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The Promises of GOD
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“I promise.”

These two words men give to affirm an intention to carry out what they say.

Sometimes the commitment is small in our view – an agreement to get a specific task done for someone by a certain time. Sometimes the commitment is large in our view – “till death do us part.”

In the world of business where promises leave little legal recourse, agreements are put into writing and signed by the parties.

In a court of law witnesses are asked to take an oath to swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth and God’s name is invoked. The general idea is that such a solemn declaration would ensure care in the testimony given.

The universal thread here is clear. Men make promises and take pains to affirm their intentions to honor those promises. Why? Promises that men make to each other are broken every day. Many of us simply do not keep our promises, whether by neglect, deceitful intent, or simply because we promise that which we cannot perform.

Imperfect as they may be, the promises that we make each other, and trust or faith in each other to carry these out such promises, are an essential part of all our relationships from the most intimate to those which make our economy work.

The promises we make each other or agreements that we swear, while necessary and useful, can never provide a solid foundation for our lives.

This thread is for those who believe in God and are convinced that the PROMISES of JEHOVAH GOD provide THE FOUNDATION for LIFE.

This thread is also for those who do not believe, but are genuinely interested in examining or discussing the promises of God as given in the Bible and their fulfillment.

Jesus said in the Gospel of John

John 7
16 … "(1) My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
17 "(2) If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.

The invitation to those who have not accepted the promises of God is the same today as when Jesus spoke those words. To those who are not convinced but interested in finding out more, I can make no other claim to start than the one above regarding the teaching of the Bible and especially the teachings of Jesus Christ, but I believe the claim to be true. Let's look together at the promises given to those who have been called.

The emphasis here will be on looking at promises given in scripture and examining the fulfillment of those promises. The format is rather open, except that posters are asked to follow the topic as above.

I will be posting periodically (hopefully chronologically) on the promises God has given to His people throughout the Bible, over the course of time.
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617I realize that they are true and you CAN trust them and Him! Happy Easter! Celecalgal-4/15/2006
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611Dear MSB: The proper use of tongues is rather dramatically spelled out by Paul igregor-4/24/2005
610Thank you for your reply, Gregor. Your thoughts closely match those of my own uMSB-4/22/2005
609Every one of them was at least very competent at using chapter and verse in a deGersh Avery-4/19/2005
608Message 21177949Emile Vidrine-4/19/2005
607Where are you quoting from?Gersh Avery-4/19/2005
606"Every one of our founding fathers sought guidance from this higher authoriEmile Vidrine-4/19/2005
605Dear Mike: In telling you what I know it a personal experience and not one of segregor-4/15/2005
604I realize the post to which I am responding was made over a year ago, but I'MSB-4/15/2005
603I couldn't agree more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!grampa-3/29/2005
602My first post here: This is an absolute outrage. The Bible is the basis for ouGersh Avery-3/29/2005
601 22 January The Ultimate Race HEBREWS 12:1-3 Sports are a significant partcalgal-1/22/2005
60030 January Holding On To Our Hope 1 Samuel 1:1-18 Bob was a Christian with acalgal-1/22/2005
59929 January Endurance in the Race JAMES 1:1-4 The Christian life is an awescalgal-1/22/2005
598Also, through trials and tribulations, we are able to mature in our faith. As dicalgal-1/20/2005
597Sometimes, in the midst of a devastating tragedy, answers seem evasive. Questioncalgal-1/20/2005
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