Police officers deal with many unsavory characters. No one can disagree with that. Perhaps, the most pervasive challenge is knowing when they can trust someone. To put it bluntly, police officers are lied to profusely and this feature of their profession makes it increasingly difficult for them to trust anyone. Even unwittingly they begin to put their guard up because it has subtly become a way of life.
There is One, however, who can never lie and in whom we can always depend – Jesus Christ. The apostle John called Jesus the “faithful witness” (Revelation 1:5). He is the faithful witness because he always tells the truth. In fact, the author of Hebrews relates that it is “impossible for God to lie” (Hebrews 6:17).
What a comforting and disarming truth to know that God cannot lie! Not so with mankind – the Scriptures make every man (and woman) culpable in this matter. They declare “The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies” (Psalm 58:3). Experientially, we know this to be true. We do not have to teach a child how to lie. It comes naturally to them. Rather, we train them to speak the truth.
On the other hand, “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (I John 1:5). Consequently, “every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him” (Proverbs 30:5). We can stand upon his word because it is truth and he cannot lie. Coming full circle to Christ, the faithful witness, we do well to note his exchange with Pilate when he stood before him on the morning of his crucifixion. Pilate asked Jesus if he was a king and he replied that he was. But then Christ added this remarkable testimony concerning himself. He said “To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth” (John 18:37).
To what truth does he refer? John answers that for us. “This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. He that believeth not the record that God gave of his Son hath made him (God) a liar” (I John 5:10-12). Remember, God cannot lie. Believe him and all will be well.
From the Chaplain 