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Every Command an Implied Promise

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 2, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 46.

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Every Command an Implied Promise

WHAT a comforting thought it is that God does not ask of us any more than he will give us help to do. He is holy, wise, just, and merciful. Therefore every command is an implied promise. Every injunction to duty is a divine assurance that God will give us grace to do the duty enjoined. Likewise God’s promises imply conditions on our part, but conditions which are all possible through his grace. God’s precepts ought to make his promises more precious, and his promises ought to increase our love for his precepts.