THE GOD WHO CANNOT LIE

For no word from God will ever fail. – Lk 1:37 (NIV)

The faith and confidence that we have in the Bible is tied to the nature of God. in John 17:17, our Lord qualified God’s word as “TRUTH”.

It’s quite interesting that the Bible doesn’t say that God does not lie, but that God CANNOT lie.

It’s unfortunate that some preachers interpret this to mean that even when He does lie, the lie automatically becomes truth (e.g. if God ‘lies’ that you bag is under the couch, the bag has to instantly appear there for that statement not to be a lie).

That’s a crass slur on the nature of God and goes against the scripture.

Beloved, the implication of that statement is that 3,000 years into eternity in Heaven God can change His mind about our eternal salvation and say He never said it was eternal. Then, by virtue of His deity and power, all records of His previous promises in time and in scripture will be automatically rewritten to accommodate this divine mendacity!

Is that the kind of God we serve? No!

Rather, with respect to our salvation, Paul declares that we live “In hope of ETERNAL LIFE, which God, WHO CANNOT LIE, promised before the ages began;” (Tit 1:2). Heb 6:18 reiterates the same theme, assuring us that it is “impossible for God to lie,”

The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away: But the word of the Lord endures forever. (1Pe 1:24).

Beloved, God has sent His word of blessing over you and it will NOT return to Him void (Is 55:11); it’ll stay with you and will surely manifest itself in your life. Heaven and earth may pass away: but His words shall not (Lk 21:33).

I ask you to use this moment to meditate on every promise God has made to you, corporate and personal, and know that of a surety they shall still come to pass. No promise is wasted and no prophecy is faded, every word from God to you shall come to pass in Jesus’ name.

Believe it, and see them manifest in your life. 

AMEN.

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

GREG ELKAN