Faithfulness
Faithfulness
God clothes Himself with faithfulness as with a garment. God is Faithful. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Faithful and True Witness.
Treachery is common in our day. The lawyers are becoming wealthy because men are not faithful and do not tell the truth. The businessman insists all agreements be put in writing because his customers will cheat him if they can.
Marriages are dissolved because the oaths of people are meaningless. Since people are lovers of pleasure and do not fear God, they will abide by their promise only as long as it is pleasurable and convenient to do so. When they break their word their excuse is that they were not being treated fairly. They expect other people to overlook their treacherous behavior.
Satan is a liar and the father of liars. How many people have ended up in Hell because they believed the lies of Satan? Satan held out to them the promise of a glorious life in the world. Instead, he led them into the flames of torment. Their cries in Hell fall on deaf ears. There is no conscience, no faithfulness in Hell.
Christ is faithful. What He says to us is more certain than the heavens and the earth. One day the earth and heaven will pass away, but the Word of the Lord Jesus Christ will remain true in that hour. God is trustworthy. Christ is trustworthy. We may be weak and unfaithful, but if we will continue to walk in the Spirit, the Spirit will create trustworthiness in us. We will reveal in our personality the faithfulness of God.
God always will keep His part of the covenant He makes with us. It is necessary that we keep our part of the covenant, for two parties must remain faithful if a covenant is to be in force.