EXCEEDING GREAT & PRECIOUS PROMISES

"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." -II Peter 1:4 [KJV]

Nothing will yield richer consolation to our own souls, than to:
  take the Word of God,
  cull out of it every promise which it contains,
  carry them to the throne of grace,
  and plead them before God.

Pardon for every sin,
   peace with God,
      holiness of life,
         and eternal glory
--are all secured to every genuine believer, by the priceless promises of our gracious, immutable and omnipotent God.
 
Yet it is simply impossible to fully comprehend the worth of God's inestimable promises in this life.

Who shall fathom the value of deliverance from the torments which are endured by those who are now cast into the lake of fire and brimstone?

Or who shall form a correct estimate of the glory and felicity of Heaven?

None but those who have experienced the one or the other, can form any just conception of either!

Nor could anyone fully and adequately comprehend what salvation imports, unless he has both endured the punishment from which a condemned soul is rescued; and partaken of the blessedness to which a glorified soul is exalted before the throne of God.
 
Eternity will be too short to count the infinite worth of the exceeding great and precious promises, which are contained in the Gospel of Christ!
 
"Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." -II Corinthians 7:1

-preacher Charles Simeon

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