There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel, but all came to pass when the power of the Canaanites was broken, Israel took possession of the land, received it as an inheritance according to the tribes, and the land rested from war. That fulfillment did not mean Israel drove out every inhabitant, for completing the conquest required their trust in promised aid and obedience, which the tribes failed to give.
The certainty of the promise rested on goodness and power already displayed in the plagues that freed Israel from Egypt, in passage through the Red Sea on dry ground with waters as walls, in the pillar of cloud by day and fire by night, in water from the flinty rock, in daily bread from heaven around their tents, in victories over enemies, in quiet and secure rest in the wilderness, and in revealed glory and majesty. It came despite Satan's determination to keep his hold on Canaan, his cruel and malignant hatred and plotting to destroy Israel, and the introduction of strange gods through evil spirits. No failure lay on God's part, for He is faithful to His promises, grieves over delay, desires to display His mighty power to deliver and settle His people as a prosperous, holy, and happy nation, and gave them the land as their habitation with His law as the law of the land.
The promise stands upon conditions, so every good word is fulfilled to those who comply by living according to every word He has spoken, submitting as a nation to His authority and judgments, walking as individuals in His ordinances, remaining free from the sins and iniquities of the nations of Canaan, and maintaining purity, holiness, love, fear, and obedience. When faithful and obedient no good thing promised is withheld, but coming short of perfect obedience leaves the great and precious promises afar off and unreachable. Israel's own distrust, unbelief, pride, impatience, rebellion, transgression, broken solemn pledge, and continual backslidings and grievous sins caused delay and forfeited favor, consuming forty years in wilderness wanderings, leaving the tribes failing to drive out all the inhabitants, making it impossible for God to manifest His power with them to expel the wicked inhabitants and protect them in passage, and finally scattering the chosen people from the land of promise; this human failure does not mean God failed to keep His word.
What God promises He is able at any time to perform, and the work He gives His people to do He is able to accomplish through them. Nothing the Lord has spoken concerning His tried and faithful ones will fail, especially the exceeding precious promises for those persecuted for righteousness' sake. Though for a little season they are in heaviness through manifold temptations and destitute of earthly comfort, they shall arise and shine when the light of the Lord arises upon them, put on beautiful garments when His glory is revealed, find God able to keep what they committed to His trust, see His rebuke come to an end, and enter the glad morning of peace and perfect day. All God has said about the future will surely come to pass without fail, as seen in the word given twenty and thirty years ago that Sunday would be urged upon all the world and enforced by a law compelling its observance and forcing conscience, now being fulfilled as Protestantism reaches across the gulf to clasp hands with the papacy, a confederacy forms to trample the Sabbath of the fourth commandment out of sight, and the man of sin who at Satan's instigation instituted the spurious sabbath, this child of papacy, is exalted to take the place of God.
There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel, but all came to pass when the power of the Canaanites was broken, Israel took possession of the land, received it as an inheritance according to the tribes, and the land rested from war. That fulfillment did not mean Israel drove out every inhabitant, for completing the conquest required their trust in promised aid and obedience, which the tribes failed to give.
The certainty of the promise rested on goodness and power already displayed in the plagues that freed Israel from Egypt, in passage through the Red Sea on dry ground with waters as walls, in the pillar of cloud by day and fire by night, in water from the flinty rock, in daily bread from heaven around their tents, in victories over enemies, in quiet and secure rest in the wilderness, and in revealed glory and majesty. It came despite Satan's determination to keep his hold on Canaan, his cruel and malignant hatred and plotting to destroy Israel, and the introduction of strange gods through evil spirits. No failure lay on God's part, for He is faithful to His promises, grieves over delay, desires to display His mighty power to deliver and settle His people as a prosperous, holy, and happy nation, and gave them the land as their habitation with His law as the law of the land.
The promise stands upon conditions, so every good word is fulfilled to those who comply by living according to every word He has spoken, submitting as a nation to His authority and judgments, walking as individuals in His ordinances, remaining free from the sins and iniquities of the nations of Canaan, and maintaining purity, holiness, love, fear, and obedience. When faithful and obedient no good thing promised is withheld, but coming short of perfect obedience leaves the great and precious promises afar off and unreachable. Israel's own distrust, unbelief, pride, impatience, rebellion, transgression, broken solemn pledge, and continual backslidings and grievous sins caused delay and forfeited favor, consuming forty years in wilderness wanderings, leaving the tribes failing to drive out all the inhabitants, making it impossible for God to manifest His power with them to expel the wicked inhabitants and protect them in passage, and finally scattering the chosen people from the land of promise; this human failure does not mean God failed to keep His word.
What God promises He is able at any time to perform, and the work He gives His people to do He is able to accomplish through them. Nothing the Lord has spoken concerning His tried and faithful ones will fail, especially the exceeding precious promises for those persecuted for righteousness' sake. Though for a little season they are in heaviness through manifold temptations and destitute of earthly comfort, they shall arise and shine when the light of the Lord arises upon them, put on beautiful garments when His glory is revealed, find God able to keep what they committed to His trust, see His rebuke come to an end, and enter the glad morning of peace and perfect day. All God has said about the future will surely come to pass without fail, as seen in the word given twenty and thirty years ago that Sunday would be urged upon all the world and enforced by a law compelling its observance and forcing conscience, now being fulfilled as Protestantism reaches across the gulf to clasp hands with the papacy, a confederacy forms to trample the Sabbath of the fourth commandment out of sight, and the man of sin who at Satan's instigation instituted the spurious sabbath, this child of papacy, is exalted to take the place of God.