The
Bible is full of promises from God. Some
say there are over 3,000, others say over 8,000. There are really too many to count. It’s all in how you look at it. There are verses where promises are implied
and some that are very specific. Any way
you look at it, there are a lot! God’s
Word is powerful and life changing.
Remember that old hymn “Standing on the Promises of God”? Are you standing on His promises?
One of
my favorite promises is found in 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.”
There
are some conditional promises and unconditional promises. Here are some other promises, but not
all. I would have to practically rewrite
most of the Bible to get them all.
Unconditional
Promises
God will
not destroy the earth by water ever again (Gen.
9:8-17).
God
will not curse the ground any more for man’s sake (Gen. 8:21).
God
will never leave you nor forsake you (Deu.
31:6, Josh. 1:5).
God has
appointed physical death for all mankind, except those living at the second
coming of Jesus (Heb. 9:27, 1 cor.
15:21-22).
God
promised that Jesus will come again (1 Cor.
15:22-23, 1 Thess. 1:9-10).
God
promised resurrection of all the dead (John
5:28-29, Acts 24:15, 1 cor. 15:12-26).
God
promised a final judgment day (Rom.
2:16, 2 Tim. 4:1).
God
promised that some day He will destroy the universe and everything in it by
fire (2 Peter 3:10-12).
Jesus
is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb.
13:8).
God
does not show favoritism (Acts 10:34).
Jesus
will return some day (Matt 5:13, 31-32).
We are
blessed if we read His Word (Rev. 1:3).
Jesus
is coming with the clouds and every eye will see Him (Rev. 1:7).
Conditional
Promises
We must
obey the Ten Commandments (Ex. 20:1-17).
We must
obey God and follow His commands (Deut.
27:10).
If we
obey God fully and keep His covenant, then you will be His treasured possession
(Ex 19:5).
God
will give us our desires if delight ourselves in Him (Ps 37:4)
We must
trust in God and not our own understanding and He will direct our paths (Prov. 3:5-6).
If you
forgive others, God will forgive you (Matt.
6:14-15).
If we
give to the needy in secret, God will reward us (Matt. 6:33).
If we
come to Him, He will give us rest (Matt.
11:28-30).
We must
follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ: We
must hear the word of God (Rom. 10:17).
We must
believe in God and His Son, Jesus (Heb.
11:6).
We must
repent of our sins (Luke 13:3).
God
loved us so much that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him will
not perish, but have eternal life (John
3:16).
We must
confess Jesus (Acts 8:35-36).
We must
be baptized for the remission of sins (Acts
2:38).
We must
honor our parents so it will be well with us (Eph. 6:2).
If we
walk in the light, Jesus’ blood will purify us from all sin (1 John 1:7)
We must
live faithfully (Rev 2:10).
God’s
promises are based on and if and then condition. If we will do our part and remain faithful
and obedient, then He will do His part.
He will send blessings our way.
We must repent and accept Jesus making us a Christian. Then we will be freed from guilt of our past
sins. We must walk with Jesus and
develop a character like that of Jesus.
We must faithfully worship God.
More
Promises
Genesis 28:15 – “I am with you and will watch you wherever you go, and I will
bring you back to this land. I will not
leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Exodus 14:13-14 – “Moses answered the people, do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance
the Lord will bring you today. The
Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to
be still.”
Leviticus 17:11 – “For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to
you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes
atonement for one’s life.”
Numbers 6:24-26 – “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon
you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you
peace.”
Deuteronomy 31:8 – “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will
never leave you nor forsake you. Do not
be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
Joshua 1:9 – “Have I not commanded you? Be
strong and courageous. Do not be
terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you
wherever you go.”
Judges 8:33-34 – “They set up Baal-Berith as their god and did not remember the Lord
their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every
side.”
Ruth 4:14 – “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a
kinsman-redeemer.”
1 Samuel 2:30 – “Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be
disdained.”
2 Samuel 7:16 – “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your
throne will be established forever.”
1 Kings 2:2-3 – “Be strong, show yourself a man, and observe what the Lord your God
requires; Walk in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and
requirements, as written in the Law of Moss, so that you may prosper in all you
do and where you go.”
2 Kings 17:38-39 – “Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship
other gods. Rather, worship the Lord
your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
1 Chronicles 16:34 – “Give thanks to the Lord, for his is good; his love endures
forever.”
2 Chronicles 7:14-15 – “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and
pray and seek by face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from
heaven and will forgive them their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears
attentive to the prayers offered in this place.”
Ezra 8:22 – “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but
his great anger is against all who forsake him.”
Nehemiah 4:14 – “Don’t be afraid of them.
Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your
brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
Job 22:21 – “Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will
come to you.”
Psalm 37:4 – “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the
desires of your heart.”
Proverbs 1:33 – “but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease,
without fear of harm.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 – “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity
under heaven..”
Isaiah 41:10 – “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I
am your God. I will strengthen you and
help; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and
unsearchable things you do not know.”
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.”
Lamentations 3:22-23 – “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his
compassions never fail. They are new
every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Ezekiel 36:26-27 – “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh. And I
will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to
keep my laws.”
Daniel 12:1 – “There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the
beginning of nations until them. But at
that time your people – everyone whose name is found written in the book – will
be delivered.”
Hosea 2:20 – “I will keep my promise and make you mine, and you will acknowledge
me as Lord.”
Joel 2:28 – “And afterward, I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, you
old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.”
Amos 9:11 – “In that day I will restore David’s fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore its
ruins, and build it as it used to be.”
Obadiah 17 – “But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and
the house of Jacob will possess its inheritance.”
Jonah 2:2 – “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for
help, and you listened to my cry.”
Micah 7:19 – “You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins
underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.”
Nahum 1:3 – “The Lord is slow to anger and great in power; the Lord will
not leave the guilty unpunished.”
Habakkuk 3:19 – “The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet
of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.”
Zephaniah 3:17 – “The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save.”
Haggai 2:4 – “… Be strong, all of you people of the land, declares the Lord, and
work. For I am with you, declares the
Lord Almighty.”
Zechariah 1:3 – “Return to me declares the Lord Almighty, and I will return to you.”
Malachi 3:6 – “I the Lord do not change.”
Matthew 11:28 – “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you
rest.”
Mark 16:16 – “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever
does not believe will be condemned.”
Luke 12:8 – “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man
will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who disowns me before men will be
disowned before the angels of God.”
John 14:6 – “Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father except
through me.”
Acts 4:12 – “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other
name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
Romans 10:9 – “That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
1 Corinthians 15:2 – “By the gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word
I preached to you. Otherwise, you have
believed in vain.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the
old has gone, the new has come!”
Galatians 5:16 – “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify
the desires of the sinful nature.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith –
and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no
one can boast.”
Philippians 4:19 – “And my God will meet all your needs according to his
glorious riches in Christ Jesus.”
Colossians 1:13-14 – “For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and
brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption,
the forgiveness of sins.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud
command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and
the dead in Christ will rise first.
After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”
2 Thessalonians – “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect
you from the evil one.”
1 Timothy 4:8 – “For physical training is of some value, but godliness
has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the
life to come.”
2 Timothy 4:18 – “The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will
bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom.”
Titus 1:2 – “… a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal
life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time.”
Philemon 1:6 – “I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so
that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.”
Hebrews 13:8 – “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
forever.”
James 1:5 – “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives
generously to all without finding fault,
and it will be given to him.”
1 Peter 4:10 – “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory
in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and
make you strong, firm and steadfast.”
2 Peter 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 John 1:7 – “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we
have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us
from all sin.”
2 John – “Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you
may be rewarded fully.”
3 John – “Dear
friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with
you, even as your would is getting along well.”
Jude 21 – “Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ to bring you to eternal life.”
Revelation 1:3 – “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and
blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because
the time is near.”
A good
way to learn and be aware of God’s promises is to read one a day in your daily
devotion. Maybe even type some of them
on an index card and keep them in your Bible or on your bathroom mirror. That way you can be reminded of God and His faithfulness.
God is
faithful and keeps His promises. Hold on
to His Promises!
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