Romans 3:4
4 God forbid [me] [ginomai]: yea [de], let [ginomai] God [theos] be [ginomai] true [alethes], but [de] every [pas] man [anthropos] a liar [pseustes]; as [kathos] it is written [grapho],
That [hopos] thou mightest [an] be justified [dikaioo] in [en] thy [sou] sayings [logos], and [kai] mightest
overcome [nikao] when [en] thou [se] art judged [krino]. KJV-Interlinear
4 By
no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, That
you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” ESV
Paul states one of the fundamental principles of
Christianity, which is, God is truth and in God there is no lie.
Quoting Psa. 51:4
4 Against
you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you
may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
There are two, and only two, views in all
of creation. The first is the view of
God, and the second is everything else.
God is truth, and thus everything else is
not truth. If you state truth then you
state Gods view, not yours.
Regardless of what the circumstances of
life may be, God is never wrong, God is never to blame.
And anyone who argues or tries to debate
this principle, is only wallowing in their own filth of confusion.
To say that God can make a mistake, is to
say that God is not God. The fundamental
essence of God is truth. The whole foundation of creation rests upon this principle. Remove the principle and all of creation
crumbles into oblivion. Which, by the
way, no one can or could restore or repair.
So, to condemn God means condemning yourself.
And as far as this passage goes, God did
not promise to Abraham, that every Jew would be saved, only that every Jew who
is obedient to God, namely in faith, will be saved.
That same principle applies to
everyone. Salvation is by faith, not by
works.
Obedience to God is to believe in Christ,
as God commands, and that is faith. To
try something else of your own invention, is a lie and therefore a waste of
time and effort.
The verse quoted makes it clear that all
sin is against God. All sin is against
truth. All sin is disobedience. And, all
disobedience is sin. This includes
refusal to obey Gods mandate to study daily, refusal to confess regularly,
refusal to comply with Gods expectations in your responsibility and obligations
of life.
And for you to prevail, you have to use
Gods words, not your own agenda, not your own pretense, not your own invention,
nothing of your own.
Only Gods methods and procedures and
processes are bonafide and legitimate and acceptable to God.
