--JESUS IS THE TRUTH ~~Dishonesty is absolutely contrary to the character of God. According to Hebrews 6:18, it is impossible for God to lie. It's not that God will not lie or that He has chosen not to lie--He cannot lie. For God to lie is for a dog to fly and a bird to bark. It simply cannot happen. The Book of Titus echoes the same three words as the Book of Hebrews:
"God...cannot lie" (Titus 1:2).God always speaks truth. When He makes a convenant, He keeps it. When He makes a statement, He means it. And when He proclaims the truth, we can believe it. What He says is true. Even
"if we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself" (2 Timothy 2:13).Satan, on the other hand, finds it impossible to tell the truth.
According to Jesus, the devil is "a liar and the father of it" (John 8:44). If you'll remember, deceit was the first tool out of the devil's bag. In the Garden of Eden, Satan didn't discourage Eve. He didn't seduce her. He didn't sneak up on her. He just lied to her.
"God says you'll die if you eat the fruit? You will not die" (see Genesis 3:1-4).Big Fat Liar! But Eve was suckered, and the fruit was plucked, and it's not more than a few paragraphs before husband and son are following suit and the honesty of Eden seems a distant memory.
It still does.
Daniel Webster was right when he observed, "There is nothing as powerful as the truth and often nothing as strange." --Just Like Jesus
-By Max Lucado
