The Faithful God; where would we be without him? How great is our God and how greatly is to be praised? God is faithful in all that he promised unto us. He was with Daniel in the lion's den, he was faithful when Abram doubted him and got Ishmael with his made servant, and he was faithful when he promised the Israelites the land which they would inhabit even though they were so disobedient and ungrateful. God will not go back on his promises no matter how we behave; he is faithful not by our works or obedience, he is faithful because he is God. "Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it" (1 Thessalonians 5:24).
We are a chosen vessel of God and it was nothing of our doing, he called us before the foundation of the world. “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:” (King James Bible, 1769/2017, Ephesians 1:4). God chose to bless us in Christ Jesus and gave us a heart to believe. “Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me” (Isaiah 43:10). We can’t take no credit for God’s work; it is his grace that made us who we are. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). In all that we do, we must remember that God loved us before we were saints. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Roma...
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