“Let God be true though every one were a liar” (Romans 3:4a ESV). The Greek text actually reads, “Let God be found true” (see ASV and others). This was a favorite verse of Witnesses (of the Jehovah kind), and in 1946 they published a book of 320 pages titled “Let God Be True” as required reading for those desiring baptism. Yet it is a truth all Christians must acknowledge.
I was thinking of this when one of our editing team was discussing with me a book she was intending to write on questions and answers for Christians with problems. She wrote, “My answers are sounding a bit repetitive though. ‘You are having a serious problem with the integrity of God’s Word, and you need to work on that.’ How accurate that is! “Let God for found true.”
I have often given the same answer myself, pointing people to the integrity of the Word. I might say, “God means what He says and says what He means.” Or “You don’t need to understand it — just believe what He says about you.” As a favorite writer of mine wrote, “Man’s basic spiritual problem is the integrity of God’s Word” (E.W. Kenyon). The word “integrity” means “The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness” (Dictionary.com).
As early as Deuteronomy 32:4 in the Bible, God is spoken of as a “God of truth”. Samuel, in a prayer said, “And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant” (II Samuel 7:28). David in Psalm 41:12 prayed, “But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.”
Finally, notice in Romans 3:4, quoted in the first paragraph, the word “let”. So it is something we have to do. “God is truth” but we must work on the basis of His words being true in our believing and lives. As the Message Bible says, “Depend on it: God keeps his word even when the whole world is lying through its teeth.” I, for one, depend on it!
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