“Faithful and True”

 Romans 1:17

This Good News tells us how God makes us right in His sight.  This is

accomplished from start to finish by faith.  As the Scriptures say, “It is

through faith that a righteous person has life.”  (NLT)

     No matter how good we think we may be, we can never be good enough to get into Heaven without the blood of Jesus covering our sins.  Everyone must have faith in the Cross of Christ in order to stand justified on Judgment Day.  But our faith must begin somewhere, and that beginning is believing that God is real; that He is infinite; that He is perfect in every way and He is sovereign over all creation; that He is a living God who deeply loves the people He so carefully creates in His image.  It takes faith to believe that our infinite God has a plan for every person He creates, and it is by His gracious favor alone that we are able to carry out His will.  It takes faith to believe that the universe would cease to exist without the power of God's Word holding it in perfect order so we can live to breathe another day.  But we are a people who take far too many things for granted—who foolishly put our faith in things that have a very short longevity, because everything of this world is temporary at best. 

     Because of our sinful natures, we are a stubborn and self-centered people, who are filled with self-gratifying lusts of our carnal flesh even though they carry the death penalty.  We are a flawed people who want things now, rather than waiting on the Lord and trusting Him.  We live in an evil world that is being used by the devil to create man-made philosophy that deems God’s redemptive plan for man as foolishness.  Satan is the god of this world and many lost souls have been deceived into believing his convincing lies that draws them away from the Truth of God.  And to be away from the One who sustains and protects your life is utterly foolish, my friend.  The greatest and most reliable hope you have, is in the Living God.  Having faith in anything other than the eternal Word of Life is not only short sighted and unwise, but it also saddens the One who created you.

                                     A Whisper of Hope

Choose wisely, My child…where you put your faith and hope.  For one leads to a life of eternal joy while the other leads to eternal misery and darkness.  There are two life or death options that we are all faced with; having faith in the Living God of the Bible whose promises are faithful and true, or relying on the man-made gods of Satan that promise much but deliver only death.

Revelation 19:11, 16

Then I saw Heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. 

And the One sitting on the horse was named Faithful and True. 

For He judges fairly and then goes to war.  On His robe and thigh

was written this title: King of kings and Lord of lords.  (NLT)

                              

             “I will dwell in them and walk among them.

          I will be their God and they shall be My people.”

       (2 Corinthians 6:16)