When God Makes A Promise

• When God Makes a Promise ..
• You Can Trust It
• 2 Peter 1:4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
• Have You Ever Been Let Down by God?
• Ever felt He didn’t keep His word?
– To protect and care for you?
– To fill us with joy and peace?
– Answer your prayers?
– To provide for you?

• What is a promise?
• To some people … nothing more than a good intention, made to be broken
• With God … When He makes a promise, He is giving His absolutely trustworthy word!
– Hebrew “amar”, “dabar” – to say, to speak
– Greek “angelia” – an announcement, a message
• Promise to Adam and Eve
• Genesis 2:9, 16-17 – eat of all trees but one
• Gen 3:1-13 – listened to serpent, disobeyed
• Gen 3:13-23 – consequences and promise
– 3:15 Seed of woman
– Isaiah 7:14; Matt. 1:23
• Promise to Noah
• The coming flood – Gen 6:5-8
• Instructions to Noah – Gen 6:11-18, 7:17-23
• Covenant with Noah – Gen 8:22; 9:8-17
– Still true today
• Promises to Abraham
• Genesis 12:1-3 – land, nation, and spiritual
• Genesis 15:6, 18:1-9 – waiting for a son
• Genesis 22:1-9 – obeying out of trust in God
– Romans 4:19-21. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.


• Promises to Abraham
• Genesis 28:12-15 I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants…for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."

• Promises to Abraham
• Joshua 21:43-45 So the LORD gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it…45 Not a word failed of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
• Assurances of God’s Faithfulness
• Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Does He promise and not fulfill?”

• Assurances of God’s Faithfulness
• 2 Corinthians 1:18-20 But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No.19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us .. was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes.20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
• Assurances of God’s Faithfulness
• Hebrews 10:22-23 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
• His Promises to all who Obey Jesus
• Forgiveness of sins – Acts 10:43 whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins."
• Eternal Life – Hebrews 5:8-9 He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
• Heaven – 2 Timothy 4:6-8 there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
• His Promises to His Children…
• To supply every need – Philippians 4:19
• His grace is sufficient – 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
• Help in temptation – 1 Corinthians 10:13
• Victory over death – 1 Corinthians 15:57
• All things work for good – Romans 8:28
• Will never leave or forsake us – Hebrews 13:5
• When God Makes a Promise ..
• You Can Trust It