God's Incredible Promises
Galatians 3:15-18 · May 18, 2022
Discover how God’s promises—rooted in His covenant with Abraham and fulfilled in Christ—offer believers lasting hope, strength, peace, and eternal life. This message explores which promises are conditional, how we inherit them through faith, and why salvation comes by God’s promise rather than human works.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
02:53 The Scripture Declares God Will Keep His Promises (Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 55:11)
04:07 The Promises of God are Exceedingly Great and Precious (2 Peter 1:4)
05:07 Examples of promises in the Bible: #1 Rest to the weary
05:20 #2 Help in time of need
05:33 #3 Always love us
05:46 #4 God is always good
06:01 #5 Gives us peace
06:06 #6 Always will answer us
06:18 #7 Always with us
06:29 #8 He is kind and compassionate
07:02 #9 Works all things for the good
07:28 #10 To strengthen you
07:36 #11 To meet your needs
07:43 #12 Gives eternal life and joy
07:56 Many of These Promises Are Conditional - (Proverbs 3:5-6; John 15:7; James 4:7)
10:40 Many Are Not Conditional (Genesis 12:7; Matthew 28:20; Romans 8:38-39)
13:55 How We Inherit the Promises of God (Hebrews 6:12)
15:20 A Great Resource for the Promises of God - “The Jesus Pocket Promises”
17:26 Galatians 3:15 - A Covenant is an Official Promise - We would call it a contract
20:22 A Unilateral Covenant - A One-Sided Covenant
20:34 A Bilateral Covenant - A Double-Sided Covenant
20:43 The covenant of Abraham was one-sided (Genesis 15:9-14)
22:10 Psalm 105:8-11 - An everlasting covenant
22:55 Isaiah 54:10 - The Abrahamic covenant
23:29 Galatians 3:16 - To Abraham and his Seed were the promises made
24:27 Genesis 22:15-19 - A picture of Christ, the Seed
31:17 Galatians 3:17 - The Law, being a covenant, cannot annul the covenant by God
32:45 The Law was the Mosaic covenant (Exodus 19:5-6)
33:17 Galatians 3:18 - God gave it to Abraham by promise
37:42 We have a new covenant - The Last supper - Communion
38:20 Closing prayer
