Always True to His Word
“Thou hast dealt well thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.” (Psalm 119:65)
When we read the Bible, God speaks to us. Psalm 103:20 talks of “…the voice of his word.” It is not an audible voice, but a voice that speaks to our hearts. In our opening verse, the words “Thou hast dealt” are present perfect tense, which means action that has gone on is still going on. God dealt with people in the past and still does today. It also says, “Thou hast dealt WELL” (capitals added) God always deals with people the right way: “The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.” (Psalm 145:17)
Our verse also says God deals with us according to His word: “…according unto thy word.” God does not guide people contrary to His word. If He did, He would cause confusion, and “…God is not the author of confusion,” (1 Corinthians 14:33) God does not want us confused. God is always true to His word.
Say a man claims he saw Jesus. Is that possible? No. Peter wrote an epistle where he refers to “…the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love;” (1 Peter 1:7-8) The passage says the readers have not seen Jesus. This truth of not seeing Jesus is not just for the original readers, but everyone. None of us have seen Jesus. He has not shown Himself to people since the Bible was completed. He could do it if He wanted, but then He would be contradicting His own word. God does not contradict His word.
The Bible does say some things about Him. Isaiah 53:2 says, “…and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.” There was nothing about Jesus’ appearance that stood out. We know He had a beard. It was ripped off His face when He was arrested: “I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair:” (Isaiah 50:6) Yet no one knows what Jesus looks like. Even pictures in a book or religious art are basically guesswork.
So if a man actually saw Jesus, the passage in 1 Peter 1:7-8 would be wrong. The Bible is never wrong: “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:” (Psalm 19:7) If anyone claims to have seen Jesus, the Bible is not wrong. They are. God is always true to His word. The Bible protects us from confusion.
The Bible also addresses our conduct. It’s like soap in a way. God uses it to cleanse our behavior. Psalm 119:9 says, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.” One day when I was about ten, I had a friend at the house whom I had told to shut up. My mother heard me and called me into the bathroom. She told me to open my mouth. I did. She stuffed a bar of soap into it. Mom used a bar of soap to get me to change my behavior. At least when she was around.
Most importantly, the Bible tells us how to be sure of heaven. Many people may not be sure of heaven when they die. They may believe there is a God and want to go to heaven. They may belong to a religion and try to follow its tenets. Yet they may also have been taught that there is no way to be sure of heaven, and they do not know how to resolve that fear and uncertainty. 1 John 4:18 says, “…fear hath torment.”
Now if there were no way to be sure of heaven, and no way to correct errors after we died, life would be just a cruel guessing game. That idea does not even make logical sense. What decent human being would do that, much less a God who loves us? God wants us to have peace of mind, not uncertainty and torment.
God’s word says you can be sure of heaven, and God is always true to His word. “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life,” (1 John 5:13, capitals added) To see how to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, please go to www.clevelandbaptist.org, click “Helpful Links,” then “How Do I Go to Heaven?”
Brian Miller 8/3/2026
