{"id":1797,"date":"2019-07-21T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T09:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedfordcoc.com\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&p=1797"},"modified":"2019-07-31T17:21:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T17:21:12","slug":"standing-on-the-promises-when-god-promises","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/bedfordcoc.com\/sermons\/standing-on-the-promises-when-god-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing On The Promises – When God Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this our final lesson in the series \u201cStanding on the Promises\u201d, we want simply to understand why we can trust every exceedingly, precious promise that God made. We must realize that God Makes Promises in (2) two Ways His Promises Are – Unconditional and Conditional \u2013 In other words God Said If! Blessings \u201cIF\u201d you Obey Deut. 28:1 \u201cNow it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And Curses \u201cIF\u201d you Disobey, Deut. 28:15 \u201cBut it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:\u201d<br \/>\nYou see from this that we may misunderstand and become disappointed in God simply because we think He\u2019s failed to keep His word. When all along the problem is our understanding, not His faithfulness. So, we must understand that many of the exceedingly great and precious promises of the Almighty God, are conditioned upon our obedience or disobedience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this our final lesson in the series \u201cStanding on the Promises\u201d, we want simply to understand why we can trust every exceedingly, precious promise that God made. We must realize that God Makes Promises in (2) two Ways His Promises Are – Unconditional and Conditional \u2013 In other words God Said If! Blessings \u201cIF\u201d you Obey Deut. 28:1 \u201cNow it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And Curses \u201cIF\u201d you Disobey, Deut. 28:15 \u201cBut it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:\u201d<br \/>\nYou see from this that we may misunderstand and become disappointed in God simply because we think He\u2019s failed to keep His word. When all along the problem is our understanding, not His faithfulness. 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