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Th The benefit of believing in God?

A A relationship with the Only, Holy, living God

St Standing on

• n the

pr promises of God

• 1. Can’t give

what you do not have

• 2. Do not give

what you promised God : I do and I will

Pr Promise po point nters

1. Put the promises in their context Hebrews 13:5: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said…)

• 2. Be careful about claiming someone

else’s promise Jeremiah 29:11: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

• 3. Be willing to accept all God’s promises

John 16:33: “In this world you will have trouble…”

Pr Promise Po Pointers

• 4. Some promises are conditional

James 4:10: “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.”

• 5. Hold on to hope.

Hebrews 10:23-24: “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”

Why we can believe them.

Numbers 23:19: “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” Deuteronomy 1:11-12: “May the Lord, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised!” Joshua 23:14-15: “Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has

• failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not
• ne has failed.”

Why we can believe them.

1 Kings 8:24: “You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it – as it is today.” 2 Corinthians 7:1: “Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.” 1 Kings 8:56-57: “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed

• f all the good promises he gave through

his servant Moses.”

2 2 Peter 1: 1:3-4

“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and

• goodness. Through these he

has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.”

• 1. You have it all

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness

• 2. Knowing God

“through our knowledge of him”

• 3. A life of godliness

• 4. His very

great and precious promises

“so that through them you may participate in the divine nature”

He will co complete His work !

Th The Benefits of faith