Bible Verse of The Day – 6-19-20

Hebrews 6:17-18 (NKJV) 17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.

At first glance, these verses might seem very complicated, and tough to decipher or make sense of.

But they are very important for us to understand, so let’s break them down and see what we can get out of them.

The very first word, “thus”, indicates a condition, or something that it is referring to.

That something is a promise that God had made to Abraham, which we discussed a couple days ago, when we talked about Abraham waiting patiently for that promise to be fulfilled.

Now, when man makes a promise, he will swear to it as a way of guaranteeing that it will be done. But because man can offer no guarantee based solely on his word, he will usually swear by someone greater than himself, namely God.

When God made a promise to Abraham, He had nobody greater than Himself to swear by, so He bound Himself to an oath, guaranteeing to fulfill the promise He had made.

In other words, He swore by Himself that He would do what He said He would do. This assured the heirs of that promise that God would not change His mind.

Verse 18 mentions “two immutable things”. What were those two things? God’s promise, and His oath. He made a promise. And then He swore an oath to keep the promise.

You can’t get any better than that!

These two things, His promise and His oath, are unchangeable. Why? Because it is impossible for God to lie.

So, what is the result of all of this? What does it mean for us, as children of God?

It means that we can have great confidence in the fact that promises God has made will be carried out and completed!

There is no greater guarantor that God Himself. If He says something, He means it. And if He promises something, He will do it.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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