Should Ted Cruz have Kept that Pledge?

Should Ted Cruz have Kept that Pledge?

By

James Scott Trimm

Ted Cruz had pledged to support (not endorse) Trump.  (Never mind the fact that back in March Trump renunced his own pledge and said he released Cruz from his). 

After Ted Cruz made this pledge, Donald trump made disparaging remarks about Ted Cruz's father, suggesting that his father might have been involved in the Kennedy assassination.  Ted Cruz would have dishonored his father to endorse a man who had said such terrible things. Should Ted Cruz have kept a pledge that would dishonor his father?

Here is what Yeshua (Jesus) teaches:

4 Is it not written in your law from the mouth of God, Honor your father and your mother?(Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16) And moreover written, And he that curses his father and his mother will surely die? (Ex. 21:17; Lev. 20:9)
5 But you say, Whoever says to father and mother, It is all an offering–[KORBAN] whatever of mine might benefit you,
6 And he honors not his father and his mother. Thus have you made void the commandments of God, on account of your judgments.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah did well indeed to prophesy concerning you, saying,
8 This people honors Me with their mouth and with their lips, but have removed their heart far from Me.
9 And their fear of Me, is a commandment learned of men.(Isa. 29:13)
(Matt. 15:4-9)

The question is which commandment is weightier: the commandment to keep all of your vows (Num. 30:3(2)) or the commandment to honor your mother and father (Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16).  What happens when there is a conflict between these two commandments and one must break one to keep the other?  Here we are clearly told that honoring our parents overrides any obligation to keep any vows (much less pledges) we have made.  Although a pledge is less than a vow, that only makes the point stronger.

So biblically speaking, Cruz was absolutely right to honor his father rather than keep a pledge that would dishonor his father.

Ted Cruz spoke some very wise words when he said:

"We deserve leaders who stand for principle. Unite us all behind shared values. Cast aside anger for love. That is the standard we should expect, from everybody.

And to those listening, please, don't stay home in November. Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution."



Lets all go do just that on November 8th!