He Keeps His Promises

“Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.” – Joshua 21:45

Magna Carta is the royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Stephen Langton, to make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift and impartial justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons.

The Magna Carta had an influence of English law and the United States Constitution’s Fifth Amendment guarantees that “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”, a phrase that was derived from Magna Carta.

So it is surprising that the Magna Carta, which was drawn up as a treaty between a king and his subjects, was annulled just weeks after it was written because neither side stood by their commitments.

This nullification led to the First Barons’ War.

The Lord is faithful in all that He promises; His promises stand throughout eternity.

Thank Jesus that you can depend upon His promises and He is true to His Word.

“The message of promise is the beginning and end of everything that is included in the Bible. It undergirds every word, sometimes openly, sometimes subtly, but it is always there. God’s promises are the common thread that unites the Old and New Testament, the core that makes sixty-six books into one.” – Mark Tabb

“God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?” – Numbers 23:19