1. Three Great & Precious Promises
2 Peter 1:4

2. Three Great & Precious Promises
2 Peter 1:4
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

3. Three Great & Precious Promises
Introduction
Promises are often made but not kept - “Broken”
We must be reminded that…
God will not fail to keep His promises
His promises are reliable and trustworthy - 2 Corinthians 1:20
God cannot lie - Hebrews 6:18
That we must be faithful to Him who has promised
Other promises…
Eternal life - Titus 1:1-3
Rest for souls who struggled and prevailed - Revelation 14:13
Hebrews 4:1-11
We will consider three precious promise in this lesson…
Remember, that God will never fail us!

4. Three Great & Precious Promises!

5. Not Abandoned or Forsaken
Three Great & Precious Promises
Not Abandoned or Forsaken
“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee”
Hebrews 13:5
God will not leave us…
When threatened by man - Hebrews 13:6
When tempted and tried - 1 Corinthians 10:13
When all others forsake us - 2 Timothy 4:10, 16
At no time, even in death - Psalms 23
This is a conditional promise - James 4:8

6. Their Sins Remembered No More
Three Great & Precious Promises
Their Sins Remembered No More
“And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more”
Hebrews 10:17
The Obedient are…
No longer separated from God - Isaiah 59:1
No longer subject to the wages of sin - Romans 6:23
No longer burdened with the guilt of sin - Rev. 1:5; Matthew 26:28
This is a conditional promise!
Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 John 1:7-2:1

7. Three Great & Precious Promises
A Crown of Life
“…be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life” - Revelation 2:10
This crown…
Is an “incorruptible crown” - 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Peter 5:4
Is eternal life in heaven - 1 Peter 1:3-5
This is a conditional promise!
To the faithful unto death - who finish the course
2 Timothy 4:8
To those striving lawfully - according to the rules
2 Timothy 2:5

8. Three Great & Precious Promises
Review
Not Abandoned or Forsaken
Sins Remembered No More
A Crown of Life

9. Three Great & Precious Promises
Conclusion
All men have failed to keep promises
God has never failed on His promises
Only Christians have assurance of these promises
These promises are conditionally received