Good News #96: My God is Faithful in Strengthening Me and Guarding Me From All My Enemies!

Many people think that God mirrors our behaviour towards Him.

Some think that God is only good to the good but noone is good.
In Luke 18:19, Jesus said…
“…No one is good but One, that is, God.”

Yet God so loves the world that He sent Jesus…”the world” is inclusive of all.

In Romans 5:8, it says…
…while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Some think that God only justifies the godly but He is spoken about in Romans 4:5 in this way…
But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

Some think that God is only kind to the kind but in Luke 6:35, Jesus said about the Most High in this way…
“…For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.”

Some think that God is only faithful to the faithful but in 2 Timothy 2:13, it says…
If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.

There is much more about God’s character we can talk about but the point of it all is that — We have a God whose character towards us is not dependent on our attitude, behavior, action towards Him.

Yes, He does have wrath…holy wrath towards sin, NOT sinners…but all of His wrath on all our sins had been fully exhausted at the cross when He Himself laid all our iniquities on the body of our Lord Jesus so that all of His holy wrath and indignation and righteous justice can be unleashed on all sins on the sacrificial body of Jesus instead of our own.

The gospel is this — The God who was faithful to the children of Israel in the old covenant despite their cycle of transgressions will be as faithful to His very own children in the new covenant.

His faithfulness is independent of our faithfulness (or lack thereof).
Whatta God we have!
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But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

2 Thessalonians 3:3