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
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