His Faithfulness Endures

“For the Lord is good;

    his steadfast love endures forever,

    and his faithfulness to all generations.” (Psalms 100:5 ESV)

When someone is completely faithful, he is trustworthy, loyal, reliable, and true. We can depend on him to do exactly what he said he would do, and to be precisely who he said he is. Only God/Christ is absolutely faithful in all that he does, but we are also called of God to be faithful to him. 

God’s/Jesus’ faithfulness will never be nullified by our unfaithfulness (Romans 3:3). But less we should use this idea as an excuse to continue in deliberate and habitual sin, let me remind you that he is faithful both to his promises and to his warnings, to do what he said he would do. And let me also remind you that all of God’s promises have conditions, and so we must meet those conditions if we are to receive what he promised. For if we are not faithful to him, then he will be faithful to deny us when he returns.

[Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew 10:32-33; Matthew 15:7-9; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 5:3-6; 2 Timothy 2:11-13; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Titus 1:15-16; 2 Peter 2:1-3; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Jude 1:3-4]

And God is faithful to not let us be tempted beyond what we can bear, but he will provide a way out from under the temptation so that we can stand up under it (1 Corinthians 10:13). He won’t necessarily remove the temptation, but he will show us how to not give in to it. But we must do what he says. He is also faithful to sanctify us and to strengthen and protect us from the evil one (1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3). Yet if we are faithless, he will remain faithful. And if we disown him, he will disown us (Luke 9:23-26). But, if we endure, we will reign with him (2 Timothy 2:10-13). 

Jesus was faithful as our high priest in making atonement for our sin (Hebrews 2:17). He was faithful in paying the price for our sin so that we could go free from damnation, free from slavery to sin, and so we could be free to walk daily in his righteousness. He is also faithful to God the Father as the Son over God’s house, his church, of which he is the head, her Savior and her Shepherd. Christ is also faithful to all his many promises to us who love him. We can count on him. He will never leave us nor forsake us.

As well, as his followers, we are to be faithful in all that we do – faithful to the truth of God’s word, faithful in suffering for the sake of the name of Jesus and his gospel, and faithful in being his servants and witnesses. We who have been given a trust – Christ, our salvation, the gospel, the Holy Spirit, spiritual giftedness, et al – must be faithful to the trust we have been given (Acts 11:22-24; Galatians 5:22-24; Ephesians 1:1; Colossians 1:2).

This means that we should walk according to the Spirit, and not according to the flesh (Romans 8:1-14); that we should do what the word says and not be hearers only (James 1:22-25); and that we should be willing to suffer and die for the sake of Christ and his gospel (Philippians 3:10). We should also submit to Christ and to the Spirit within us in being who he has called us to be, in doing what he has called us to do (Romans 8:29; Ephesians 1:3-4), and in being his witnesses in sharing the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world around us so that many others can know God/Jesus Christ and can have the hope of eternal life in heaven with God (2 Timothy 1:8-9). 

[Jeremiah 1:1-19; Psalms 139:13-16; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:6-7; Romans 6:15-21; Romans 8:28-29; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Galatians 5:13; Ephesians 1:3-4; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; Hebrews 10:26-31; 1 Peter 1:14-16; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 1:3] 

Lead Me Gently Home, Father

By Will L. Thompson, 1879

Lead me gently home, Father,

Lead me gently home;

When life’s toils are ended,

And parting days have come,

Sin no more shall tempt me,

Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam,

If Thou’ll only lead me, Father,

Lead me gently home.

Lead me gently home, Father,

Lead me gently home, Father,

Lest I fall upon the wayside,

Lead me gently home.

Lead me gently home, Father,

Lead me gently home;

In life’s darkest hours, Father,

When life’s troubles come,

Keep my feet from wand’ring,

Lest from Thee I roam,

Lest I fall upon the wayside,

Lead me gently home.

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