Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"The God of truth"
Text: Isaiah 65:16
AN ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTE OF GOD
The LORD has many glorious attributes. One of them is Truth. Only the LORD can be said to possess absolute truth.
“You shall leave your name as a curse to My chosen;
For the Lord GOD will slay you,
And call His servants by another name;
So that he who blesses himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And he who swears in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My eyes.”
Isaiah 65:15-16
1. The false servants of God.
a) Their name would be regarded as a curse.
b) They would be ultimately slain by the LORD God.
c) An example of a false servant of God would be Balaam.
i) He was a prophet for hire.
ii) He was a false prophet.
2. What God would do for His true servants.
a) He would call them by another name.
b) The true servant would understandably desire a blessing from God.
i) He may be assured that he would receive a blessing.
ii) The God of truth would hear him and give him a blessing.
c) The true servant who takes an oath (“swears”) in God’s name.
i) He may swear in truth and in assurance.
ii) The God of truth will hear him and honour his oath.
3. What about the former troubles?
a) The sinful past.
b) The iniquities committed.
c) Mercifully the LORD has forgotten them.
i) He has passed over them.
ii) They have been forgiven.
iii) God will remember them no more.
iv) They are blotted out.
v) They will be hidden from God’s eyes.