Are God’s Promises conditional?

I wanted to try to include every conditional promise God put before us in His Word but I am finding that this will take a lot of time as there are many of these…I will offer a few examples as that should be enough to prove this Biblical concept.

‘If’ is a conditional word…
‘IF’ - , v.t. It is used as the sign of a condition, or it introduces a conditional sentence. It is a verb, without a specified nominative. In like manner we use grant, admit, suppose. Regularly, if should be followed, as it was formerly, by the substitute or pronoun that, referring to the succeeding sentence or proposition. If that John shall arrive in season, I will send him with a message. But that is now omitted,and the subsequent sentence, proposition or affirmation may be considered as the object of the verb. Give John shall arrive; grant,suppose, admit that he shall arrive, I will send him with a message. The sense of if, or give, in this use, is grant, admit, cause to be, let the fact be,let the thing take place. If then is equivalent to grant, allow, admit. "If thou wilt, thou canst make me whole," that is, thou canst make me whole, give the fact, that thou wilt.

There are other words as well that demonstrate that conditions are required to be met in order for something to occur. Following are just a few selected examples of promises God made that are based on conditions that men must meet in order for them to be fulfilled.

Many today insist that we can do nothing and that we get everything for free. Interesting that even within the economies setup here on earth it is well known that nothing comes for free. The only Biblical exception would be the actual death of Jesus on the Cross which will be elaborated upon further below.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Genesis 4:7

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Psalms 84:11-12


And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Genesis 7:1.

Note that Noah and his family had to enter the ark or they would not be saved from the flood.

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing Genesis 12:1-2.

Note that Abraham had to leave his country, kindred and father’s house and go to the land that God would shew him before the blessing would occur.

“That thou mayest” and “choose you” are clearly statements that constitute conditions. There are others as well but due to the sake of getting to the point quickly not all have been included as noted at the onset.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. Deuteronomy 30:15-20

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. Joshua 24:15

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:10-21

People today get this free gift confused and thus incorrectly communicate this out to others. God offered this gift freely through His Son and it is there for the taking. It is there for anyone who would call on the name of the Lord Jesus, repent and turn to God. See how that works? The gift is offered freely but one must turn to God and repent from their sins and trust in the name of the Lord Jesus in order to claim the gift. Is a person saved without repentance? Jesus said we will perish if we do not repent.  See Luke 13:3 and 7 further below.

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Acts 2:37-39

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3 (and 7)

Oh but some will say, “what about Ephesians 2:8-9 where we are told we are saved through faith and not of ourselves, that it is the gift of God?” and that it is “not of works?” The gift is what Jesus offered on the cross and that was Himself. Again, we can do nothing to save us as only His blood can cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This is a fact. Again, to lay claim to this gift that is offered so freely one must repent and trust in Jesus. Once again, are we saved if we do not repent? As answered earlier, no, we are not. Jesus said unless we repent we will perish. See Luke 13:3 and 7.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

Note that this is another conditional statement. If we confess our sins then he forgives our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.

One must do some serious doctrinal acrobatics to get around these promises to say that they are not conditional. Sad but many do this today and thus they try to broaden the road to life with their unbiblical thinking.

We must enter into the strait gait to life. Notice that we must enter in order to go anywhere. If we choose to take the broad way we go to destruction along with many others who choose this path…

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matthew 7:13-15