On the night before the cross, Jesus told His disciples about His Father’s house. Then He added, “if it were not so, I would have told you” (John 14:2). Jesus wanted them to know they could count on His words.
God never lies. Long before, a man named Balaam had to say about God, “God is not a man, that He should lie” (Numbers 23:19). People sometimes lie. God never does.
David knew it. When God made a great promise to King David, David prayed, “And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are true” (2 Samuel 7:28).
Every word. A psalm says to God, “The entirety of Your word is truth” (Psalm 119:160). Entirety means all of it. God does not tell the truth in some places and something else in others. Every word He speaks is true.
Even if everyone else is wrong. Paul wrote, “let God be true but every man a liar” (Romans 3:4). Even if every person in the world got something wrong, God would still be right.
Where lies began. The first lie in the Bible came from the serpent in the garden. He told Eve, “You will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4). It was a lie about God.
The father of lies. Jesus said that the devil “does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him,” and that “he is a liar and the father of it” (John 8:44). Every lie that pulls people away from God goes back to him.
Jesus tells the truth. In the same talk Jesus said, “But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me” (John 8:45). Some of His listeners would not believe Him, even though everything He said was true.
Why it matters. When Adam and Eve believed the serpent’s lie, sin came into the world. Ever since, all of us have believed lies about God and gone our own way.
The truth came to rescue us. Jesus, who is the truth, came to save people who had believed lies. He died on the cross for our sins, and He rose again. “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18).
What this means for you. When you are not sure what to believe, go back to what Jesus said. Every promise He made will come true, including the place He is preparing for His people.
Lean on Him. If God never lies, you can rest your whole weight on what He says. Thank Him today that His words are true.
Most assuredly. Again and again Jesus began His teaching with the words, “Most assuredly, I say to you.” He said it to Nicodemus: “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3).
What it means. Most assuredly means that what comes next is certainly true. Jesus used those words when He wanted people to be sure of something very important.
Promises to count on. He used them for His greatest promises: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life” (John 6:47).
Amen. The words most assuredly are really amen, amen. You may say amen at the end of a prayer. It means that something is true and sure.
The God of truth. Moses called the Lord “A God of truth and without injustice” (Deuteronomy 32:4). Isaiah called Him the God of truth too (Isaiah 65:16), and the word Isaiah used there is that same word, amen. Our God is the God whose word stands firm.
Yes in Jesus. Paul wrote, “For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen” (2 Corinthians 1:20). Every promise God ever made comes true in Jesus.
His name is Amen. In the book of Revelation, Jesus speaks to a church as “the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness” (Revelation 3:14). A witness tells what he has seen and heard. Jesus tells us what is true about God.
Faithful and True. Later in Revelation, John wrote, “Now I saw heaven opened,” and the One he saw “was called Faithful and True” (Revelation 19:11). Faithful means He always keeps His word.
Him who is true. John wrote, “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true” (1 John 5:20).
Why it matters. People’s words often fail. We forget, change our minds or say things that are not so. Jesus never does. What He says, He does.
The best amen. Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death” (John 8:51). Because He died for our sins and rose again, that promise is as sure as He is.
What this means for you. When you say amen, you are saying that you believe it is true. Say amen to Jesus’ promises, and build your life on them.
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