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Religions > Bible |
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"bear163" |
| Date: |
29 Feb 2004 11:14:37 PM |
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How God works with covenants |
Devotional Guide
For the week of February 22, 2004
GOD CANNOT LIE
How God works with covenants
To Read: 2 John
To Know:
".by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that
through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world
because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature." (2Pet.1: 4)
Our family rented a summerhouse on the Turkish coast fifty miles north of
the ruins of ancient Ephesus. We decided to visit the site on a Monday and
therefore the Saturday before we set out to secure the services of a minibus
to take us there and back. The minibuses operated out of a town twenty-five
miles north of us. We agreed with one of the drivers to be picked up along
the roadside Monday morning, be driven to Ephesus, and taken back home that
evening. We sealed the verbal contract with a handshake. On Monday we waited
on the side of the road and at the agreed upon hour the bus appeared on the
horizon. The covenant symbolized by our handshake proved to be as good as
gold.
God's word is golden. Using covenant promises, God administers his kingdom.
The Lord promised Abram fame, family, fortune, and fruitfulness. All came
true. Abram, who became Abraham, is world known today. Everyone whose faith
is in Jesus Christ belongs to his family. Each believer has eternal life and
no greater fortune belongs to anyone. The day will dawn when men and women
who owe their very selves to the grace of Abraham's God will populate the
entire earth. Unquestionably, God's promises are precious and very great.
To Ask:
Father, words have become cheap in our time. Everyone uses words to tempt us
and to twist our understanding of the world and ourselves. Grant us faith
that in the Bible we have a trustworthy word directly from you.
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