Faithfulness of God - 2 Timothy 2:13

 

2 TIMOTHY 2:13

If we are faithless, He remains Faithful, for he is not able to deny Himself. 

    To be faithless is to not believe God, to deny God as God. But God cannot deny Himself, for God is not a man that He should lie about Himself (Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; Titus 1:2). 

    God keeps His promises. All other gods are made up from the imaginations of evil men but God is GOD: always has been, is even now and always will be. God is not a fickle God, changing His mind on a whim just to make things unpleasant for people. 

    His laws and precepts within His Word are unchanging, remaining the same. As His Word was in the beginning, so, too, it will be in the end. For His Word is The Beginning and The End. (Revelation 1:8; Isaiah 41:4) 

    The promises of God are Faithful and True, Yes and Amen. (Revelation 19:11; 2 Corinthians 1:20). The promises of God to His people come by their faith in God, to trust God at all times in all circumstances: we are the people of faith in God; we are the seed of Abraham. Hebrews 4:13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. (Romans 9:8). 

    The promises of God are many. According to BibleInfo.com there are over 3500 promises given by God in The Scriptures. And all these promises of God are TRUE and FAITHFUL promises. While many are still ongoing, all are fulfilled in Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:19, 20 "For The Son of God, Jesus Christ, Who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but has proved to be “Yes” in Him [True and Faithful, the divine “Yes” affirming God’s promises]. For as many as are the promises of God, in Christ they are [all answered] “Yes.” So through Him we say our “Amen” to the glory of God." 

    What God promises to one He promises to all. In The Book of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament (Deuteronomy 28) God outlines who receives His blessings and who receives His cursings. That has not changed. While some of God's blessings are for all, such as rain, only those who remain faithful to God will receive all of His blessings. And they who remain in denial of God, who refuse to believe that GOD IS, will most definitely receive all of His curses. 

    As people of faith, it is our obligation therefore to reach as many people as we can and tell them by our words and our actions of the change which God has wrought in us through the death and resurrection of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. We are duty-bound, for we have died with Him and are resurrected with Him: we are a new creation in Christ. That old sinful, sinfilled life we used to live we live no longer. Now we live in Christ and Christ lives in us. 

    We're reaching into the fire (Jude 1:23), we're shining the light of Christ in us into the darkness of this world (Matthew 5:16), that men and women, boys and girls, everywhere may know the LOVE of GOD is in The Promises of God, the Faithfulness of God. 

FAITHFULNESS - Maverick City Music

HEART OF MY HEART - Charlie Daniels

      

The Faithfulness of God

 

 

    While there are only a few verses describing the faithfulness of God, there are many instances in The Bible telling us of God's faithfulness. But, first, what does the word 'faithfulness' really mean? 

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance #530 (faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, responsibility truth): firmness, steadfastness, fidelity

Dictionary: 

• Firmness: the quality of having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure
• Steadfastness:  the quality of being resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering:
• Fidelity: faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support 

    So we can see that the faithfulness of God is unyielding, unwavering and true. While our faithfulness on the other hand is sadly lacking at times. We try but fail Him so many times. Yet, in His grace and mercy, God still loves us and only wants us to keep drawing near to Him, where we find forgiveness and restoration. 

HEART OF MY HEART - Charlie Daniels 

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS - Austin Stone

    Of the more than one-hundred verses using the words 'faithful and faithfulness', thirty-five refer to God's faithfulness to us. The words 'faith and faithfully' are in reference to us and how we behave to God. 

    The first verse in The Bible that tells us of God's faithfulness is in Psalm 36:5

 

and the last verse referring to the faithfulness of God is in Revelation 22:6.

    But what about all those other verses referring to God's faithfulness? Today is just the foundation; the next few days are about the layers. 

The Lord Looks On The Heart

 

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”

Psalm 139:23,24

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 119:80

Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, That I may not be ashamed.

    The heart of mankind is naturally deceitful, even deceiving itself. For the eyes look upon what a person wants, desires even, and sets in motion the steps required to attain the thing that is sought after; at times without even thinking of the consequences. 

    But the heart that has given itself to God has won the struggle for survival: it has chosen eternal life and everything else that God has promised to His faithful followers. However the opposite is also true: those whose hearts are against God and God's Word have opted for eternal death and every curse God has promised to the wicked heart. 

    A heart that is focused on self-serving desires instead of God-serving desires will not be able to obtain that which is needed most to survive: God-given forgiveness for sins. The self sees only the immediate and demands immediate gratification. But the person who has surrendered their will to God's will has chosen the better way: the way to Grace, Mercy, Peace, Hope, Sustainability. 

    A heart that beats for Jesus collaborates with its Savior. He is, after all, working all things together for my good. All things: the good that happens in life, the tragic that happens in life, the awful that happens in life = God uses all these to make me a better person with a strong testimony that I might be a faithful witness and lift JESUS up for all the world to see. 

    A heart that beats for Jesus beats in unison. For Christ is in me and I am in Him. He is mine and I am His. When The Father says, "Go", we go. When The Father says, "Stop", we stop. When The Father speaks, we hear His voice, listen to His words and obey His instructions. As you know, "Faith comes by hearing, hearing by The Word of God" [Romans 10:17]. 

    A heart that is broken for God is mended by God in God's time according to God's Ways. This heart is surrendered to God and longs to be near to Him. So close that His breath is in my ear and His Spirit is visible and His Son is by my side. Oh, how the believer's heart yearns to be in God's eternal presence! 

    Come and go with me. Walk with me as I walk with Jesus. Let us walk in God's Word together. The journey is nearly over, the race is nearly finished. Soon, the faithful servants shall hear their Father say to them, "Well done, My good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of The Lord." [Matthew 25:21]. 

    We can't see inside each other's hearts. But God knows who are His and who are not. However, we can see each other's actions. If you say you are a Christian, then you should be Christ-like. That's what being Christian means: the believer lives in Christ. He is our Promised Land, our everything good that comes for God residence. When the term 'Christian' was first used, it was an epithet, an insult. But it was received as an acknowledgement of the change which Christ had wrought in the hearts of those who believe Him and received Him. Being called Christian was a reason to rejoice then and now. 

    I am a Christian. I live in Christ. And He lives in me. Can you see the changes God has wrought in me? 

    MAGNIFY - We Are Messengers

YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS - Jesus Culture 

MY PORTION - Isla Vista Worship 

MY SOUL LONGS FOR YOU - Jesus Culture

God Forgives, Forgets

 

Isaiah 43:25

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

FORGIVEN

WHEN WE REPENT and TURN TO HIM Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool." Psalm 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD. Romans 10:8-10 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: that if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him out from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

FORGOTTEN

Hebrews 8:12

"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."

Psalm 103:12

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to Me; for I have redeemed you.