Truth: God breaks a promise if there was a condition to that promise and we (Israel or the church or individuals) do not fulfil that condition.
Have a look and see:
Here is the promise:Exo 12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
Num 14:35 I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
This is the same people that God made the promise to that they will come to the land that Jehovah will give them.
Why did God break His promise to them? God killed all of those who came out of Egypt (20 years and older) and only their children inherited the promise. God broke His promise to that first generation.
Because they believed not His PROMISES.
He said He will take them into the land of milk and honey and they did not believe Him. They believed the evil report from the spies.
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Num 32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Num 32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them
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Num 32:10 And Jehovah's anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying,
Num 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Num 32:12 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Jehovah.
Num 32:13 And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.
Num 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.
Num 32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.
We also have PROMISES and we can only conquer the land (our own fleshly man) if we believe in the PROMISES. Then we can enter the PROMISEd land .
If we are not going to believe the promises, : we die.
We must not think that God cannot reprobate us as well. Paul himself said that he could be reprobated.
1Co 9:27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Rejected in the Greek means:G96
ἀδόκιμος
adokimos
ad-ok'-ee-mos
From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1384; unapproved, that is, rejected; by implication worthless (literally or morally): - castaway, rejected, reprobate.
Once saved, always saved is a doctrine of men, designed by satan, to rob Christians. You can see how God, Who says that HE is the same , yesterday, today and forever, is concerned by how we believe Him.
He does not regard unbelief lightly.
Heb 11:6 and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
People, there is a difference between believing IN God and believing God. Even the devils believe IN God. They know He is real.
But we are also called to believe Him.
Here are some of the promises. Have a look and count how many you believe. You will know how many, by your actions.In other words, do you live as if the following are true?
(Epe.2:8) for by grace have ye been saved through faith; (1 Pet.2:24) who his own self bare our sins in his body … by whose stripes we were healed; (Col.1:13) who delivered us out of the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love; (2 Cor.5:18) … who reconciled us to himself; (Gal.2:20) I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me; (Gal. 3:13) Christ redeemed us from the curse; (1 Pet.1:3) … the Father … begat us again … by the resurrection of Jesus Christ; (Heb.10:10) We … have been sanctified …; (14) He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified; (Epe.1:3) … who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing, and God (2 Pet.1:3) hath granted unto us all things
Here is the scripture that OSAS love to use:Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
Rom 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Notice that the love of God is: in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word WAS God. This same Word is Christ Jesus. SO if we are IN CHRIST JESUS, we are in the love of God.How are we in Christ Jesus? Well firstly through faith.
Secondly when we walk as He walked. If we obey the Word, if we believe the Word, if we believe the promises. If we trust Him to do this for us, to bring us to a place of total obedience. (because it is ALL GRACE, so no man can boast)
Do no try and do this in your own strength. Rely on God to do this, or you will fail, like Peter did.
It grace. Even your ability to have faith is given to you by God. He called you. He started the good work in you and please do not try and finish it yourself: He is the author AND finisher of your faith. Trust HIM. Trust in the Word of God and its promises, They are sure and they are true.
Its nothing of yourself.Its all God. Ask Him to help you, because it is so very , very important that you do that. No good works will buy anything for you, only faith in the DONE works will give life to the believer.
Ask God to enable you to have the right faith and the right actions. Ask Him to make it REAL to you and do not rely on your own wisdom or intellect.Ask God for His wisdom.
love C