For the word of the Lord is right, and all His work is done in truth. (Psalm 33:4)

God’s Word Is Truth

The word of God has always been true without regard to man or circumstance. When the Lord told Adam and Eve they would die when they ate the forbidden fruit, they died when they ate. God promised to flood the earth, killing all that had the breath of life and save Noah and his family. Everyone on earth died except the eight souls in the ark. Abram and Sarai were told they would have a son in their old age. Through the power and glory of God’s covenant with Abram, Isaac was born to a man one hundred years of age and his wife of ninety. The Lord promised Abraham a nation would come from his seed. Moses led the Hebrews out of Egyptian bondage to Sinai, where the nation of Israel was born. Because of disobedience and unfaithfulness, God punished Israel with forty years of wilderness wanderings, and each year was fulfilled.

Reading the Bible brings the distinct impression time and again that what God says is truth. This is the case whether it is a blessing or a curse. There are endless stories of the word of the Lord promising blessings to those who obey Him, and those blessings are provided. More often than not, the word of the Lord warns of punishment against those who disobey Him. In every case, the word of the Lord is truth. When the people worshiped the golden calf at Sinai, three thousand men were killed who refused to repent. Everyone aged twenty and up perished in the wilderness for the rebellion at Kadesh-Barnea. Joshua and Caleb were spared because they believed in the word of the Lord. Achan learned of the wrath of God when he took the devoted things from Jericho. David could not escape his adultery and murder, spending the rest of his life in conflict. The northern ten tribes of Israel laughed and scorned the prophets who warned them of impending destruction at the hands of the Assyrians until the army of the Assyrians destroyed the ten tribes to a man.

Noah believed in the promises of God and was delivered. Abraham accepted the fact that his body and the womb of his wife were dead but that God could create life, and Isaac was born. Joshua and Caleb knew the inhabitants of Canaan were nothing before the might of the power of God. When the Lord told Joshua how to conquer Jericho, the man of God did not hesitate. Daniel and his three friends were taken captive by the Babylonians and, in the face of great peril, never lost their faith in the word of God. Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in fifty-five days with the faith that moved mountains. The word of the Lord is truth to those who believe in the power of the word of God.

Jesus is the embodiment of the word of God because He is the Word. Everything about Jesus is the word of His Father. When men seek God, they must find Jesus. The promise of eternal life is given to all that believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Anything short of this will result in destruction. The word of God is true when it declares Jesus as Lord and Christ. Jesus said He was the only way to the Father, the message of truth, and the means of eternal life. All Jesus taught is truth, and all Jesus did was truth. He gave the word of truth to His disciples, who went into all the world preaching Jesus Christ. On the Day of Pentecost, the apostle Peter told those gathered what they must do to be saved. The word of the truth declared by the Holy Spirit is that all men must repent and be baptized for the remission of sins. Based on the grace of God, His mercy, and love, all men must hear and obey the word of truth.

When Noah heard that God was going to destroy the world with a watery grave, he believed, and he acted. God’s grace told Noah what was coming and what he must do to be saved. Noah’s faith acted with works when he believed the word of truth and built the ark exactly as directed by the Lord. While the waters destroyed all life, the water saved Noah and his family. The word of truth is that water will destroy all those who refuse it and save all those who obey it. God’s word is right, and all of His works are done in truth.