God Cannot Lie -By Gabriel Agbo

“Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear that they would take his bones with them when God led them out of Egypt – AS HE WAS SURE GOD WOULD.” Exodus 13:19.

Immutability is the right word to use when attempting to describe God’s faithfulness to his words, promises and purposes. The counsel of God does not fail. Even when everything looks like it will not come to pass: like man has forgotten, no records kept, time spent, everything looking negative and the enemy already in jubilation, his ultimate purpose still finds a way to break through the barriers and get established. And it is not very difficult to understand why it is so. A word of a person carries their authority, attributes and power. The God of Israel; Jehovah is the maker and controller of all things. He sees eternity from eternity. He knows the end of everything from the beginning. And he is the Almighty, the omniscient, the omnipresent and the omnipotent. All he said about us will sure come to pass!

What we are trying to say here is that the word and promises of God are reliable, irreversible, final, unalterable and binding. They cannot be changed by man, events, disasters or circumstances. Not even by Satan. They will always come to pass at the divine appointed time. I love the way the writer of Hebrew puts it, “So God has given us both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie.” Yes, it is impossible for God to lie! Why should He? Is it to please men that are just his creatures? Or to protect himself?  To obtain favour, defend is actions or what? The bible said that he made all things for his own pleasure and glory. That is, he is not rushing to impress anybody. So, why would he say or promise things that he would not bring to pass? Why would he do things that would impinge on his integrity? There is no need for that. Now, what has God said about you? Hold it very firmly because it will certainly come to pass.

The bible is more of a book of prophecies and the fulfilment of prophecies. From Genesis to Revelation you will find God demonstrating his capacity and willingness to accurately and totally bring his words to pass. This is also why you will always read from the scriptures – And it came to pass. As it was written. As the Lord said. As she was told. As the angel of the Lord told him. As the prophets said, etc. Here, we cannot actually go into all the details of the records of the fulfilment of God’s promises in the scripture, but let’s just mention three outstanding instances. Look at when God called Abram (Abraham) out. Abraham was nobody, he had nothing, and had no child. But God began to tell him what he would do with and for him. God told him what would become of his descendants hundreds and thousands of years to come. God told him that his (Abram’s) descendants will be like the stars of haven – uncountable. He would bring Abraham out in the night and tell him to begin to count the stars; that if he could, then, he would be able to count his future descendant. He will make a very strong and formidable nation out of them. He told him that these his descendants will eventually be enslaved in a foreign land for 400 years, but that he will still bring them out and establish them in their own land. He would take Abraham to the land being occupied by very powerful, unconquerable nations and tell him to look and march around for that was going to be for his descendants. Imagine that! He also told him that his descendant (Jesus Christ) would be a blessing to all nations of the world. And that was to be fulfilled thousands of years after. Did any one of these promises fail?? No!