Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-29
Gods Precious Promises
Are Tried and Proven True

/ promises to His children, said Mr..
! Sunday in his sermon this after
noon on the subject Gods Prom
ises," and he pointed out promise
after promise which He has kept
and with which He has comforted
His people. He said:
This afternoon. Second Peter, the
first chapter, the fourth verse:
Whereby are given unto US ex-
| ceeding great and precious prom
ises; that by these"-not by edu-
cation and culture-''ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, hav-
ing escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust"
So we can have no conception of
! what God wants. He cant more
than hint at the greatness of 1t all.
And the strongest expression falls
short of overstating the matter.
When God says exceeding great
and precious" He wants US to know
He is able to make us rich II we
will only do what He tells US and
submit to Him
Tried and Proven"
The promises are great because
they mean what they say and they
stood the test of time. The prom
ises are great because they are
precious. they are the promises of
a Father to His children and the
promise of a Father is the most
sacred promise known in the world
Others may fail, but such promises
never fail, and God must fulfill
what He has promised or He would
not be God. But when God Al
mighty has promised salvation to
you, God isn't duty-bound to full
fill that promise unless you repent
and do your part When God has
promised a blessing to you He
hasn't promised to give you that
blessing unless you have fulfilled
the conditions. The trouble is you
take it for granted that God has
promised it, then you don't do your
part and you condemn God instead
of condemning yourself Therefore
a sinner has no right to condemn
God. So you do your part, and
blessing will be yours.
And you can't find where God
has failed. If we have fulfilled the
conditions that God has laid down
every promise is made good by the
shed blood of Jesus Christ and they
are based on four great pillars, not
one of which can fail
Gods Justice.
First, Gods justice which makes
it impossible for Him to deceive
US. Other people may deceive you,
God never deceives you. The prom
Uses rest on four great pillars.
First, the justice Of God.
Second, His grace which will not
suffer Him to forget. You forget,
I forget.
And then third, His truth which
will not suffer Him to change
Weather changes, styles change.
you are sick today, we'll tomorrow,
we'll today, sick tomorrow. Gov
ernments change, monetary sys-
TENS change. God never changes;
the same yesterday, today and for
ever. God is as Interchangeable as
the sunshine
The fourth, His power which en-
ables Him to perform. I'd like to
do some things, but l haven't the
power. God has the power.
So the promises OF God rest on
those four great pillars, Gods JUS
tice, Gods truth, Gods grace and
Gods power. And the promises
have back of them the power of the
throne of God and they cannot fail.
And the bible has a galaxy of prom
ises sweeping through it. And God
wants US to appropriate this be-
cause they will do us so much good.
Angels must get as much out of
patience with US as they did with
the Jews OF old.
Here is another that wasn't put
in for stufing; ''All power is Civ
en- unto Me in heaven and in earth.
Go ye therefore and teach all ma
tions, baptizing them in the name
Of the Father and the Son and the
Holy Ghost. Teach them to OBJ
serve all things. whatsoever l have
commanded you, and, 10, ! am with
you always, even unto the end OF
the world"
There is a promise for all the
power that we need: "All power
is given unto Ne in heaven and
earth"
There is a continual presence,
10, / am with you always, unto
the end of the world"
God wants you to do the work,
and promises you to be with you
and help you. Yet some people are
so contemptibly lazy that they new
er lift a hand in the name Of the
Lord, and they try to excuse them
selves by saying, We'll, l cant do
everything"
Well, you big loot, who is asking
your
II can't do everything" OF
course you can't Jesus Christ
doesn't ask you to do 1t. but He
asks you 10 help do whatever He
asks you to do. He asks a sinner
to be saved. Then when you are
saved, you go to Him that He is
able to keep you from falling. He
said, II will help you" So you
can't win out without Jesus Christ.
Why don't you do like Paul? Oh.
/ despise these whining. carping
critics. 81 can do all things
through Christ that strengthens
me-" like to see somebody with
q punch. I like to see somebody
that has the punch for God, that
can bring home the bacon.
81 can't do everything" So, If
Christ is with you. He is able to
make you do all things.
Here is another great one: If
you love Me. chew the ragl
If you love Me. talk about your
neighbors!
If you love Me, don't pay your
debts!
If you love Ne, keep my COM