Promises

Books by great Christian teachers of the past like Thomas Manton are very inspiring and refreshing.  Their perspective is different from ours and they often see things in Scripture that escape us.  I recently read something in Manton I had never considered before. He wrote that the Lord might have done us good without ever having given us promises beforehand.  He could have gone about the business of redemption without ever revealing anything of it to us.  God’s purposes of grace are like a sealed fountain, but His promises are like a fountain broken open.  The precious promises in the Bible reveal the Lord’s love to us before they are fulfilled.  Love concealed would deprive us of much comfort and encouragement.  Faith sees the testimony of God’s love in His promises.  They show us what we are to trust God for.