Oct 20, 2019
THE ONLY TRUE GOD
And I saw heaven opened;
and behold, a white horse,
and He who sat upon it is called
Faithful and True . . .
and His name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:11,13
The truth of God is "that perfection of His being by virtue of which He fully answers to the idea of the Godhead, is perfectly reliable in His revelation, and sees things as they really are" (Berkhof, Systematic Theology, 69).
God is true in His being. He is the only true God. There is a theme that runs through the Bible which emphasizes that there is only one God and that He is King of His universe and that there is no other god beside Him (Jer 10:10; Isa 45:5,6; 1 Thes 1:9; 1 Jn 5:20).
God is true in His words. This is the idea that what God has said is absolutely and utterly reliable. His promises are true and His warnings are true (Num 23:19; 2 Sam 7:28; John 17:17).
"A fixed, constant attention to the promises [of God], and a firm belief of them, would prevent anxiety about the concerns of this life. It would keep the mind quiet and composed in every change, and support and keep up our sinking spirits under the several troubles of life. . . . Christians deprive themselves of their most solid comforts by their unbelief and forgetfulness of God's promises. For there is no extremity so great, but there are promises suitable to it, and abundantly sufficient for our relief in it." (Samuel Clarke [1675 - 1729], Puritan theologian in Precious Bible Promises)