Have you ever broken a promise? Have you ever made a promise that you found out you just couldn't keep? Yeah, I guess that's happened to all of us at one time or another. But, you know, some people just make promises like it's nothing. It's just, I don't know, figure of speech or something. I promise this, I promise that. They don't take it very seriously. You know, our politicians when they're running for office, they make all kinds of promises, you know, which they don't keep when they get elected. I know one time, uh, my wife was saying to me, she said, "Do these certain politicians you see, is there any way to tell when they're lying? I mean, is there some tell, you know, they have some body language that you can, see?" And I said, 'Yes, absolutely.When their lips are moving, they're lying. [laughter] Very easy to tell.
Now, when I was a child growing up, my uh parents made a big deal out of keeping promises. And they would ask me sometimes, "Do you promise?" And if I said I promised, whoa, I'd better come through with what I said I would do or I was in some very, very serious trouble. So, I came to take promises very seriously. And thus, I've tried to make very few promises in my life. Now, I've had to make some promises like when I was testifying or giving a deposition at a court of law or something, but other than that, I can only remember one other promise I have absolutely made.
And the promise went like this. Do you then faithfully promise in covenant with God and with the help of God in the to take Barbara to be your lawful witted wife for as long as you both shall live? Yes. To love her, to cherish her, to honor her, to respect her, and provide for her as long as you both shall live. Yes. I answered, I do. Amen. That promise was made exactly 56 years ago yesterday. Indeed, And it's a promise with God's help. I always intend to keep. However, a promise is only as good and as strong as the person who gives it. That's why you notice I included in my statement with God's help. Because only God can be absolutely trusted to keep his promises. It is the promises of God on which our Christian faith, belief and hope are base. Now that brings us to our parigopy for today. Romans chapter 4 and verses 13- 25
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