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 SINCERITY 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 and 6-02-2022

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