God is faithful

[Neostarwcc]

The Bible says all over the place that God is faithful. But just what does it mean that God is faithful?

 

[PorkeatingChristian]

GOD Will Be With you always, and Protect you.

 

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

He keeps His promises. (He does what He says He's going to do)

 

[Neostarwcc]

So basically the fact that hes going to save everyone given to him by the father?

God will protect us always. Can you establish that further? Ty.

 

[splish- splash]

He is loyal, dependable and consistent.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

It means that God is always faithful.

 

[Soyeong]

The Bible says all over the place that God is faithful. But just what does it mean that God is faithful?

To say that God is faithful is to say that His is trustworthy both in regard to keeping His promises and in regard to guide us in how to rightly live through His law.

 

[Neostarwcc]

To say that God is faithful is to say that His is trustworthy both in regard to keeping His promises and in regard to guide us in how to rightly live through His law.

How would you know that God will rightly guide us through his law?

 

[Soyeong]

How would you know that God will rightly guide us through his law?

God's law was given for our own good (Deuteronomy 6:24, 10:12-13) and obedience to any set of instructions that are claimed to be for our own good is about putting our faith in the faithfulness of the one who gave them to rightly guide us, which is why Jesus said in Matthew 23:23 that faith is one of the weightier matters of the law. What we believe is expressed through our actions, which is why James 2:17-18 says that faith without works is dead and that he would show his faith by his works, so doing good works is what faith looks like. In Hebrews 11, every example of faith is an example of someone doing works. In John 3:36, believing in Christ is equated with obeying him. In Revelation 14:12, those who kept God's commandments are the same as those who kept faith in Jesus. In John 6:40, those who believe in Jesus will have eternal life, in John 17:3, eternal life is knowing God and Jesus, and in Matthew 19:17, the way to enter eternal life is by obeying the commandments, so obedience to the commandments is what it looks like to believe in Jesus and to know him. In Habakkuk 2:4, the righteous shall live by faith, and in Isaiah 51:7, the righteous are those on whose heart is God's law, so living by faith does not refer to a manner of living that is not in obedience to God's law. In Romans 1:5, we have received grace in order to bring about the obedience of faith, in Romans 16:25-26, Paul's Gospel and the preaching of Christ was to bring about the obedience of faith. In Deuteronomy 28:1, it speaks about faithfully obeying the voice of the Lord. In Romans 3:31, our faith upholds God's law. God is trustworthy, therefore His law is also trustworthy (2 Samuel 7:28, Nehemiah 9:13, Psalms 19:7, 18:30, 33:4, 111:7, 119:30, 42, 75, 86, 99, 138, 142, 151, 160) and a law that isn't trustworthy can't come from a God who is trustworthy, so to put our faith in the law is to put our faith in the Lawgiver to rightly guide us, while to deny that God's law is of faith is to deny the faithfulness of God.

In Deuteronomy 32:51, Moses broke faith with God because he did not obey what God commanded him to do. In Numbers 5:6, disobedience to God's law is referred to as breaking faith. In Joshua 7:1 and 1 Chronicles 2:7, Israel broke faith by not doing what God commanded. In 1 Chronicles 10:13, Saul broke faith because he did not keep the command of the Lord. In 2 Chronicles 33:19, sin is equated with faithlessness. In Jeremiah 3:6-14, Israel was faithless because they did not obey God. In Ezekiel 14:13, sin is equated with acting faithlessly. In Psalms 119:158, David said that he looked at the faithless with disgust because they did not keep God's commands. In Romans 1:29-32 and Revelation 21:8, being faithless is associated with actions that are in disobedience to God. In 2 Timothy 3:8, those who oppose Moses also oppose the truth, being corrupted of mind and disqualified in regard to the faith.

 

[1213]

The Bible says all over the place that God is faithful. But just what does it mean that God is faithful?

I have understood it means God is loyal, He doesn’t betray anyone and He keeps what He has promised.