He calls them “exceeding great and precious promises” (2 Pet. 1:4). He speaks of his “holy promise” (Ps. 105:42); of “his good promise which he has promised” (1 Kings 8:56); of “the covenants of promise” (Eph. 2:12); of “his promise in Christ” (Eph. 3:6); of “the promise of life in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 1:1). He tells us that he is not slack concerning his promise” (2 Pet. 3:9); he says of himself, “he is faithful that promised” (Heb. 10:23); nay, that he “abideth faithful: he can not deny himself” (2