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 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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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:

King David exclaims like this, after receiving the prediction on the advent of the Messiah. It is completely evident for him that if God promised something, then no matter what, this thing already exists, because God's words are immutable. Is there in us such faith in God, such confidence in Him? We read a multitude of God's remarkable promises in the Old and particularly in the New Testament. Do we accept these promises as something unchanging or we consider them, as something conventional: maybe they will come true and maybe not? We even find for this incredulity a certain "justification": "we are just sinners, how can we receive this promise?" Yes, but David himself wasn’t a sinner, but he did not doubt the truthfulness of God's promises! And we can remember again words of Jesus filled with bitterness: "when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”.

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