The Promises of God!

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But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God’s promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ.

The Law controlled us and kept us under its power until the time came when we would have faith. In fact, the Law was our teacher. It was supposed to teach us until we had faith and were acceptable to God.

But once a person has learned to have faith, there is no more need to have the Law as a teacher.

All of you are God’s children because of your faith in Christ Jesus. And when you were baptized, it was as though you had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes. Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman.

So if you belong to Christ, you are now part of Abraham’s family,  and you will be given what God has promised.

Galatians 3:22-29

When I was a boy, a friend of mine promised to give me something and he never did.  I'm really amazed that I can even remember the incident which happened more than fifty years ago.  But I did believe him at the time and I was delighted and really looked forward to it.  But the gift never came!  I suppose that was my first introduction to "don't believe it if it's too good to be true!"

There are lots of people who say the promises of God are like the promise I believed as a boy.  They smugly say, "The gifts never come."  They believe that God, if He exists at all is just the judge, jury and executioner who pays us back for unrighteous living. 
But they are wrong!  The promises of God are always kept.  God never speaks a word that is not in every way the Truth!  Faith is believing the promises of God before they are fulfilled.

What promises of God have you seen already fulfilled in your life?   And what promises are yet to be received?

My job is not to judge the promises but rather to know the Lord so well that His voice is unmistakable.  The question is not "What is the promise?"   The question is: "Did God say it?"  The only judgment we must make is whether or not the promise was spoken by God. 

Even that is not hard.  The promises of God are written for you to read in the Bible!