We can become sons and daughters of the King
God’s promises are yours for the taking! Is it your heart’s desire to take God at his word
of kings! John wrote that many rejected Jesus Christ
for your salvation? If you now agree that there is
when he came to earth, but “to all who did receive
no other way to God except through Jesus, you can
him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to
express your change of heart by praying to God in
become children of God” (John 1:12). A promise of
words like these…
adoption into the family of God himself!
“Dear God, I believe that when your Son, Jesus, died
Speaking of those who trust in Jesus Christ to
on the cross for the sins of the world, that included me. I
forgive them and change their eternal status from
accept that by faith. I want your forgiveness for my sins
“condemned” to “forgiven,” the Bible promises,
and accept your offer of eternal life to all who believe that
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
Christ alone is the way to you. Thank you so much for
creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new
making my salvation possible. Amen.”
has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Christ rose from the grave on the third day after his death. The angel at the empty tomb put it this way: “He is not here, for he has risen, as he said” (Matthew 28:6)! Christ’s physical resurrection is yet another proof that there’s no promise God makes
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Third, God invites us to become part of his family forever.
promises from
God
that he can’t keep! Have you become a new person
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LUIS PALAU
What we’ve done to religion today is appalling. We’ve reinvented it in our marred
he created us. A God who has strict standards, but
depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able
who also forgives. And who has gone so far as to make
to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our
philosophies, degraded it into something pagan,
“precious and very great promises” to us (2 Peter 1:4)…
Lord” (Romans 8:38-39). Who couldn’t use a promise
sold it out for commercial gain or—worst of all—
promises that he keeps!
transformed it into the worship of self. Mostly, we’ve conveniently managed to leave God out! You would think that God left it up to our
through three great examples of promises he has made.
imagination to define who he is and what he wants for us. But actually, God has revealed himself clearly in an amazing book—the Bible. It’s great history. It’s influential literature. And it’s relevant in the 21st century.
like that! Have you experienced God’s love yet?
Surprised? Let me show you something about God
Second, God longs to give us a new heart and forgive our sins.
First, God loves us and wants us to enter into a vital relationship with him.
disease”—sin. Our souls are bent toward evil. The
What could be more incredible than realizing that
costly provision to forgive our sins. The Bible says
The bad news is that we all have a fatal “heart good news is that God has already made a remarkable,
In a university commencement address, you may
the God of the universe knows and loves us? That is
that “God shows his love for us in that while we were
remember when former newsman Ted Koppel stated,
what Scripture says. Jesus himself told his disciples:
still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
“Our society finds Truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form Truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder; it is a howling reproach. What Moses brought down from Mount Sinai were not the Ten Suggestions; they are commandments... are, not were.”
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays
The truth from God in the Bible includes very clear
down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). Sure enough, Christ’s disciple John wrote, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that
The prophet Jeremiah wrote that a time was coming when God would make a new covenant: “I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more”
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
(Jeremiah 31:34). A promise of forgiveness, despite the
eternal life” (John 3:16). There’s a promise you can live
fact that God is the one we have all ultimately
with…for eternity!
sinned against! Have you experienced that
commandments and instructions meant for our good.
It moved the apostle Paul to write, “For I am sure that
But God’s Book is much more than commandments. It
neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things
tells about a God who loves the people of earth because
present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor
forgiveness yet?
God’s promises are yours for the taking! Is it your heart’s desire to take God at his word for your salvation? If you now agree that there is no other way to God except through Jesus, you can express your change of heart by praying to God in words like these… “Dear God, I believe that when your Son, Jesus, died on the cross for the sins of the world, that included me. I accept that by faith. I want your forgiveness for my sins and accept your offer of eternal life to all who believe that Christ alone is the way to you. Thank you so much for making my salvation possible. Amen.”
Promises from God
Good News Tracts
Evangelist Luis Palau explains that we don’t have to imagine who God is. He has already revealed himself clearly to us, including making promises that he keeps! Bible references: ESV. Package contains 25 tracts.
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