GOD'S TRUTHFULNESS AT ALL COSTS

GOD'S TRUTHFULNESS=
AT ALL COSTS


The LORD Jesus-was so TRUTHFUL
That he would NOT lie
To SAVE his own life


He KNEW=who he was=
The SON OF GOD=and would not lie
To save his own life


“'You are a KING-then!,' said Pilate”
“Jesus answered,-
'You say-
That I am a king-
In FACT-the reason I was BORN


And CAME into the world-
Is to TESTIFY to the truth


EVERYONE-on the side
Of TRUTH-
LISTENS TO ME” John 18:37


Jesus GAVE his life
For HIS TRUTHFULNESS and the fact
That he CANNOT lie


And then we have KING DAVID=who was
A man AFTER GOD'S own heart=
And paid a price


And finally we have PAUL-
Whose list of HARDSHIPS-
And what he ENDURED
For the GOSPEL-
Is daunting


GOD'S TRUTHFULNESS at all costs!


“We are TREATED
As deceivers-
And yet are TRUTHFUL” 2 Corinthians 6:8


“IF my falsehood ENHANCES
GOD'S TRUTHFULNESS-and
So increases his GLORY


WHY am I still condemned
A sinner?” Romans 3:7


And WHY are we?
And would we go THROUGH
What Paul did-
To BRING GOD'S TRUTHFULNESS
To the masses-to the GENTILES


I SURE HOPE that we would-
Because God's message DEPENDS on us
His MODERN day apostles


Is our love SO DEEP in us-
That our kindness-our PURITY-
OUR LOVE for Christ


Would outlast imprisonment-
Riots-and beatings?


PROBABLY few if any of us-
Could do what Paul did


GOD'S TRUTHFULNESS AT ALL COSTS!


And PROMINENT on Paul's list of virtues
Is speaking the truth=TRUTHFULNESS


God CANNOT lie=and Paul as one
Of Jesus' disciples-
Could NOT lie either


HOPEFULLY=NONE of us can lie either


“I SPEAK the truth
In Christ-my conscience
CONFIRMS IT


Through the Holy SPIRIT-
I have great sorrow-
And unceasing anguish in my HEART” Romans 9:1-2


“Therefore-
Let us KEEP the FESTIVAL-
NOT with the old bread leavened-


With malice and wickedness-
But with the UNLEAVENED bread
Of SINERITY and TRUTH” 1 Corinthians 5:8


Dear LORD-may TRUTHFULNESS
Grow in us-AT ALL COSTS


And MAY the TRUTH of God's WORD-
FLOWER in our daily activities-
As we GIVE WITNESS to God-
In ALL things small and great


In the name of JESUS=OUR LORD


Robert P. Wallman
6-18-17





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco