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NASB | 1 John 5:13 ¶ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:13 ¶ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God [which represents all that Jesus Christ is and does], so that you will know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have eternal life. |
Subject: Crying out loud Lord rescue me |
Bible Note: Hello blue-eyes and thanks for the response. None of the multiple translations I referenced in Revelation 17:17 say anything about "promise of God will be fulfilled". Instead, what I find is reference to the "words of God" being "fulfilled". With that, we then have to look at the context and what God is saying to us in the passage. In a nutshell, without getting off track from the topic, the passage in Revelation does deal with a promise of God. Specifically we are taught that God is in control, even of those that do not know him personally and do not give allegience to Him. He is sovereign. The promise that relates here is; Is 55:11 "so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." (ESV) To further address your question- Scripture assures us that God's promises are dependable. A true promise from God will most certainly be fulfilled. That is not the issue. The issue, as my previous post addressed, is that not all promises found in Scripture are for you and for me. For example- God promised a particular land to the decendants of Abram in Genesis 12:7. He has not promised any land to your decendants or mine. It was to Jacob that our God promised that his (Jacob's) decendants will be "like the dust of the earth" and in "his decendants", again referring to Jacob (not you or me), "shall all the families of the earth be blessed". AGain, to David He promised; 2 Samuel 7:12 (NASB) 12 "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom." So I hope that this is sufficient to demonstrate that there are many, many promises in Scripture that are not for you and are not for me. I feel that it is important to point out one more thing here. Please be careful when quoting Scripture most of all. Also though, be careful to quote others specifically if your going to quote. For example- I did not say that "not all the promises in GOD HOLYWORD cant be claimed". My point is that not all promises found in Scripture can be claimed by me for me. I hope I have demonstrated that by Scripture. God bless, Jeff |