Impossible for God

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil - Hebrews 6:18-19

 It is hard to imagine that there is something an Almighty God cannot do. It almost sounds blasphemous to say God can’t do something.

 But here is something God can’t do and the great truth is that God cannot lie. Full stop. He cannot lie and He promises rest and hope and comfort to those who trust in Him

 Of all the things that we could hope that God cannot do is lie.

 I don’t think anyone can say honestly ‘I have never lied.’ We can try our best but sometimes those lies just find a way out. We speak before we think. Hopefully none of us are egregious liars, but at some point we all have lied.

 What confidence it gives us to know that God who has promised us eternal hope cannot lie – it is ours because if it were not he would have lied.

 If we could lose that hope that means that God lied. If someone could take it away that would mean that God lied. If He was going to take it away that would mean that He lied.

 But He can’t lie so my hope is secure – and it is that security that I can place my faith.