Geoffrey R. Kirkland
Pastor, Christ Fellowship Bible Church
The attribute of God’s faithfulness bleeds through the whole Bible. Know therefore that the Lord Your God, He is the faithful God (Deut. 7.9). For God to be faithful means that He is reliable, trustworthy, and totally faithful. Faithfulness is not so much something God does as much as it is what God is. His very being shall always prove faithful and unswervingly reliable. Without beginning and without ending and without any variation at any point in time, God eternally remains true to His Word, faithful to His promises, inflexible in His justice, and reliable to all who trust in Him.
Amazingly, the innumerable and incalculable decrees of God for everything in all of space and time shall come to pass just as He purposed because of this wonderful reality: God is faithful. No event or circumstance can overturn God’s plans. No rebel or calamity can frustrate God’s plans. No sin or abominable deed can destroy the faithfulness of God. What God says He will do, that He shall do precisely and exactly. Simply: everything God does is done in faithfulness (Psalm 33.4).
Though man spirals down in great depravity, God always remains faithful (Romans 3.3). The great rebelliousness and evils of men do not change the faithfulness of God (Hosea 11.12). Even as men act unfaithfully and impurely, God remains faithful for He cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2.13).
Because God is faithful in His essence and character, all of His commandments are faithful as well (Psalm 119.86). This is why you and I must run to God’s faithful Word daily (Psalm 119:138). Even in times of affliction, we must know God always acts as Father toward His own in loving and perfect faithfulness (Psalm 119.75). The faithfulness of God is a friendly and hope-filled truth to every child of God.
The whole salvation enterprise stems from the faithfulness of God who calls His own (1 Cor.1.9) and has eternally called unto salvation (1 Thess.5.24). You know you were joined to Christ because God proves Himself to be faithful. You know He who began the saving work will perfect it because He must remain faithful. You know He shall glorify you and bring you to heaven to worship the Lamb forevermore because He is faithful (Revelation 1.5-6). Child of God, you must then strive to cultivate faithfulness in your life as you emulate your Savior (Galatians 5.22).
O lost soul, perishing and heading for everlasting destruction, run to God while you have time for He who promised your eternal ruin shall bring it to pass if you die in your unbelief and worldliness. God is faithful to repay the wicked to his face (Deut. 7.9). God will repay wrath and recompense to His adversaries (Isa 59.18). Vengeance belongs to God (Rom 12.19). Ensure you trust in this covenantally faithful God so you do not receive His everlasting wrath that will burst on your soul if you die in your stubborn rebellion.
Lastly, remember that God who makes all things new and who promises to restore all things and bring in everlasting righteousness is He who sits on heaven’s throne and said: “these words are faithful and true” (Rev 21.5). Rejoice, the unshakeable hope of heaven shall come for God who promised is reliable.
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