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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT PRECIOUS PROMISES

SIMPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT PRECIOUS PROMISES
 
1. What kind of promises has God given to us who believe in Christ? "Whereby are given unto us exceeding GREAT and PRECIOUS promises"-2 Pet. 1:4.
(Heb. 8:6, Rom. 4:16, 2 Cor. 1:20)

2. What has God promised about supplying our need? "But my God shall supply ALL YOUR NEED according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus"—Phil. 4:19.
(Matt. 6:8, Psa. 84:11, Rom. 8:32)

3. What has God promised about being with us?
"Lo, I am WITH YOU ALWAY, even unto the end of the world"—Matt. 28:20.
(Matt. 18:20, Acts 18:10, Heb. 13:5-6)

4. What has God promised about guiding us?
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS"—Prov. 3:5-6.
(Jer. 10:23, John 10:4, Psa. 28:3, 48:14, 73:24)

5. What has God promised about giving us wisdom?
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and IT SHALL BE GIVEN HIM"—Jas. 1:5.
(Prov. 2:6, Luke 21:15, Col. 2:3, Jas. 3:17)

6. What has God promised about giving us strength?
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I WILL STRENGTHEN THEE; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness"—Isa. 41:10.
(Eph. 8:18, Col. 1:11, 2 Tim. 4:17, Phil. 4:13)

7. What has God promised us about helping us in temptation?
"God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it"-1 Cor. 10: 13.
(Matt. 4:1, Heb. 2:18, 2 Pet. 2:9)

8. What has God promised about forgiving our sins?
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"-1 John 1:9.
(Psa. 86:5, Eph. 4:32)

9. What has God promised about answering our prayers?
"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him"—Matt. 7:11.
(Psa. 91:15, 99:6, Matt. 21:22, 1 Pet. 3:12, Psa. 66:18-20, John 14:13)

10. What has God promised about chastening us?
"My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him; for WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth"—Heb. 12:5-6.
(Psa. 119:75, 67, 94:12, Rev. 3:19, 1 Cor. 11: 32, Heb. 12:5-11)

11. What has God promised about healing our bodies? "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up"—Jas. 5:14-15.
(Psa. 103:3, 1 John 5:14)

12. What has God promised, if it should not be His will to heal us?
"MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE; for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me"-2 Cor. 12:9.
(2 Cor. 12:7-10, Phil. 4:6-7)

13. What has God promised about giving us comfort in sorrow? "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; WHO COMFORTETH US in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God" —2 Cor. 1:3-4.
(Matt. 6:4, John 14:16, 18, 2 Thess. 2:16-17)

14. What has God promised about giving us rest?
"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls"—Matt. 11:28-29.
(Isa. 67:20, Psa. 23:2, Heb. 4:8, 9-10)

15. What has God promised about making all things work for our good?
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose"—Rom. 8:28.
(Rom. 8:37, 1 Cor. 3:21-23, 2 Cor. 2:14, Eph. 1:11)

16. What has God promised about preserving and delivering us?
"The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore" —Psa. 121:7-8.
(Psa. 97:10, Jude 1, 2 Tim. 4:18)

17. Is God able to do all that He has promised for us?
"Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us"—Eph. 3:20.
(1 Kings 8:56, Dan. 3:17, Isa. 14:24, Heb. 6:17-18)

18. What should we do with the promises of God?

"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what He had promised, He was able also to perform"—Rom. 4:20-21.
(Psa. 87:5, Heb. 6:12, 11:6, Matt. 9:29)

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