Great Peace Comes From Resting In God's Promises

You can find solace in the PROMISES of God. 2nd Peter 1:2-4, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” Man's word means NOTHING. This world is full of wicked sinners. We are all sinners. Many sinners enjoying condemning other sinners, but God will judge us all as SINNERS, and God's harshest judgment is reserved for those sinners who condemns other sinners (Matthew 7:1-5). Judge (condemn) not, that ye be not judged (condemn)!

Here is a wonderful passage of Scripture, which PROMISES that our eternal weight of glory will far exceed our present light afflictions:

2nd Corinthians 4:16-18, “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

Life is a gift from God, which most people squander. ...

The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power, to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour; To lose one's wealth is sad indeed, to lose one's health is more, to lose your soul is such a loss, that no one can restore.

Another of my favorite PROMISES from God is found in Philippians 4:6-7, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” The Bible teaches us to pray about everything, and worry about nothing, claiming God's PROMISE that once we've prayed, that He will attend to our request(s) and we may rest in peace from that point on. That's exactly what Philippians 4:6-7 teach us. Once we've prayed, making our request(s) known unto God, we are commanded to rest in THE PEACE THAT PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING, knowing that God is the keeper of our soul in Christ Jesus our Savior. If we choose to worry, that is our decision. ...

Oh, what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear; all because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer.

Trusting, claiming and abiding (living) in the PROMISES OF GOD is solely a matter of faith for the believer. Do you believe that the Bible is God's holy and inspired Words? Do you believe that God authored the Bible? Do you believe that there is a real, all powerful (omnipotent), all-knowing (omniscient), all-present (omnipresent), and all-loving (omnibenevolent) God in Heaven? God created and loves you. He cares about you. If you don't believe that God authored the Holy Bible, then you're not going to place any credibility in its veracity and reliability.

I believe 100% that the King James Bible is God's preserved and inspired words for this generation. I find no error, nor fault, in the inspired King James Bible. I don't think it needs any improvement, nor do I think its 54 translators could have done a better job. Albeit, I do not believe in double inspiration (i.e., I do not believe that God gave any new revelation to the King James Bible translators). I do believe that God oversaw the work, and that the Holy Spirit made sure when completed, the King James Bible was exactly what God intended for it to be. Were the King James translators inspired? No, but they were working with select texts (aka, Textus Receptus) which were already inspired. I do not believe that there will ever be another translation of the Holy Bible into the English language, simply because today's inferior language could not facilitate a proper translation.

As a born-again Christian, I find great peace in the comforting Word of God, particularly in the PROMISES OF GOD! What a wonderful fact that the Bible contains 7,487 PROMISES from God to man! Our text verses from 1st Peter 1:2-4 teaches that the power of God resides in the PROMISES of God, because the Lord always keeps His promises, and you can take that to the bank! Only a fool bases his life and eternal destiny upon speculation, human reasoning, fables, manmade tradition and religion. What you had better do is “SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES” as Jesus commanded in John 5:39b, discovering and claiming the PROMISES OF GOD in the King James Bible. Only then will you KNOW you're not living your life in vain, having a foundation that is sure in Jesus Christ, and a hope of eternal life and heavenly rewards that man cannot take away. Time cannot destroy a Christian's faith, as the world fades away in their unbelief. ...

1st John 2:15-17, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”

This temporal earthly life will come to an end, guaranteed. Everything that you see around you will eventually return to the dust from which it came. Ah, but the PROMISES of God transcend this earthly life, lasting forever. When you're dead and gone, the PROMISES of God will still stand sure and true; and if you die in the Lord (Revelation 14:13), you will spend eternity enjoying all the blessings of God (Romans 8:32). Romans 15:4, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” I challenge you to learn the many PROMISES of God in the Bible.

Here are a few of my favorite PROMISES:

1. ETERNAL LIFE (John 6:47)
2. A NEW PERFECT BODY (Philippians 3:21)
3. MY OWN PRIVATE HOME IN HEAVEN (John 14:1-3)
4. GOD WILL GIVE ME ALL THINGS (Romans 8:32)
5. NO MAN WILL EVER TAKE MY JOY AWAY AGAIN (John 16:22)
6. THOSE WHO HAVE HURT ME WILL ANSWER TO GOD (Ecclesiastes 12:14)
7. GOD WILL REWARD ALL MY LABORS FOR CHRIST (1st Corinthians 3:8)
8. ALL TEARS SHALL BE WIPED AWAY (Revelation 21:4)
9. FORMER THINGS SHALL PASS AWAY (Revelation 21:4)
10. WE WILL LIVE WITH GOD FOREVER (Revelation 21:3)
11. ALL THINGS WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD (Romans 8:28)
12. SOULWINNERS WILL SHINE IN HEAVEN (Daniel 12:3)

There are 7,475 more promises in the Holy Bible from God to man. Can you find them my friend? These promises from the Lord are what give me comfort and joy from day to day.