Authority
6. Transforming Irritations
7. Yielding Rights
2. Four Essential Attitudes

Practical Dominion/Resistance

8. Obedience to God's Spirit
9. Cleansing My Life
11. Scripture Meditation
12. Daily Bible Reading
14. Conquering Habits

Succession

15. Standards in Courtship
16. Honoring Marriage
17. Growing in Love