NOTES for Sa2 7:28

²⁸And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

So King David exclaims after receiving a prophecy about the coming Messiah. For him it is completely clear that if God has promised something, then it is already as good as present, because God's words are unchangeable. Do we have such faith in God, such trust in Him? We read many wonderful promises of God in the Old Testament and especially in the New Testament. Do we receive them as something unchangeable, or do we treat them as something conditional: it may happen, or it may not? We even find a kind of “justification” for this unbelief: “We are sinners, so how can we receive what was promised?” Yes, but David was a sinner too, and he did not doubt the truth of God's promise. And again we can recall Jesus' bitter words: “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

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For Sa2 7:28

²⁸And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

So exclaims King David, having received the prophecy about the coming Messiah. For him it is completely obvious that if God has promised something, then it is already as good as present, because God's words are unchangeable. Is there such faith in God in us, such trust in Him? We read many wonderful promises of God in the Old Testament and especially in the New Testament. Do we accept them as something unchangeable, or do we treat them as something conditional: perhaps it will happen, and perhaps it will not? We even find a kind of "justification" for this unbelief: "But we are sinners; how can we receive what was promised?"

Yes, but David too was a sinner, and yet he did not doubt the truth of God's promise. And again we can recall Jesus' words filled with bitterness: "Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?"

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