Promises - wk1

"Presence"

Dr. Gary Singleton

Last Sunday we celebrated Easter and the glorious resurrection of our Savior!  Jesus is alive, and He has gone to prepare a place for us in heaven.  What a blessing it is to celebrate the promise of spending eternity in heaven with Jesus!
 
But heaven is not the only thing God has promised us.  According to one account, there are 3,573 promises in the Bible, and all of them are just waiting to be claimed.  But most of us don’t even know what those promises are!
 
This Sunday we are going to begin a sermon series we’re calling “Promises.”  We’re going to take a look at just a few of those 3,573 promises and how we can claim them for ourselves.  We will begin with the promise of God’s presence.  On the cross, Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  At that moment, Jesus was separated from God.  And at the moment of Jesus’ death, He opened the door for those who believe in Him to enter into the presence of God.
 
Jesus was forsaken so we do not have to be forsaken.