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"God's Faithfulness to Believers"

Romans 8:28-30  "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.  For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.  Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified."

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."

2 Corinthians 12:9, 10  "And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.'  Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake.  For when I am weak, then I am strong."

Philippians 1:6  "Be confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ."

2 Thessalonians 3:3  "But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one."

2 Timothy 2:11-13  "This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.  If we endure, We shall also reign with Him.  If we deny Him, He also will deny us.  If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself."

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."

Insight: God is faithful to believers.  He blesses us, keeps us from evil, helps us grow, and become prosperous.  Trust in Him and remember His faithfulness at all times.  He's there and He's your greatest ally.

Prayer: "Dear Lord, bless us and make us like You.  Thank you for being our amazing and perfect example.  There is no other God like You!  Forgive our sins and help us to remember that you're always faithful.  Praise You for your faithfulness.  People from all generations have lifted You high because You and You alone are faithful.  In Jesus' name, Amen."

Henry Bowen Anthony (1815- 1884), was a United States Senator, who, on January 9, 1872, delivered a eulogy of Roger Williams in Congress:

He knew, for God, whose prophet he was, revealed it to him, that the great principles for which he contended, and for which he suffered, founded in the eternal fitness of things, would endure forever. He did not inquire if his name would survive a generation. In his vision of the future he saw mankind emancipated from.... the blindness of bigotry, from the cruelties of intolerance. He saw the nations walking forth into the liberty wherewith Christ had made them free.

Citation: January 9, 1872. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, Oregon: American Heritage Ministries, 1987), p.16.

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(This explanation came from "The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained", by Dr. Jason Gastrich.  This book is on CD and gives over 4,000 answers to alleged Bible errors, regarding the entire Bible at http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.org.  There is also a 300 question workbook that accompanies the CD-ROM.)

These quotes came from me, the Holy Spirit, A.W. Tozer, and Dan Prather.

We can completely trust God; even with our lives.

He will always be what He has always been.

All that God does agrees with all that God is.

We can trust God 100% of the time.

Because He is faithful, we can go to His Word and believe what is written.

God's faithfulness is revealed through the fulfillment of biblical prophecies.

God has promised to give us the resources we need to be successful.

When you see the way God gives you to escape sin, take it.

Sometimes, little slips lead to great falls.

Until you understand how something works, you shouldn't immediately fault it.  If you do, then you're doing so out of ignorance.

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