Forever Faithful Pastor John Isaacs KingsWay Community Church December 28, 2008
God Is Faithful Faithfulness is the perfection of HIS essence. It is an essential quality to HIS being. Without being faithful, HE would not be GOD and HE cannot deny HIMSELF.
God Is Faithful Everything about GOD is great, vast, incomparable. HE never forgets, never fails, never falters, never forfeits HIS Word. To every declaration of promise the LORD has exactly adhered.
God Is Faithful In all HIS relations with HIS people, GOD is faithful. HE can be safely relied upon. No one has ever really trusted GOD in vain. Faithfulness is an essential part of the Divine character.
God Is Faithful Always True
God is steady, sincere and reliable.
Always Constant God is uniform and invariable.
Always Steadfast God is unswerving
Always Loyal
God is undeviating in His attachments
God Is Faithful Deuteronomy 7:9 Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful Lamentations 3:20-25 20 My soul still remembers And sinks within me. 21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 24 "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!” 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful Psalm 36:5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful Psalm 89:8 O Lord God of hosts, Who is mighty like You, O Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful 1. To Deliver Us From Sin. 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful 2. When We Fail Him. 2 Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful 3. To Forgive Our Sin. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful 4. To Be Our Relentless Redeemer. Romans 8:26,28 (The Message) Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along… That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
God Is Faithful 5. To Give Us Hope For Our Future. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (NKJV) Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful 6. To Bring Us Into Spiritual Maturity. 1 Corinthians 1:7-9 7 So that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
God Is Faithful 7. To Help Us Finish Strong. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. (NKJV)
God Is Faithful 1. To Deliver Us From Sin. 2. When We Fail Him. 3. To Forgive Our Sin. 4. To Be Our Relentless Redeemer. 5. To Give Us Hope For Our Future. 6. To Bring Us Into Spiritual Maturity. 7. To Help Us Finish Strong.
God Is Faithful Psalm 100 1 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. 3 Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. 5 For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.
God Is Forever Faithful!
Psalm 37:3-5 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed
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4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.