It’s an extraordinary honor for me to be with you
I bring you greetings from San Antonio, Texas
just down the highway. Thank you so much.
Isn’t it amazing to see all the things
that God is doing and to realize that
the promises that He made to Israel
all these many, many years ago
are being fulfilled in our generation.
We’re remembering how God keeps His promises.
And I’m so honored to be celebrating what He’s up to.
You know God keeps His promises, right?
Did you know there’s over 7000 promises
in the Bible?
Our God is a promise maker.
And what’s more, He is a promise keeper.
I believe for every problem in life there’s a promise from God.
One of the greatest privileges of our lives
is to match our problems with the promise.
The Bible says that Abraham was a man who
built his life on the promises of God.
I'd like to encourage you to plunge into God’s promises.
Don’t build your life on problems.
Don’t build your life on pain.
Build your life on the promises of God.
Do you feel alone? God makes you a promise:
Do you feel like nobody ever speaks up for you?
Jesus does. The Bible promises that
Maybe you’re plagued by guilt?
How many of you know, the Bible promises that:
But of all the promises in the Bible,
none are more remarkable than
the promises that God has made to
this Peculiar People, called the children of Abraham.
Extraordinary.
As far back as in the days of Moses
He declared covenants that we’re seeing come true.
Even today.
Listen to this passage from Deuteronomy 30:1-5.
It’s a bit lengthy but it’s worth the reading
Moses had God speak to him and say:
The Lord’s unshakable faithfulness to Israel
is evidenced, I think, by His present pursuit of Gentiles
The fact that God is allowing Gentiles
like us, most of us, to reach out to the Jews
is in and of itself a fulfillment of the prophecy.
You heard just quoted, and I’ll read it to you,
from Romans chapter 11. A great translation
is in The Message translation. Paul said:
What a homecoming!
We’re here today, remembering that
God has promised that there will be
a massive homecoming in the last days.
And could it be that we’re witnessing it?
The first fruits of it. The homecoming.
Since the Zionist Congress at the turn of the century
the Jews have been returning to their land
and their return was accelerated of course
in 1948 and 1967. And then at the end of
the Cold War at the end of the early 1990’s.
The Lord’s faithfulness to His people is being seen again.
Do you believe that God is a promise maker?
Do you believe that God is a promise keeper?
Do you believe that we are living in a day
of the fulfillment of God’s promises?