Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began, but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
Now Paul moves on to another what we call pastoral epistle. As he wrote to Timothy, now we see Him writing to Titus. Titus was left at Crete to start and church and Titus was left to plant and pastor the church.
He starts with the most important thing He could start with – the gospel. God promised salvation to all who trust Him, and since He cannot lie He can’t go back on that.
That alone is enough to cause rejoicing, but there is a lot more we can take confidence in because God cannot lie.
I preached a message recently and mentioned this concept. If indeed God cannot lie that means that we can, as instructed in Thessalonians always rejoice, always pray and always give thanks because He has promised that, among other things:
He loves us
He knows what we are going through
He is able to handle it
He is good
He cares about our circumstances
He knows what is best
He is with us and will never leave us
He is praying for us
He is faithful
With all that in mind we can rejoice and pray and give thanks no matter what we are going through.
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