Is God trustworthy? What do you believe?

1. God has brought us this far (Moses and exodus)

God has brought us this far. 

“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. Genesis 12:2

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Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

2. God has rescued us (Jesus, there is nothing God cannot rescue us from)

God has rescued us. 

What sin could I have?

Sin, in its simplest form, is the result of living life without God. Without God at the centre of it. Without God in charge. Living life our way. Disobedient to him.  

Is God in charge of your life right now?

It doesn’t matter whether you have known God and known Jesus all your life or don’t know him at all, the bible tell us in Romans chapter 3 verse 23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” and that includes you and it includes me.

Tte bible goes on to say “and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith.”

By believing that Jesus, God’s one and only son, took on our sins, and died in our place, we receive forgiveness and what’s more, we are made right with the one and only true God.

Do you believe?

Now you might think, oh but I am NOT a good person. You don’t know all the bad I’ve done, how I’ve hurt people, lied and cheated, well this same good news is good news for you too. The bible says that ALL have sinned and ALL are justified freely by his grace. It is a free gift to EVERYONE. No matter what you’ve done.

Do you need THIS forgiveness in your life?

Believe it, and it is yours.

3. God is with us 

God is with us, our help and our strength.

Where is your trust? Are you putting yourtrust in your feelings? Feelings come and go; they ebb and flow.

God does not!

He is constant. A rock. 

It’s true, it’s hard to continually live in a world where we keep going our own way, where bad things happen to us. This life is not easy, and it will never be easy, this side of Jesus’ return. But “ No temptation[a] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[b] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,[c] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” 1 Cor 10:13.

God is with us. He is our strength in times of trouble. He is our guide. He IS our way out.

Do you seek Him when you are tempted? Have you tried? He is only a heartfelt conversation away.

And he has created and given us the perfect structure of support, his church. He’s given us His word, the bible, and we can talk to him anytime, in prayer, and in fact, tell us we should pray without stopping!

Where is your trust? Is it in your feelings; your circumstances, the things that happen to you; or are you trusting, day by day in God, the author of our lives?

4. God has conquered even death 

Where are you spending eternity?

Do we really grasp how big our God is? There is nothing he cannot do. If we still have our reservations, we need only look at the cross, and even more so, the empty tomb. That tomb was empty because God raised Jesus from the dead. God even has power over death. This is the God we serve and worship. Jesus has power over death. He is the one who has taken our sins on his shoulders and paid the price we deserve. And willingly to boot! Such is His love for us.

Through the death, and resurrection of Jesus, God has even conquered death itself. When humanity went its own way by disobeying God in the Garden of Eden, death entered the world, BUT, when we accept Jesus as our personal rescuer instead we will spend eternity exactly where he intended us to, with him.

Where are you spending eternity?

5. God will return, Jesus will return (and make all things beautiful again.)

So, what does eternity look like? Well, we don’t know for sure. The bible does tell us that all of creation will be restored, as God designed. When I think of creation I think of a babies smile, or the wagging tail of a puppy, or the view from a mountain top. And if we look to the Genesis 2 account of creation, we can see that God made it all, He planted the garden, he breathed life into humanity, “And the Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good for food.” He provided everything we need, and it would’ve been beautiful. And there were rivers flowing, making the garden lush and green. It would have been perfect. And what is more, the first people got to commune with God. They were able to walk in his presence.

What a beautiful image, walking in the garden with God, our creator, our Father and our friend; walking with Jesus.

Whatever else is true, it will be amazing when Jesus returns.

Is God trustworthy? You decide. The bible, His word, shows us repeatedly that He is. 

Do you believe it?