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What Is a Promise?A promise is a written or verbal declaration that binds the person who makes it to do or forbear a specified act. When used of God, it is His pledge or undertaking to do or to refrain from doing a certain thing. Such promises form the basis of the prayer of faith. It is through prayer that these promises are turned into the facts and factors of our Christian experience. The holy character and faithfulness of God make His promises credible. "He who promised is faithful," testified the writer of the letter to the Hebrews (10:23). "Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses," said Solomon to the whole assembly of Israel (I Kings 8:56). God's promises are thus bound up with His character and rest on four of His divine attributes: (1)His truth, which makes lying impossible; (2) His omniscience, which makes His being deceived or mistaken impossible; (3) His power, which makes everything possible, and (4) His unchangeableness, which precludes vacillation or change. So when we come to God armed with one of His promises, we can do so with the utmost confidence. The Range of the PromisesOne of the |
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