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The Promises of God Series

THE PROMISES OF GOD SERIES Series Introduction The promises of God are not isolated statements scattered through Scripture. They are the unfolding expressions of one eternal purpose, conceived in God before the foundation of the world, revealed through covenant, and fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Why The Promises of God Matter explains why they are important to believers. This series functions as a theological hub—a unified framework that weaves together distinct promises without collapsing them into a single category. Each promise stands on its own, yet each flows from the same eternal source and prepares the way for the next. Together they testify to the faithfulness of God across redemptive history. The Coherence of God’s Promises One eternal purpose, planned in God Revealed through covenant Fulfilled in Christ Applied by the Spirit of truth Consummated in glory Each article in this series may b...
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The Promises of God — The Promised Eternal Covenant

God’s Eternal Purpose Enacted: The Promised Eternal Covenant When Scripture speaks of the New Covenant, it does not describe God improvising after human failure, as though redemption were a divine contingency plan B. The New Covenant is the historical unveiling of something older than history: God’s eternal purpose in Christ. Before there was a world to break, God purposed a world to redeem. Before there was a law to expose sin, there was a promise to overcome sin. And before there was a people formed in time, there was a people chosen “in Him” before time. This is why the Bible can speak in two registers at once. In one register, God promises a covenant in the prophets—an “everlasting covenant,” a “new covenant,” a covenant of peace, forgiveness, and Spirit-wrought obedience. In the other register, the apostles speak of grace “given… in Christ Jesus before times eternal,” and of an “eternal purpose” accomplished in Christ. The Eternal Covenant is the meeting of those two registers: th...
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The Jerusalem Council : Grace or Law (And The Question of Tithing)

The Jerusalem Council : Grace or Law (And The Question of Tithing) The Jerusalem Council (Acts 15) stands as a decisive moment in the New Testament where the gospel is publicly guarded from being restructured into Law-based entry. The immediate controversy was not a minor cultural preference but a gospel-defining claim: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved” (Acts 15:1). This was not merely a debate about ritual. It was a question of what constitutes salvation and what governs belonging among the people of God. The council’s purpose, therefore, was to preserve the gospel as God’s action in Christ—received by faith—rather than a covenant admission structure governed by the old written code. Peter’s argument establishes the center. God gave the Holy Spirit to the nations “just as he did to us,” “making no distinction” of jew and the other nations, cleansing their hearts “by faith” (Acts 15:8–9). Therefore, to place the Mosaic yoke upon believer...
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The Promises of God — The Promised Holy Spirit

  The Promised Holy Spirit Introduction: The Promises of God and the Gift of His Spirit When Scripture speaks of the promises of God, it does not describe outcomes or blessings detached from relationship. God’s promises are covenantal in nature—rooted in His faithfulness to give Himself to a people and to dwell among them. From the beginning, the promises of God move steadily toward one central reality: restored communion between God and those He calls His own. Among all that God promises, the gift of His Spirit stands at the center—not because redemption, the cross, or forgiveness are secondary, but because the Spirit is the promised result toward which redemption itself moves. The cross is the means by which God fulfills the promises. Because God is holy, the righteous requirements of His justice had to be satisfied before His Spirit could dwell within redeemed humanity. As the writer of Hebrews makes clear, a covenant is established through death, and the New Covenant is inaugur...
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The Promises of God — The Promise of Eternal Life

There is such a great promise of eternal life to the elect, through faith and knowledge of truth, "to the extent of the hope of eternal life, which God can not lie, promised before times eternal. Now, brought to light in his word at his own timing..." (Titus 1:2) Before time began God made a promise, established it on his oath,  there being nothing greater to  establish it on, but accordingly to  his purpose by which he can not lie.  "just as he chose us in him before creation of the world to exist holy and blameless in his presence in love predestining us for adoption as his own through Jesus Christ..." (Ephesians 1:4-5).    For those chosen this promise is very precious and honorable and effective. It is a promise that God will always be with us even to the end of the age. It is a promise he is working out all for good to those called according to His purpose. The promise is fulfilled through "predestinating us for adoption"  and adoption is of the S...
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Obedience Presupposes God's Work Beforehand

Obedience Presupposes God's Work Beforehand Biblical obedience does not originate in autonomous human willpower but presupposes divine persuasion that produces maturity; faith, renewal of the mind, and enables discernment. Therefore, in both the Old and New Testaments, obedience is consistently presented as the fruit of maturity; being fully convinced and prepared beforehand by God. Biblical Order Reinforced An error in theological discourse is the inversion of biblical order: obedience is often treated as the precondition of faith, discernment, and maturity rather than their consequence. This inversion produces a moralistic framework that pressures compliance while bypassing persuasion, renewal, and transformation.  When inverted, when obedience is positioned as the precondition for faith and discernment, theological authority shifts from God’s persuasive self-revelation to human intermediaries who claim to speak on His behalf. While some may, we are warned others will not. Th...
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