Numbers 23:19
God is not man that he should speak falsely, nor human,
that he should change his mind. Is he one to speak and not
act, to decree and not fulfill?
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Does this verse surprise anyone? Basically it is saying that "....God is NOT human..." and then goes on to list some of the shortcomings we humans have, yet He, God Jehovah, does not. Things like: lying, changing our mind, or talk about the big things He is going to do, having no desire to do them, just wanting us to believe Him in time to vote. You could say : God IS NOT a POLITICIAN. Wow, that is a relief:)
We humans have many drawbacks, or to put it another way: "SINS". God does NOT SIN, He can't, it is NOT possible. Sin is a part of THIS world, brought here by Satan, Lucifer, who tried to take God's place in Heaven, and God, Jehovah, the ruler of the Heavens and all that is, said: "Are you kidding me? Ge away from me you jerk" and threw Lucifer and all his demons (One third of all angels) down to Earth, (I have a feeling that when he landed it was with a thud and hurt his ego, and his back side:)) Why couldn't God, in His wisdom, sent Satan somewhere else? Maybe Saturn, or better yet, another Galaxy. Because God, knowing Lucifer was going to doubt Him, had all this planned millions of years ago. God wanted a creation, us, Mankind, to choose Him, and thus needed another choice for us. Thus Satan became that "Other" choice.
We see movies all the time about Satan, someone is "taken over" by a demon, or Satan himself. They do all kinds of bad things, they are supernatural, they speak with a very scarey voice...........But Satan, Like God is not human. There are very BIG differences, though. Satan has decided to lie, and he is very good at it. He has decided to manipulate us, and is also extremely talented. Satan tells us the "Big Plans" he has for us, that we will be rich, have everything we want.............he is the master politician, if you will.
Enough about that slimy guy, Satan, let's talk about our God, Jehovah. God does not lie, He doesn't tell us His future for us, and then say He changed His mind, that we aren't going to be that important as He first said in the kingdom of Heaven. He doesn't say: "You know what, I changed my mind, I am going to give that assignment I told you about to Henry, over there, you just need to do your own thing, good luck.
If, at anytime in your life, God made you a promise and it has not been fulfilled yet, it WILL be done. It may have been years and years and years ago, and you may have almost forgotten about it, but He has not. God fulfills His promises, always. God cannot lie, it is against His very being, He cannot tell us something and then forget about it, it's in His thoughts, He WILL do it , because He told you He would, end of story, enough said.
Have you ever known someone who doesn't believe this? Sure, the guy at work who argues with you every time you bring up what God told you about something. "You actually think God talks to you?" "God doesn't care about that situation, He has other things on His mind, like how He is going to destroy the world". "Yeah, He told me 20 years ago that He wanted me to be a missionary, and nothing ever happened, why should I believe Him?" Ever hear anything like that? Maybe you have said something like this. I have. God never makes a promise, a statement, a word from His mouth that He does not keep. Many times, He keeps them in a much different way then we expected in our human understanding, but He will keep those promises. My Mom died almost 2 years ago, she had cancer and suffered terribly. God spoke through many in our family, and friends, of how He was going to heal her. She did not receive a healing here on this Earth, But she IS HEALED in Heaven, talking to Jesus and worshiping, dancing, praising Him at His throne. God has His ways, and in our human state, we see things from only one perspective, ours.
Have you ever told someone who does not believe in Jesus, that if they are wrong and Jesus does not exist, that the whole thing was a fairy tale, then by serving Him, what have you lost? BUT if He is real, as you are saying, and you turn your back on Him, and do not serve Him, you lose everything, your very soul. Play the odds, I tell people, serve the Lord Jesus, make Him the center of your life, what ya got to lose? If I am wrong, you'll just live a good life, and raise a family in church, what is wrong with that? But if your wrong, well , there will be no way out of hell.
We just do not understand who God is. If your serving Him, and know He loves us, then you understand a little, but still we cannot comprehend His "Self" People who call themselves Atheist, or Part
Atheist, or Just Don't know if there is a superior being or not" are really just trying to make themselves feel better. All they want to do is Prove to you, with man made science, that God does NOT exist. That is where they fail, the "man made science". You can throw all kinds of studies, numbers, statistics.....at me, but I WILL not change my mind, I have NO Doubt who made me, and all in this world. You can tell me a zillion times how the monkeys came from the trees and turned into my great great great grandfather, but I DO not believe it. Why? because "God is not a man that he should speak falsely, nor human that he should change his mind. Is he one to speak and not act, to decree and not fulfill?" God has told us through His word, and through millions of other ways, that He made all there is. According to this scripture, If I believe Him, then there is NO WAY that I would believe anything else.
Satan tries so hard to convince the world, that Humans are the smartest, that we have the answers to everything. When has mankind cured the common cold? Yes medicine has made tremendous strides in research, coming close to curing cancer soon, BUT what about that common cold? I believe God, in His wisdom, has left that one uncured to show us, that He grants us our wisdom, education, and knowledge and that He and He alone gives us the know how that we have. We praise our self's for our accomplishments, but who gave them to us? Acknowledge Him or not, He is the reason we have done anything.
It's going to get worse in our world, we are going to put Mankind above everything, including God Himself. We are going to worship our own accomplishments, we are going to become so much more arrogant toward anything Godly. It has already been happening for years. The things of God are made fun of, mocked, put down, been made "illegal". It will get worse, but God has promised He will prevail, and He will help us. And remember, What He promises He keeps. End of Story.
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