Is That A Promise?

One of the challenges that I have faced in building this list was deciding which verses are promises.  Some are very plainly stated as promises and intended to be read as such.  Others are much less direct in the way that they are stated.  You may read some of the verses that are included in the list and wonder why they are there.  I wrestled with this a fair bit too.

A big part of my decision in how I have read these verses and included them into the Promise Project has to do with the character of God.  God, the all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present Creator and King of the universe is said to be immutable (He does not change).  This means that a statement of fact about God or His character is as reliable as a promise that we can cling to.  Many of these statements in the Bible are stated about God rather than by God.  However, knowing that God inspired and authored every word of every verse, He intended for these facts about Himself to be included and known.  So, when you and I read a statement of fact about the faithfulness of God or His forgiveness of sins, I believe that we are on solid ground to cling to these promises just as much as the verses where God says, "I promise".

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?   Numbers 23:19