GOD-PROMISES
The being of
God may as well fail as the promise of God.
A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 226.
For the most
part we live upon successes, not promises: unless we see and feel the print of
victories, we will not believe.
John Owen
A Puritan Golden Treasury,
compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 227.
When you look
at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing –
not even the instinct to spare His own Son – will turn him back from keeping
His word.
Sinclair Ferguson
A Heart for God, 1987, p. 46, by
permission Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA.
The primary
ground of assurance is rooted in the promises of God, but those promises must
become increasingly real to the believer through the subjective evidences of
grace and the internal witness of the Holy Spirit.
Joel R. Beeke
Feed My Sheep, ed. Don Kistler,
Soli Deo Gloria Ministries, 2002, p. 123.
Prayer helps
us cling to the altar of God’s promises by which we lay hold of God Himself.
Joel R. Beeke
Feed My Sheep, ed. Don Kistler,
Soli Deo Gloria Ministries, 2002, p. 117.
The permanence of God's character guarantees the fulfillment of
his promises.
A.W. Pink
The Bible is
full of God’s promises to provide for us spiritually and materially, to never
forsake us, to give us peace in times of difficult circumstances, to cause all circumstances
to work together for our good, and finally to bring us safely home to glory. Not
one of those promises is dependent upon our performance. They are all
dependent on the grace of God given to us through Jesus Christ.
Jerry Bridges
Transforming Grace, NavPress, 1991, p.
71. Used by permission of NavPress – www.navpress.com. All rights
reserved.
What greater
rebellion against God, what greater wickedness, what greater contempt of God is
there than not believing His promise? For what is this but to make God a liar
or to doubt that He is truthful.
Martin Luther
Freedom of a Christian, p. 59.
Satan
promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with
disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and
pays with loss; he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as He
promises; all His payments are made in pure gold.
Thomas Brooks
There are
more than 14,000 promises in the Bible – God has not broken one of them.
Author Unknown
Faith is
always tied to a promise of God.
Author
Unknown
God
has not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our life
through; God has not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace
without pain. But God has promised strength for the day, rest for the labor,
light for the way; grace for the trials, help from above, unfailing sympathy, undying love.
Annie J. Flint
The future is
as bright as the promises of God.
All God’s
promises depend upon Christ alone. This is a notable assertion and one of the
main articles of our faith. It depends in turn upon another principle – that it
is only in Christ that God the Father is graciously inclined towards us. His
promises are the testimonies of His fatherly goodwill towards us. Thus it
follows that they are fulfilled only in Christ… Secondly, we are incapable of
possessing God’s promises till we have received the remission of our sins and
that comes to us through Christ.
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