The Truth
Shall
MAKE YOU FREE
By Pastor Max Solbrekken. D.D.
"Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make
you free." (John 8:32)
The truth liberates the soul, the conscience and the
mind of man! The truth breaks the chains of darkness, superstition and fear,
opens the prisons of doubt and unbelief! The truth removes the mountains of
discouragement, negativism and oppression!
The truth defeats the giants of despair, heartbreak and loneliness, and
opens within us the wells of joy, the rivers of peace and the floodtides of
love! Jesus said, "Ye shall know
the truth and the truth shall set you free!"
FREE FROM ALL
BONDAGE AND SICKNESS AND SIN
FREE FROM THE
FEARS AND THE TROUBLES WITHIN:
FREE FROM THE
DEVIL AND HIS EVIL POWER
DELIVERED BY
JESUS IN THIS VERY HOUR.
In His prayer, Jesus made the statement, "Thy
Word O Lord is Truth." (John 17:17) Again our Lord said, "I am the Way, the
Truth and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me." (John
14:6) The Bible teaches that the Word of
God is Spirit and Life, (Phil. 2:16) and that Jesus also is the Word of God.
(Rev. 19:13)
The Bible and our Lord Jesus Christ are referred to as
the Word of God and both Jesus and the Word liberate people! The Bible is the written Word of God, and
Jesus is the Living Word of God! Our
Lord Jesus Christ made the statement: "Whosoever committeth sin is the
servant of sin. And the servant abideth
not in the house forever, but the son abideth ever. If the SON therefore shall make you
Free, ye shall be FREE indeed." (John 8:34-36)
The Scripture states that anyone who commits sin is
the servant of sin and is NOT FREE, but thanks be unto God, the TRUTH will make them Free! The Apostle
John wrote, "If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us
from all sin." (1 John 1:7)
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE TRUTH
1. We must hear the truth - "So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing
by the Word of God." (Rom.10:17)
2. We must believe the truth - "How shall they believe in Him of whom they
have not heard? And how shall they hear without
a preacher?" (Rom. 10:14b)
3. We must hold fast to the truth - "Prove all things; hold fast that which is
good." (1 Thess. 5:21. Take heed unto thyself, and unto doctrine; continue
in them; for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear
thee." (1 Tim. 4:16). "Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom,
and instruction and understanding." (Prov. 23:23)
4.
We must
tell the truth - "For we
have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His
Majesty." (2 Peter 1:16). "Preach the word; be instant in season, out
of season; rebuke, reprove, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears." (2 Tim. 4:2-3). "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).
5.
We must
obey the truth - "If ye love
Me, keep My commandments." (John 14:15). "If ye abide in Me and My
words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you." (John 15:7) . Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him,
If ye continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed." (John 8:31)
"If ye continue in the faith grounded and
settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have
heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof
I Paul am a minister;" (Col. 1:23)
"Now
then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we
pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God." (2 Cor. 5:20)
SATAN IS A LIAR AND THE
TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM
Jesus called the devil a liar and a murderer. Here are His words: "Ye are of your father the devil, and
the lusts of your father ye will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth, because there is
no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie,
he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar
and the father of it." (John 8:44)
SATAN IS A COLOSSAL DECEIVER AND LIAR - THERE
IS NO TRUTH IN HIM! He may tell some truths or half truths in
order to deceive and enslave the human race, but he himself is total darkness
and there is no light or life in him!
When you accept Jesus Christ as your Personal Saviour, you are saying
farewell to the kingdom of darkness and you are translated into God's glorious
Kingdom.
"Even the
mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made
manifest to his saints. Which is Christ
in you the hope of Glory." (Col. 1:26-27)
You are also passed from Death unto Life because Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, is the Light of the world!
The Bible says, "In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that
was made. In Him was life; and the life
was the light of men. And the light
shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." (1 John 1:
1-5) "And the Word was made flesh
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father), full of grace and truth." (John 1:14)
The Scriptures declare that men rejected Him because
their deeds were evil! They hated the Light and they loved darkness
rather than Light! (John 3:19) The Bible
says, "In Him (Jesus Christ) was Life and the Life was the Light of
men." (John 1:4) Again the
Scripture says, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the son shall not
see life;but the wrath of God abideth on him." (John 3:36)
When the Light is switched on, the Darkness Flees and
when JESUS comes into a person’s life in His great Power, all sin, fear,
oppression, sickness, disease and evil powers Leave! Praise God!
There are five glorious truths that I wish to set
forth in this lesson as a wise master builder, to help build your faith! As a mason would lay block upon block, so I
present to you Scripture upon Scripture, knowing that the Word of God creates
faith in our hearts and Faith gets the job done!
No. 1 - GOD HAS NOT
CHANGED, CANNOT CHANGE AND WILL NEVER CHANGE!!
He declared: "I am the Lord, I change
not." (Mal. 3:6)
Here, the Living God makes one of His most significant
statements! He is changeless,
always constant and timeless! Nothing can alter that great truth! Men are born, live, pass on and are gone like
the grass of the field, but God remains the SAME. St. Paul,
very forcibly declares this fact in his writing to the Hebrews.
"And Thou,
Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens
are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all
shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and
they shall be changed: but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not
fail." (Heb.1:10-12)
Five great truths concerning God:
GOD
IS ETERNAL - without beginning and
without end - everlasting and always God.
The Psalmist David wrote: "Lord, thou has been our dwelling place
in all generations. Before the mountains
were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even
from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest,
Return, ye children of men. For a
thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch
in the night." (Ps. 90:1- 4): "THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE AND
UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS..." (Deut. 33:2)
GOD
IS OMNIPOTENT - He is all powerful:
"I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known
me: That they may know from the rising
of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none
else." (Isa. 45:5-6):
"I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the
heavens, and all their host have I commanded. (Isa. 45:12) Jesus said:
"All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth."
(Matt.28:18)
GOD
IS OMNISCIENT - He is all wise. He
knows everything: "For the
preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which
are saved it is the power of God. For it
is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing
the understanding of the prudent.
Where is the wise? where is the
scribe? where is the disputer of this world?
hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world
by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God bythe foolishness of preaching to save
them that believe.
“For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek
after wisdom: But we preach Christ
crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God,
and the wisdom of God. Because the
foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than
men." (1 Cor. 2:18-25) "To God
only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen." (Rom. 16:27) “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask
of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be
given him." (James 1:5)
God cannot change! It is
impossible for God to be anything but Who and What He is today – Righteous,
Holy, Merciful, Gracious. He is kind, loving, generous, good, just and true.
God will NOT change: He is Eternal, without beginning or end! He cannot Change in the future: In the
Apocalypse we read: "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which is to come, the Almighty."
(Rev.1:8)
BECAUSE HE HAS NOT CHANGED:
(1) God
still answers prayer: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." (Matt.
7:7-8)
(2) God
still forgives the sinner: "And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Acts
2:21) "But if we walk in the light,
as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of
JesusChrist His Son cleanseth us from all sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us. If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
(l John 1:7-9)
(3) God
still brings peace to the troubled and removes guilt: "Let not
your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in Me. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto
you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John
14:1, 27) "Therefore being
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. There is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit." (Rom. 5:1; 8:1)
(4) God
still cares: "Casting all your care upon him; for he
careth for you." (1 Peter 5:7)
(5) God still
meets our needs: "But my God
shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ
Jesus." (Phil. 4:19)
(6) God
still heals the sick: "And these signs shall follow them that
believe; in My name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it
shall not hurt them; they shall layhands on the sick, and they shall
recover." (Mark 16: 17-18) "Is
any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them
pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer
of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have
committed sins, they shall be forgiven him." (James 5:14-15)
(7) God
still fills believers with the Holy Spirit: "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 2:38-39)
(8) God
still blesses and loads us with benefits: "Bless the Lord, O my
soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all
His benefits: Who forgiveth all thine
iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases." (Psalm 103:1-3)
(9) God
still protects us from danger, evil and satan: "There
shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling. For He shall give His angels
charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." (Psalm 91:10-11) "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help
thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness."
(Isa. 41:10) "Who redeemeth thy
life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender
mercies." (Psalm 103:4)
No. 2 - GOD HAS NOT LIED,
CANNOT LIE AND WILLNEVER LIFE
(a) We know what God will do in the future by what He
has done in the past, for He has not changed.
He has always told the truth for He is the truth and since it is
impossible for God to lie, we know we can put our trust in Him as God.
(b) He is too good to do anything wrong, too wise to
make a mistake, too powerful to allow satan to hurt His children who call upon
His Name in faith and who trust in His truth.
(c) He is too conscientious and correct to lose our
number, forget about us or leave us to aimlessly drift on the sea of life and
death without His divine guidance and direction.
(d) The Scripture emphatically declares: "God is not a man that He should lie,
neither the son of man that he should repent (change his mind) hath He said,
and shall He not do it? Or hath He
spoken, and shall He not make it good? (Numbers 23:19) Samuel the
Prophet said a big 'Amen' to this great truth when he declared,
"And also the Strength of Israel will not lie or repent: for He is not a man, that He should
repent." (1 Sam. 15:29)
GOD IS CONSTANT
You can believe the Word of the Lord for it is ever
and always the same. St. James said,
"A double minded man is unstable in all his ways!" He admonishes us to ask God for our needs in
faith and he assures us that our needs will be met, because we are dealing with
one Who is always the same and Who is liberal in His giving. "Every good gift and every perfect gift
is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning." (James 1:17)
St. Paul wrote to Titus: "God cannot lie."
(Titus 1:2)
SINCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE AND HIS NATURE IS
TOTALLY AGAINST FALSEHOOD AND HIS COMMANDMENTS AND STATUTES ALL ADVOCATE TRUTH AND CONDEMN LYING, WE CAN REST ASSURED
THAT HIS PROMISES ARE TRUSTWORTHY!
The Lord says,
"I hate every false way." (Psalm 119:104) The Bible says, "Lying lips are
abomination to the Lord: but they that
deal truly are His delight." (Prov. 12:22) God has never lied, cannot lie and will never
lie, for He not only speaks the Truth but He is the Truth! Again the Bible says, "And He that
sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful."
(Rev. 21:5) Our Lord stated, "I am
the Way, the Truth and the Life." (John 14:6)
THERE IS NO TRUTH IN SATAN
Jesus Christ indicted Satan when He said concerning
the evil one, "He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in
the truth, because there is no truth in him." (John 8:44) False
teachers who give themselves over to Satan become perverted.
"And even
as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a
reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient." (Rom.
1:28) "Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy;
having their conscience seared with a hot iron." (1 Tim. 4:1-2)
THE
HOLY SCRIPTURE MAKES IT VERY PLAIN THAT THE BLESSED HOLY SPIRIT IS THE SPIRIT
OF TRUTH : "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from
the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He
shall testify of me." (John 15:26)
"...the anointing of God teacheth you all things and is Truth and
is No lie." (1 John 2:27)
WHO IS A LIAR?
St. John declared, "I have not written unto
you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is
of the truth. Who is a liar but he that
denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is
anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not
the father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also."
(1 John 2:21-23)
All those who advocate teachings, ideologies and
doctrines that disagree with the Holy Bible, the Divine Infallible Word of God
were labelled liars by the Apostle Paul when he wrote, "For what if
some did not believe? Shall their
unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
God forbid: yea, let God be true,
but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy
sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged." (Rom.
3:3-4)
It matters not what men say about the Word of God: It
will stand the test of both time and eternity; never swerving or changing, but
always constant and firm. Praise God!
“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the
heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, Confirmed it by an oath:
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for Godto lie,
we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon
the hope set before us: Which we have as
an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast and which entereth into that
within the veil; whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an
High Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek." (Heb. 6:13-20)
No.
3 - GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS, PLACES OR TIME
What He has done for one, He will do for all who
believe that He is no respecter of persons.
The only thing that God answers to is faith and sincerity! If we mean business with God, calling upon
Him in humility and faith He will answer.
Jesus said many times to those He saved, healed and delivered, "Thy
faith hath saved thee; go in peace." (Luke 7:50) "Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made
thee whole." (Luke 17:19) According
to your faith, be it unto you." (Matt.9:29) "If thou wouldst believe thou shouldest
see the glory of God? (John 11:40)
FAITH
STIRS THE HEART OF GOD AND CAUSES HIM TO WORK ON OUR BEHALF! The Scripture says, "Whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Acts 2:21) "He that believeth on the Son hath
everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him." (John 3:36)
“Is any sick among them? Let him call for the elders
of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name
of the Lord: And the prayer of faith
shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed
sins, they shall be forgiven him." (James 5:4)
St. Peter said, "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 2:38-39)
The Angel said, "Fear not; for behold I bring
you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." (Luke
2:10) Jesus said, "Blessed are they
which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:
for they shall be filled." (Matt. 5:6) TheScripture says, "He hath filled the
hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away." (Luke
1:53)
James declared, "If any of you lack wisdom, let
him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him." (James 1:5)
Again the Word of God declares, "Draw nigh to God, and He will draw
nigh to you." (James 4:8) James
further declared, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from
you." (James 4:6)
PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD
The weapons of our warfare are for all Christians and
are provided for all who will put them on and use them. "For the weapons of our warfare are not
carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds." (2
Cor. 10:4) "Put on the whole armour
of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."
(Eph. 6:11) Jesus said, "Go ye
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." (Matt. 28:19)
Again the Bible says, "And this gospel of the
Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and
then shall the end come." (Matt. 24:14)
St. Paul said, "For there is no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him."
(Rom. 10:12)
GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt
be saved." (Acts 16:31). All who
call upon the Name of Jesus Christ in faith shall be saved: "And it shall
come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be
saved." (Acts 2:21) ALL WHO
BELIEVE THE GOSPEL, REPENT OF THEIR SINS AND CONFESS THEM TO CHRIST ARE
FORGIVEN.
God answers the prayers of all who ask in faith. JESUS said: "Ask
and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened
unto you. For every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be
opened." (Matt.7:7-8) St. Peter
said, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons."
(Acts 10:34) St. James wrote that
"God gives to all men liberally and upbraideth not." (James 1:5)
He still drives out fears, enjoys setting free the
slaves of Satanic bondage and sin, and hastens to heal all who are sick and
diseased, who recognize Him as Lord and Healer! All who call upon Him in true
repentance and faith will find that our Lord will gladly receive him!
I repeat, God is no respecter of places, nationalities
or geographic boundaries. St. Paul
stated, "There is no respecter of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without the law
shall also perish without the law; and as many as have sinned in the lawshall be judged by the law." (Rom. 2:11-12)
The rich and poor, black and white, red, yellow and
brown all stand on even ground in His sight. (There are certain promises
made to Israel that do not apply to the Gentiles - these are an exception, for
Israel has played and will play a special role in the history of God's dealings
with man) His love transcends all
borders as St. Peter discovered when he and six of his Jewish brethren went by
the command of the Lord to minister to Cornelius and his household.
"While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy
Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision
which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the
Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the HolyGhost. For they heard them speak with tongues and
magnify God." (Acts 10:44-46)
FOOLISH MEN HAVE TRIED TO
DICTATE TO GOD
You cannot lock God up in a time capsule or a straight
jacket, dictating to Him when He can work His works and when He cannot or upon
whom He can work His works or where! He
is God and cannot be bound by our finite minds and often "wrong
thinking" in the natural!
Theologians have tried to do this again and again.
Just as they have put a TIMING DEVICE on HIS ABILITY and PREDESTINED
HIS WILL in such matters, He suddenly
breaks forth in sovereign and glorious demonstration and does the unthinkable
in the most unusual places and forbidden (so-called theological) times!
Revival after revival has broken loose in Nation after
Nation, century after century, and will continue to do so until Jesus comes and
the Church is raptured.
The Pharisees and Saducees were disturbed
that Jesus broke the Sabbath by healing the sick on that day. (John
5:10-18) Jesus Himself declared that He
had been sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel (Matt. 15:20-28)
yet He was drawn by human need and went to the Well of Sychar in Samaria
in order to save an adulterous woman, as well as many of her friends. (John
4:28-30) A great revival was the
outcome, as He stayed for two days ministering to them!
The Gospel cannot be quenched, but burns on in Holy
Ghost flame and fire! Yes, God is
working His miracles today despite and in spite of the foolishness of man's
narrow and restricted vision and misconceptions - Praise the Living God!
Great leaders and nations have changed their
position. Stalin fought alongside Hitler
until he realized the West would ultimately win, then the wily communists left
their Nazi bed-partners and joined with the West. The Pope of Rome blessed Benito
Mussolini together with his War Machine, to go out in murderous raids against
Ethiopia to plunder, murder and rape.
When the Roman Catholic church saw that Mussolini would fall, they quickly changed their minds and swung
over to the Allied side.
The U.S.A. were
going to keep out of the war until the Imperial forces of Hirohito smashed the
U.S. Naval Japanese base in Honolulu. That changed their position totally and
brought them into all the theatres of the Second World War, bringing ultimate
victory to the Allied forces. God, however, does not change and cannot deny
Himself. St. Paul declares, "Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer,
even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound." (2 Tim. 3:10)
You cannot destroy, bind or nullify the Word of God. The Bible says, "The Scripture
cannot be broken" (John 10:35) and , "The Word of God
is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword..."
(Heb. 4:12). Certainly we can trust the
Word of God for time and eternity! The
Apostle Paul continues: "If we believe not, yet He remaineth faithful; He
cannot deny Himself." (2 Tim. 3:13)
Even though we fail Him, His Word is still true and He will not
deny Himself or fail us! "For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God
without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a
liar..." Rom. 3:3-4)
LET GOD BE TRUE
Does God fail?
Can He fail? Will He fail? Certainly not! Is He trustworthy? Can we depend upon Him? Most certainly we can! The Scripture states that even if some do not
believe, that does not nullify the Word of God!
Then St. Paul comes on strong: "GOD FORBID" yea, let God be true and every man be a liar!
May I add that every person who denies the Word of
God, opposes the Word of God or who changes the Word of God is a collosal liar
and an enemy of the Kingdom of God!
St. Paul wrote:
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that call you
into the grace of Christ unto another Gospel; which is not another; but there
be some that trouble you, and would pervert the Gospel of Christ. But though we or angel from Heaven, preach
any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be
accursed. As we said before, so say I
now again, if any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed!" (Gal. 1:6-9)
THE GIFTS AND CALLINGS OF
GOD
The Scripture speaks of Israel the wife of God who has
backslidden and been judged severely, but who will be saved in the end. We are the bride of Christ (Rev.21:9) to be married to Christ, the
Heavenly Bridegroom in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. (Rev. 19:9) Israel however, is the wife of God and He is
married to the backslidden Israel. (Isaiah 64: 6-7)
However,
because of the faithfulness of God she shall be given a final opportunity, and
after He has taken her through much tribulation, in the end Israel shall be
saved. "And so all Israel shall be
saved...for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their
sins. For the gifts and callings of
God are without repentance." (Rom. 11:26, 17, 29)
They crucified His Son and will embrace the
anti-christ during the first 3-1/2 years of the Great Tribulation, still God
will forgive Israel and bring them into the fold in the End Time. Why? His Covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
will He not break under any circumstances.
Praise the Lord
What a marvellous, good and wonderful God we serve and
how thankful we should be for His Grace, Mercy, and Longsuffering toward us
all!
GOD ALWAYS FULFILLS HIS WORD
Repeatedly, the Holy Scripture says, "..that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets.." (Matt. 1:21;
2:17) Whatever the prophets declared,
shall come to pass! There is no doubt
about the veracity of God's Word. When
the Bible states, "Thus saith the
Lord..." it is the truth! Again we read, "...and it shall come to
pass..." Whatever He has declared,
will come to pass. Let us look briefly
at only a few verses of Scripture to back up these claims.
THE BIRTH OF JESUS
"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,
and shall call his name Emanuel." (Isa. 7:14) "...the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God." (Luke 1:35) "Now all this was done, that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying.." (Matt.
1:22) "But when the fulness of the
time was come, God sent forth His Son..." (Gal. 4:4)
THE DEATH OF JESUS
"Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be
offended because of me this night: for
it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be
scattered abroad." (Matt. 26:31)
"And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed
him. And Jesus said unto him, Friend,
wherefore art thou come? Then came they,
and laid hands on Jesus, and took him." (Matt 26: 49-50)
"In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes,
Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat
daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. But all this was done, that the scriptures of
the prophets might be fulfilled. Then
all the disciples forsook him, and fled." (Matt. 26:55-56)
"Ye know that after two days is the feast of the
passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified." (Matt.
26:2) "Then Judas, which had
betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought
again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I
have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the
temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
“And the chief
priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into
the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury
strangers in. Wherefore that field was
called, The field of blood, unto this day.
Then was
fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took
the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the
children of Israel did value; And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord
appointed me." (Matt 27:3-10)
THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY
GHOST
"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will
pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions;
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out
my spirit." (Joel 2:28-29)
"But this is that which was spoken by the prophet
Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of
my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and
your old men shall dream dreams: And it
shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be
saved." (Acts 2: 16-17, 21)
"For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing
it is but the third hour of the day. But
this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;" (Acts 2: 15-16) "This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof
we all are witnesses. Therefore being by
the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of
the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear." (Acts
2:32-33)
SALVATION AND DIVINE
HEALING
"When the even was come, they brought unto Him
many that were possessed with devils:
and He cast out the spirits with His word, and healed all that were
sick: That it might be fulfilled which
was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and
bare our sicknesses." (Matt.
8:16-17). “Who His own Self (Jesus) bare our own sins on the tree (cross) ,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: By WHOSE
STRIPES ye were Healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
God says
in His Word, "Call upon Me in the day of trouble and I will deliver thee,
and thou shalt glorify Me." ( Ps. 50:15)
"And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Acts 2:21). "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.
“And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand
souls. And they continued stedfastly in
the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
“And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the
apostles. And all that believed were
together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and
parted them to all men, as every man had need.
“And they, continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking of bread from house to house, did eat their meat with
gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the
people. And the Lord added to the church
daily such as should be saved.” (Acts
2: 38- 41)
No. 4 - GOD IS NEVER LATE.
HE IS NOT TOO BUSY TO ANSWER US. HE IS WAITNG
FOR US, READY AND WILLING TO HEAR OUR PRAYERS AND MEET OUR EVERY NEED!
We can come before Him any time of day or night. Jesus said,
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest." (Matt. 11:28) Hear the
Word of the Lord to you, my friend: "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let
him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for
he will abundantly pardon." (Isa.55:7)
“Again He says, "Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow: though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isa. 1:18) The Lord's invitation to you and me is,
"Before they call I will answer, and while they are yet speaking I will hear."
(Isa. 64:24)
The Bible says, "Whatsoever ye shall ask in my
name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." Again our Lord said, "Ask, and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to
him that knocketh it shall beopened." (Matt. 7:7,8 ); “And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in , believing, ye shall receive.” (Matt.21:22)
“And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that,
if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us: And if we know that He
hear us, whatsoever we ask, we KNOW that we have the petitions that we desired
of Him.” (1 John 5: 14,15). I
wish to share one final Scripture before I close this message: "Whatsoever things ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 11:24)
1.
Remember, that God has not changed, will not change and cannot change.
2.
God has not lied, cannot lie, will not lie. You can trust His Word to you.
3.
God is no respecter of persons, places or times.
4.
God has never failed, cannot fail and will not fail.
5.
God is always on time, there when you need Him, ready
to answer your prayer and fulfill His Word in your life.
AND NEVER
FORGET GOD CARES ABOUT YOU!
(5)
GOD IS IMMUTABLE. He is perfect in all things; totally
truthful, and since He never makes a mistake He doesn't need to apologize for
error. There is no error in God. If He has said it, that settles it. God is God and is changeless and
unalterable. Glory to His Name. You can believe unreservedly on Him with
total trust. (Heb. 6:13-18)
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