“And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto His people Israel, according to all that He promised: There hath not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant” (I Kings 8:55-56).
These are the words of Solomon as he stood at the dedication of the temple in Jerusalem.
Someone has counted between 3,500 and 4,000 promises in the Bible. The number of promises is pretty amazing, but more amazing is the content of each one. More amazing still is the fact that God has never broken a promise.
Only God could promise eternal life and then keep His promise (I John 2:25). He alone could promise to stay with us as our constant companion giving us strength and comfort following salvation (Heb. 13:5; Matt. 28:18-20).
He promised to send His Son, the Messiah, to be born in Bethlehem (Micah5:2), and that He would die for our sins (Isaiah 53:1-12), and that He would rise from the dead (Job 19:25). More than 300 times in the New Testament we are promised that Jesus is coming again.
Read the Bible. Search for the promises. You can’t stand on the promises if you don’t know what they are.
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