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It is a declaration, written or verbal, which binds the person that makes it to do or forbear to do the very thing promised. It is an engagement regardless of any corresponding duty or obligation on the part of the person to whom the thing is promised. A promise, therefore, implies the declaration o
A promise is a sure pledge of something good. The good in the Promise of the Gospel is eternal life from death. Eternal blessedness from deepest misery. A promise is in this case absolutely sure and cannot fail. That is why a promise among men is impossible. Many things may happen. We always have to
Rev. Terpstra is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of South Holland, Ilinois. "When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no s
The word pledge is defined as “a solemn promise or undertaking.” Words such as promise, vow, and commitment serve as synonyms of the word pledge. An allegiance is “loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause”. Synonyms include words such as loyalty,
As to its nature the promise differs radically from an offer! Also in respect to the latter the person that makes an offer declares something. Be declares his willingness to do something for or to bestow something upon another unto whom the offer is made. However, for its realization the offer is co
Now, it is important, that we clearly understand the nature of a promise. It is by no means the same as an offer. Also in the latter the person that makes the offer declares his willingness to do something for or bestow something upon the person to whom the offer is made, but for its realization the
Acts 1 verse 4, Jesus promises or pledges to his disciples that they would receive the promise of the Father, which is a promise or a pledge to send the Holy Spirit as a comforter to them. In Acts 2 verse 33, there again we read of the promise of the Holy Ghost. That's a reference to, that Pete
And I found it striking that As I was baptizing our infant daughter, Violet Joy, there in that congregation, I found it striking that as a missionary I was baptizing a child of believers, that here we could see the conjunction of these two ways in which God gathers His covenant people in this d
But that God in order to, if I could put it that way, make doubly certain and give to His people double assurance, would say, even though I am the righteous and true God, always faithful to My Word, I'm going to swear an oath to testify that these words are absolutely true. When God says, I'm g
The Idea of The Promise. God's promise must not be confused with an offer. There is, of course, a fundamental difference between a promise and an offer. An offer always presupposes three things. It presupposes, in the first place, a willingness on the part of him who makes the offer to bestow somet