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God says ‘Yes’

21 November 2016

In the Old Testament, God’s promises came with conditions that had to be met. In other words, you had to do something. ‘If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land’ (Isaiah 1:19 NIV). There was a price to pay, conditions to meet, and certain things you had to do to receive God’s promise. But all that changed at the cross. When Jesus said, ‘It is finished,’ the Greek text could literally be translated ‘paid in full.’ That’s why Paul writes, ‘For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.’ Are you ‘in Christ’? Then God says, ‘Yes, I’ll meet your needs, I’ll do for you what I have promised.’ As believers we’ve already qualified for the promises God’s made to us in His Word. Under the Old Testament law God said, ‘If.’ But to those who are in Christ and living under grace, He says, ‘Yes.’ And our response should be ‘Amen,’ which means ‘So be it.’ That’s why Paul could confidently write, ‘And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus’ (Philippians 4:19 NKJV). Not only is God able to meet ‘all’ our needs, He’s looking for opportunities to do it.

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