A familiar mantra among politicians is, “Promises made; promises kept.” While it’s unlikely that any politician has ever kept all of his or her promises, one Person has: God (1 Kings 8:56). We are told that God has given us “great and precious promises” that allow us to share in His “divine nature.” But what are these promises?

In general, they may be the promises Peter preached about on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:14-41)—the coming of Christ and gift of the Holy Spirit. Going back further, they are the promises God made to His people through the patriarchs. Gentiles were excluded from those promises (Ephesians 2:12-13). But having been grafted spiritually into Israel (Romans 11:11-24), we have been made “heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). Indeed, our promises are “better” (Hebrews 8:6) because Christ is better than all who came before.

Be thankful today that you are an heir of better and greater promises in Christ.

The whole covenant is a bundle of promises.
Thomas Brooks