Sunday, January 29, 2017

Conditional Promises.

We don’t like to think of things of God as being conditional. Yet what does Jesus say?

Joh_14:15  If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Joh_14:23  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

If we love- we keep.

That's not a condition you say, but rather a statement of truth. What about this…

Mat_6:15  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

If you don't forgive others - you will not be forgiven.  Conditional? Yes.

Joh_15:10  If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

Truth.

Read the following excerpt from ' The Spiritual Man' - by Watchman Nee

'All the promises which God grants us in the Bible may be considered conditional. None are bestowed to gratify one’s fleshly lust. '

(My thoughts- How can we debate this in the least? Not a single promise of God's to us can be used for our fleshy lust, not one! Yet so often we ask God for things to do just that, indulge our flesh desire. God knows the difference. Is it any wonder this is truth?

Mat_21:22  And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

How many people ASK for things in prayer and never receive them? Do those same people believe then that this promise is a lie? We know God never lies, we know this promise is true. The thing we need to comprehend is that to ask in prayer means asking spiritually, not fleshy. So if we ask for anything of the flesh in a prayer that can only be spiritual, it will not be granted. We are not granted flesh desires for flesh purposes. We may be granted things to our flesh but only if they are for a spiritual end. The conditional promises just that  conditioned on the spiritual.)

May God help us to comprehend all that we need to comprehend in order to be fully and wholly His!

All through Jesus Christ our Lord now and FOREVER!


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