Standing on the Promises of God

Standing on the promises There is a hymn we use to sing Standing on the promises of God

Standing on the promises of Christ my King, Through eternal ages let His praises ring, Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, Standing on the promises of God.

Standing, standing, Standing on the promises of God my Savior; Standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God.

Standing on the promises that cannot fail, When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, By the living Word of God I shall prevail, Standing on the promises of God. What does it mean to stand on his promises and how do we stand .

Peter introduces to the concept that by his promises we have become partakers of his divine nature.

He writes 3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. ().

This should excite us because when he has granted us his precious and very great promises! Very Great Promises! The promises of God are his glory. There is no pretended god that has ever been supposed to make promises like those of our God. Paul said, “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” The question remains will you stand on his promises?

God has promised more than heaven and earth can hold. He has promised to give himself to his people. He is the great Promiser,—the mighty Promiser. I set the promises of God in comparison and contrast with all the promises that were ever made. No other entity or person in earth can compare for an instant with the promises of the Most High.

It was greatly to God’s glory to make those promises all sure. The fact remains that you can trust God! When he says I will never leave you or forsake you he is not like some folks that say that as long as you do it there way.

THE DIGNITY OF THE PROMISES

Gods promises deserve our attention. They are worthy of honor and respect. These are not just any promises. There have been many people who made you a promise but went back on their word. Either they were unwilling or unable to fulfil what they promised. Yet God is not man that he would lie. The very fact that God made the promise deserves to be reverence as such. These promises were all made according to the purpose of his own will. We sometimes read, or hear, or speak of the promises written in God’s Word, but do not give them as much credit as if they were the promises of a friend, or of our father, or our brother. If we valued them more, we should believe them better. Growing up my dad would promise me things and I would get angry when he did not deliver. God is not like that he delivers on his promises. God is irrevocably bound up with his promise. It is not possible for him to be God and yet to fail in the fulfilment of his promises. He has to keep his promises!

We must approach his promises like this. It is done! It as certain as a fact already accomplished! Why because if it does not come to pass then Gods glory would suffer an eclipse!

He is the immutable God which means he is same yesterday today and forever more. God does not change. If his promises fail then its its indication he has changed. I’m glad he is the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. He is also the God of Moses, Joshua, Debrorah and Gideon. He is the God of Samuel, David, Solomon and he is the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and Daniel too. He is the God of Paul and Silas too. And surely he is the God of our Savior Jesus the Christ who counted on him to raise him from the dead. His power is bound to his promise. Moses reminded him of that when he wanted to destroy the children of Israel of the promise he Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

THE RANGE OF GOD’s PROMISES

Peter describes the promises as precious and very great. Paul said said in 2 Corinthian all of Gods promises are yea and amen. God promises address every need you may ever have. There are very many of them, and they are found in both the Old and the New Testaments. The Bible is a Book of precious promises; all the way we have to travel, they seem to be like a series of stepping-stones across the stream of time, and we may march from one promise to another. God will fulfil all temporal promises. Bread shall be given you, and water shall be assured unto you, if you are the Lord’s children. He will keep his promises about temporal affairs as well as those which concern everlasting joys and blessings. “No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” You may speak of the promises in any way that you please, and then you may say that the Lord will keep them all; you may pick out the promise to the prisoner, the promise to the sinner, the promise to the backslider, the promise to the doubting one, the promise to the aged, the promise to the young, the promise to her that halteth, the promise to the barren woman, the promise to the strong, the promise to those who have full assurance of faith, the promise to those who love the Lord, the promise to those who delight themselves in the Lord, and then you may confidently declare, concerning all these promises to all sorts and conditions of people, that the Lord will surely keep every one of them.

“All the promises.” Why, here is a grand granaryful! Who can sort them all out? Promises of pardon to the seeking sinner; promises of justification to the believing child; promises of sanctification to him who is struggling against sin; promises of the supply of all kinds of spiritual food to the flock of Christ; promises of guidance; promises of preservation; promises of holy education; promises of peace and joy; promises of hope; promises of the sustenance of our love; promises for death; promises for judgment; promises for glory; promises that reach to all eternity. “All the promises.”

STABILITY OF THE PROMISES.

The promises of God are very firm, for, first, they are settled on an everlasting basis, for they are promises in Christ. You can count on them. On Christ the solid rock I stand all other ground is sinking sand.

Spurgeon, C. H. (1900). All the Promises. In The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons (Vol. 46, p. 18). London: Passmore & Alabaster.

Spurgeon, C. H. (1900). All the Promises. In The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons (Vol. 46, p. 17). London: Passmore & Alabaster.

Spurgeon, C. H. (1900). All the Promises. In The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons (Vol. 46, p. 17). London: Passmore & Alabaster.

Spurgeon, C. H. (1900). All the Promises. In The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons (Vol. 46, p. 17). London: Passmore & Alabaster.

Standing on the promises I now can see Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me; Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free, Standing on the promises of God.

Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, Bound to Him eternally by love's strong cord, Overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword, Standing on the promises of God.

Standing on the promises I cannot fall, Listening every moment to the Spirit's call Resting in my Savior as my all in all, Standing on the promises of God.

Spurgeon, C. H. (1900). All the Promises. In The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons (Vol. 46, p. 14). London: Passmore & Alabaster.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

Spurgeon, C. H. (1900). All the Promises. In The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons (Vol. 46, p. 20). London: Passmore & Alabaster.