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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Unshakable HopeBuilding Our Lives on the Promises of GodBy Max LucadoThomas NelsonCopyright © 2018 Max LucadoAll rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-7180-9614-4ContentsAcknowledgments, xiii, 1. God's Great and Precious Promises, 1, 2. Stamped with God's Image, 15, 3. The Devil's Days Are Numbered, 23, 4. An Heir of God, 35, 5. Your Prayers Have Power, 47, 6. Grace for the Humble, 57, 7. God Gets You, 69, 8. Christ Is Praying for You, 81, 9. No Condemnation, 91, 10. This Temporary Tomb, 103, 11. Joy Is Soon Coming, 115, 12. You Will Have Power, 127, 13. Justice Will Prevail, 141, 14. Unbreakable Promises, Unshakable Hope, 153, Questions for Ref lection, 167, Notes, 213, CHAPTER 1God's Great and Precious PromisesGOD'S PROMISE[God] has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature. — 2 Peter 1:4The contrast between the rabbi and the king was stark. The Jew was old and bent. He had no bodily advantage. Two years in prison had left him gaunt, his cheeks hollow and smudged. His purse had but a few coins and his entourage but a couple of friends. Baldness laureled his head. His beard was full yet gray. He wore the simple cloak of a teacher, a traveling teacher. Compared to the king, he was simple, impoverished. Of course, compared to this king, most people were simple and impoverished. King Agrippa entered the court that day with great pomp. He and his sister were arrayed in purple. Roman legionnaires followed. Agrippa was the appointed ruler, the curator of religion, and the overseer of the area.Paul, by contrast, was a simple missionary. He had every reason to fear the judgment of this monarch. The king was the latest in the Herod dynasty, the last of the Herods who would meddle with Christ or his followers. His great-grandfather attempted to kill baby Jesus by slaughtering the children of Bethlehem. His granduncle murdered John the Baptist, and his father, Agrippa I, executed James and imprisoned Peter.You might say they had it out for the people in Jesus' circle.And now Paul stood before him. He was in prison, and in trouble, for preaching a new religion. How would the apostle defend himself? Appeal for mercy? Call for a miracle? In what was arguably the most important speech of his life, how would Paul present his case? After a word of introduction, he said, "And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today" (Acts 26:6).Paul's defense included no reference to his accomplishments. ("I have been known to call a person back from the dead, you know.") He demanded no preferential treatment. ("I am a Roman citizen.") He didn't attempt to justify his actions. ("I was only being open- minded.") None of that. His only justification was this: "I believed in the promises of God."So did Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. Add to that list Noah, Mary, a prophet named Isaiah, and a preacher named Peter.The heroes in the Bible came from all walks of life: rulers, servants, teachers, doctors. They were male, female, single, and married. Yet one common denominator united them: they built their lives on the promises of God. Because of God's promises, Noah believed in rain before rain was a word. Because of God's promises, Abraham left a good home for one he'd never seen. Because of God's promises, Joshua led two million people into enemy territory. Because of God's promises, David conked a giant, Peter rose from the ashes of regret, and Paul found a grace worth dying for.One writer went so far as to call such saints "heirs of the promise" (Heb. 6:17 NASB). It is as if the promise was the family fortune, and they were smart enough to attend the reading of the will.By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. ...By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not
