A God Who Cannot Lie (continued)

Beloved, in continuation of our theme, “A God who Cannot Lie” – everybody loves to be loved, but have you stopped to consider that even God loves to be loved? There is something in His great, eternal bosom that loves to hear us say, “Lord, I love you.” God will so fill your hearts with love that you will love everybody. Jesus’ love is true, and there is nothing about His love that is a lie. In the words of Jesus, “…I have declared unto them thy name [the Name of God, Jesus], and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them” (John 17:26). Beloved, when you experience the true love of God, you cannot lie either.

Precious Ones, consider this; many people lie because they want to live out their fantasies through fabrication of average events. For example, if they are privileged to go to Los Angeles, California, they wish that they could run into a movie star or professional athlete. So, instead of telling the truth, they would rather live out their fantasy by telling a lie that they had lunch with Elizabeth Taylor, Denzel Washington, or Shaquille O’Neal. Now, consider this; Christians don’t have to live out fantasies, nor do we have to lie, because the love of God already fulfills truthfully every fantasy, and needs no additional lies to make it a reality. Paul explains it this way – “…Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” (I Corinthians 2:9). When you love Jesus, He fulfills all fantasies truthfully.

I will write more on this subject next week.

I love you all SO very much.
In His Love,

Pastor William L. McCoy

A God Who Cannot Lie (continued)

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “A God who cannot lie” – I want to say that you are welcome to all that is in the world, but give me Jesus. Everything in the world is deception and full of it. Do not trust my words, but adhere to the truths of the scriptures. Solomon (the wisest of all biblical characters) said, “I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold [look], ALL is vanity [deceiving, empty] and vexation [angry, troublesome] of spirit” (Ecclesiastes 1:14). Beloved, this world is so deceitful. Jesus himself summarized this world as very little, even with all of the accoutrements of society. Jesus asked, “What [will] it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36) Beloved, I would rather be a child of “A God who cannot lie” than to be associated with people who are deceptive, because at least you can trust someone who tells the truth, no matter how bad things may be!! To be a prince, a king, a president, or a millionaire banker’s son who is deceptive renders no profit.

Precious Ones, if God Almighty “cannot lie” and His “Word[s]…shall stand forever” (Isaiah 40:8), then all of us who trust Him have a hope that is more valuable than tangible things. Now, do you see why, having built my case through scripture references, Peter said that we, as God’s elected, “are given…exceeding great and precious promises: that by [them] ye might be partakers of the divine nature [of Christ, who gets His way all the time by speaking something into existence truthfully], having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (2 Peter 1:4). Beloved, that is what makes God’s “promises” so “great” – we know they will always be true!

I will write more on this subject next week. Until then, know this,

I love you all so very much.
In His love,

Pastor William L. McCoy

A God Who Cannot Lie (continued)

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “A God who cannot lie” – A multitude may arise against you, but nothing can stop a soul that has faith in God. I cannot speak for you, but I personally have nothing else to live for but the Lord. I could not enjoy life without Jesus, after meeting and becoming acquainted with Him. I can even share this truth with you – I would rather be dead than not have Christ in my life. Not because I am so virtuous and an expert when it comes to priority, but because my history with God has taught me that “He will never lie” to me. God is so faithful and dependable. I have learned that you need not grumble nor murmur, just put your trust in the Lord. Truly Isaiah was right when he said, “…the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all [of our] faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it” (Isaiah 25:8). Beloved, that means that the song writer was correct when he said, “Be not dismayed whatever be tide, ‘God’ will take care of you!” You can trust that “God will not lie about that.”

Precious Ones, now comes the definition of one of the most popular scriptures in the Holy Writ – “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). Jesus explains this in Luke 12:15, “… for a man’s life consisteth NOT in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” In other words, we do not exist by gold and silver, but by the word of God! When you walk with God, there will be times when you will surely “be alone,” but if the word of God is your possession, you will always have “life and more abundantly.”

I will write more next week.

I love you all so very much.
In His love,

Pastor William L. McCoy

A God Who Cannot Lie (continued)

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “A God who cannot Lie” – God will not lie, so I am determined (as we all should be) not to lie. Remember that God has saved us from “sore troubles” (Psalm 71:20-21), so we should strive to spare Him having any “troubles” out of us. Jesus did not call us to be His children just to lie to us. Neither did He call us out of the world to lie to us. Therefore, even though we are for the most part proud and arrogant creatures, Jesus did not lie when He said, “thou art mine” (Isaiah 43:1). He did not lie when He said, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5). Beloved, I am trying to remind you just how true God’s love is toward you. God goes on to say, “When thou passest through the waters [life], I will be with thee; and through the rivers [troubles of life], they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire [evil temptations of life], thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee [you will not suffer any psychological effects from your pain]” (Isaiah 43:2). In other words, God’s love is so pure and true to us that nothing will ever harm us. That’s why King David said, “The LORD is my rock, and my fortress [my protection], and my deliverer…in whom I will trust” (Psalm 18:2 and II Samuel 22:2-3).

Precious Ones, since we know that our God cannot lie, we can easily respond to the skeptics who ask, “How do you know that God is true to His word?” When faced with such a question, ask yourself at that moment, “Has God EVER lied to me in the past?” I am sure your answer is like mine – NEVER!!! Then you can respond confidently and positively, “God has a reputation that I can trust in and depend on!!!”

I will write more later.

I love you all so very much,

Pastor William L. McCoy