Great and Precious Promises 11/23/2014 pm Great and Precious Promises 2 Peter 1:1-4 Micky Galloway

2 Peter 1:1-4 1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. NKJV Great and Precious Promises

Things God Has NOT Promised… Another day to live James 4:13-14; 1 Peter 1:24; Psalms 90:10-12; Ecclesiastes 9:5 To save anyone outside of the body of Christ Ephesians 5:23; Ephesians 1:22-23 Another chance after death Luke 16:19-31 To hear the prayer of the rebellious sinner Proverbs 28:9; cf. John 9:31 A life free from hardships 2 Timothy 3:12; cp. Matthew 10:16-28 Great and Precious Promises

Things God Has Promised Unconditionally… Everything produces after its kind - Genesis 1:24 Seed time and harvest - Genesis 8:22 No more world destruction by a flood - Genesis 9:-11 The promise of a redeemer - Gen. 3:15; Acts 13:23 A future world destruction - 2 Peter 3:6-10 The second coming of Christ - Acts 1:9-11 The general resurrection - John 5:28-29 Judgment - Acts 17:31; Hebrews 9:27, 28 Every knee shall bow - Rom. 14:11, 12; Phil. 2:9-11 Great and Precious Promises

Things God Has Promised Conditionally… Forgiveness of sins Jeremiah 31:34; Luke 24:46, 47; cf. Acts 10:43; Acts 2:38 Answer to prayer Matthew 7:8-11; James 1:6-7;1 John 3:22; 5:14 All spiritual blessings Ephesians 1:3; Galatians 3:26-29 A glorious resurrection Romans 8:11; Ephesians 2:5-8; 1 Corinthians 15:50-57 The everlasting kingdom James 2:5; Matthew 25:34, 46 Eternal life 1 John 2:25; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; Hebrews 10:35-36; James 1:12; Hebrews 5:8-9 Great and Precious Promises

Do God’s Promises Ever Fail? Conditional promises fail if the conditions are not met Deuteronomy 28-30; Especially 28:1, 2, 15-20 Conditional promises never fail if all conditions are met Joshua 21:43; 23:14-16 Delayed fulfillment does not prove failure 2 Peter 3:8; Genesis 12:3; Galatians 3:16 Great and Precious Promises

Do God’s Promises Ever Fail? “God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19 UNCONDITIONAL Promises NEVER fail! Great and Precious Promises

Romans 11:18-22 18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. Great and Precious Promises

Are You A Partaker of His Great and Precious Promises?