A number of times I’ve heard the saying, “God said it; I believe it; therefore it is true.” I strongly disagree with this statement because if God said it, then it is true. Whether or not I believe it makes no difference. Simply God making a statement automatically makes it true because God cannot lie.

God is not a man that He should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? (Numbers 23:19 English Standard Version)

This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began. (Titus 1:2)

So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. (Hebrews 6:18)

Many people believe some kind of Intelligent Being created the universe and all that is in it because it couldn’t have simply sprung up out of chaos. Since the Bible list multiple events prophesied sometimes hundreds of years before they happened, I believe what the Bible says. The land of Israel went from being uninhabited primarily by Jews from about 70 AD to 1948. God promised they would return, and they did! I chose to believe in Jesus as my Savior when I was young and have had an assurance of that ever since.

Knowing that God cannot lie and will not lie, gives me trust to continue believing what He says about living with Him eternally. But for needs on earth, I also have faith; for example last year I had two fractures in my spine and was on heavy pain killers for a while. During that time, I felt like He was always with me and knew beyond a doubt that my heavenly Father loved me as much as my husband and children who were with me whenever they could be.

            On the other hand, a certain truth hides in my disgreement: No matter how much something may be God’s Word, if I do not believe it and apply it to myself, then it is not Truth to me personally. The first thing I need to believe and apply is making Jesus Christ my personal Savior, which makes me a child of God. The well-known John 3:16 states:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 

Belief in Jesus makes me want to be around other Christians and learn more about Jesus. I can be happy for people who do beneficial deeds and they are successful or sorrowful for friends who experience grief or hardship. I don’t experience jealousy because that success isn’t mine. Hardly ever are the next two strong verses stated after John 3:16, but they need to be Truth to me. Verses 17-18 say:

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him [Jesus Christ]. (v 18) Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 

My choice determines my eternal life or eternal death and total separation from God.

What is your choice?