For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.For however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen”, to the glory of God through us.For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
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… you 2 Corinthians 1.20 All the promises of God are yes in Jesus. It's your song. No hesitation. The Lord is your rock and your fortress, your deliverer, your God, your rock, your refuge, your shield, the horn of your salvation, your stronghold, your refuge, your Savior. So, be enthralled.
… and is the Messiah and thus the fulfillment of the Old Testament. So you read a verse like this, 2 Corinthians 1.20, all the promises of God find their yes in Jesus. So this promise, 1611, in my presence, God says, is fullness of joy, pleasures forevermore. Jesus comes and purchases it for sinners. The only reason anybody could enjoy this in the Old Testament is because Jesus is going to shed his blood for sinners. So it's not artificial to say this verse was purchased for us by Jesus. So if you are in Christ tonight, it's yours. You don't have to say, oh, but that was made as a promise to Israel. It's not made to Gentiles like me. Yes, it is, because you are in the Messiah. He is the Jew, and now everything promised to Israel is yours in Messiah Jesus. Number six, the full and lasting joy is in God's presence. It's nowhere else to be found. He is not holding this out as one among many options, like, oh, you can find full and lasting joy in my presence, and you can find full and lasting joy elsewhere. That's not what the verse means. …
I have already reminded you that the Holy Spirit has been given to teach us how to pray. Now the Holy Spirit knows the mind of God and, therefore, He never moves us to pray for anything which God does not intend to give us. Prayer is often the shadow of God's coming blessing. Before the Divine Decrees are fulfilled, they often cast their blessed shadow across the Believer's heart by the power of the Holy Spirit so that when the Believer prays in the Spirit, he is only asking God to do what He has from all eternity determined to do! If we came to the Throne of Grace with petitions which we had ourselves prepared, we might well tremble! But when we come with a Spirit-written petition, we may well "come boldly unto the Throne of Grace." Then, Beloved, there is one sweet thought which should always encourage you to "come boldly unto the Throne of Grace," and that is, the many "exceedingly great and precious promises" in the Scriptures. If we had to ask for unpro-mised blessings, we might come tremblingly. But there are promises in God's Word to meet every emergency. "I will never leave you, nor forsake you." "As your days, so shall your strength be." "Whatever you shall ask the Father in My name, He will give to you." I might go on quoting promises by the hour, together, but it will be more profitable for you to search them out for yourselves, especially if you remember what Paul writes concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, "for all the promises of God in Him are yes, and in Him, Amen, unto the glory of God by us." These promises are all the more precious to us because they are free promises, not made to us because of our merits, but solely because of God's Grace! And all the promises are made by that faithful God who cannot lie, and by that Almighty God who is as able to fulfill the promises as He was to make them! "Let us therefore come boldly unto the Throne of Grace." …