It's time for another opportunity to study the attributes of God in the weekend sermon. I hope that all of you are having a very good week.
Last week, we began to look at the fact that one of God's attributes is that He always tells the truth. He is the embodiment of truth. If He makes a promise or a covenant with someone, He will keep it. As the Bible says, God remains faithful even when we are faithless.
I want to stay with the idea of God's truthfulness and promise keeping and look at how this applies in the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus. Jesus is the Second Person of the Holy Trinity who has come in the flesh. Therefore, He is God come in the flesh. He possesses all of the attributes of the Godhead within Himself.
Jesus made a lot of promises while He was on this earth concerning those who would be His followers. Because of this, it is important to us that we know that we can trust in His promises and trust in His word.
Jesus said that anyone can come to Him. He said come unto me all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Anyone can come to Jesus if they want to be forgiven of their sins and have a new life. Jesus doesn't reject anyone who comes to Him for life.
The Lord Jesus made it quite clear that He is truth. In John 14:6 Jesus said, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." In order to have a relationship with the Father, we have to come to Jesus.
The Apostle Paul said the if we have hope because of Jesus only in this life, we are of all people to be most pitied. We do have hope beyond this life because of Jesus and His resurrection. Jesus said the He is the resurrection and the life. Because Jesus rose, He has promised that He will raise up those who are in Him. Those who put their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus do not need to fear death. Jesus is the truth, we can trust in Him and know that if we are in Him, death has no hold over us.
Beyond the promise of resurrection, Jesus told us in John 14 that He has gone to prepare a place for us so that where He is, we can be there too. When we pass from this earth, we will go to be with the Lord Jesus in Heaven. Because He is God and truth is one of His attributes, we can rest assured that one day we will be with Jesus in Heaven.
Now, what did Jesus promise us before death and life in Heaven. In Matthew 28:20, Jesus said that He will be with us always. He will never leave us, and He will never forsake us. No matter what we are going through, Jesus is always right there with us to help us on our way.
Hebrews 13:8 tells us that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and forever. He always spoke the truth and kept His word on earth, He does so now, and He will do so in the future. We can count on Him because He is the Truth.
Now what does this mean for us in the sense of what are we to do knowing that one of God's attributes is truthfulness. We must be those who do not lie but who are always truthful. Jesus said that our yes should be yes and our no should be know. We should be people of our word and people that are truthful so that we might honor the one who is the embodiment of the truth. Amen.
Prayer Requests
I've been feeling a little better as the week has progressed. Please keep praying for me. I am thankful for your prayers.
Please pray for those in California experiencing the bad weather.
Keep praying that aid will reach those affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
We need to remember to pray for peace in Ukraine, Syria, Yemen and Haiti. Pray for peace wherever you know there is conflict.
For our prayer focus countries this week, let us pray for those in the nations of South Korea and Iraq. Pray that many will come to know Jesus.
Next week, we will continue with our current series. I have three more messages in this series. I will post the verses on Monday, and I will try to post something midweek. May God bless you all.
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