Trust in the faithfulness of God

1 Corinthians 1:4-9

1 Corinthians 1:4-9, I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, ⁵ that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, ⁶ even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed [c]in you, ⁷ so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁸ who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. To trust God, you need to understand the ⁵ major attributes of God.

1. God is Omniscient

Isaiah 46:9-10, Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’

Psalms 139:1-4, O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.

Matthew 10:29-30, Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

1 John 3:20, For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

2. God is Omnipotent

Numbers 11:23, And the Lord said to Moses, “Has the Lord’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not.”

Job 42:2, “I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.

Psalms 33:6, By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

3. God is Omnipresent

Psalms 46:1, God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Isaiah 57:15, For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 40:12, Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance?

4. God is Truthful

Titus 1:2, in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,

1 Peter 4:19, Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

Romans 3:4, Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: “That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged.”

5. God is immutable

Malachi 3:6, “For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

Numbers 23:19, “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

1 Samuel 15:29, And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.” Because of His attributes you can trust God.

Deuteronomy 7:9, “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

Psalms 119:89-90, Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. 90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides.

1 Thessalonians 5:24, He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.

2 Timothy 2:13, If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.

1 Peter 4:19, Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

1 John 1:9, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Then why some prayers are answered some are not?

1 John 5:14-15, Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. Conditional promise- Jonah. Unconditional promise- Abraham Adam and Eve, Noah.

Psalms 119:75, I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.