Promise Kept

God always keeps His promises.  We read in 2 Peter 3:9, "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness...."  He doesn't make promises lightly, but what He makes, He keeps.

The most important promise in the Bible, the most important promise ever made, is given in Genesis 12.  God was speaking to Abram (Abraham) and made several promises.  But the significant promise was a statement that would change people for all time: "And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."  In the New Testament the point is clarified so that we do not need to be questioning the meaning, Galatians 3 being one place.  God was promising Abraham that he would have a descendant who would be a blessing to the whole world, namely Jesus Christ.  When we read Galatians 3 and Romans 7 we see the whole plan of God tied together.  It shows that God's plan was made many hundreds of years before to bring Jesus to the earth to die for the sins of man.  A beautiful story.

The Jews had been told all through the OT that a great king was coming, a kingdom that would last forever.  They knew to expect a messiah.  But when one came, they couldn't believe.  It is interesting to read about one man (Luke 2) who was waiting for the king to be born; Simeon.  Jesus was brought by His parents to the temple in Jerusalem in accordance with Jewish custom of the Law.  Simeon had been directed by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  He took the baby Jesus up in his arms and blessed God and said:  "Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; for my eyes have seen Your salvation which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel."  Simeon understood the promise from Genesis 12 and was waiting anxiously for the king.

The NT testament makes clear in many places that Jesus came to save souls, souls of all people.  Galatians 3:28 says "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.:

God always keeps His promises.  He promised a savior and He delivered.  He promised to makes us heirs if only we follow Him.  He always delivers.

Thanks for reading.  Have a great week!