God Who Never Lies
Scripture Reading: Psalm 111; Jeremiah 33-34; Titus 1
...In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began…
- Titus 1:2 -
Faith is not simply, or even mostly, believing something. It is primarily trusting someone. In the case of Christianity, that someone is the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We trust because we find His character worthy of our faith.
We may point to evidences for our faith—because ours is not a blind faith—but ultimately, we believe not because of arguments or proofs, but because we have come to know that God is trustworthy. For many of us, the search for evidence follows conversion rather than precedes it. It was after I believed, not before, that I read The Case for Christ and Who Moved the Stone. I wanted to understand more deeply what I already knew in my heart to be true.
When Paul opens his letter to Titus, he anchors his hope of eternal life, not in mystical experience or personal revelation, but in the very character of God:
“God, who never lies.”
That is the bedrock of our hope. Eternal life is certain because it rests on the promise of a God who cannot be false.
Over the years, people have asked me about the eternal fate of infants, young children, or those who cannot understand the gospel. They want a clear verse they can point to. But Scripture gives us few direct statements about that question. What it does give us—abundantly—is the revelation of God’s character. He is good, righteous, merciful, and just.
When I cannot give a proof text, I can still point to who God is. And that is enough.
Is there life after death? Is there something truly called eternal life?
Yes—because God, who never lies, has promised it.
You can trust Him.
Our confidence in eternity rests not in what we see but in who He is.
