Error that is contrary to God's truth may work for a time—but you must ask, "What does it work for, and for how long?" Let's look at the difference between false "truth" and God's truth.
"Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth."
- Colossians 1:5b-6
The Bible has been dissected and vilified by the world and yet it endures with coherency. This week, Pastor Lutzer instructs us on God's consistent truth from James 1:18.
"Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."
- James 1:18
You are entitled to your own opinion, but you're not entitled to your own truth. This week, Pastor Lutzer discusses God's universal truth found in John 14:6.
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"
- John 14:6
God has always been ruling, during times of peace and even in times of war. This week, Pastor Lutzer speaks with us about God's eternal throne from Psalm 45:6-7.
"Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kindgom is a scepter of uprightness; you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness."
- Psalm 45:6-7a
We were created for God's glory. This week, Pastor Lutzer explores God's eternality from Romans 1:19-20.
"For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse."
- Romans 1:19–20
Can you see the future? God can. This week, we begin to explore God's eternality in Deuteronomy 33:27.
"The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms."
- Deuteronomy 33:27a
So, who created God? This week we consider God's eternality from Psalm 90:2-4.
"Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to dust and say, 'Return, O children of man!' For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night."
- Psalm 90:2–4
The moment you and I speak about the attribute of love, there is a tension between how that love is to be applied. Pastor Lutzer explores the tension that comes with the love of God in Exodus 34:6.
"The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, 'The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.'"
- Exodus 34:6
How can we believe that God is loving when He doesn't intervene as we expect a loving God would? This week, Pastor Lutzer confronts our expectations of love from Romans 8:38-39.
"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."
- Romans 8:38–39
What does it mean that God loves the world? Does this mean His love is unconditional? This week, we explore the deeper question behind John 3:16.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
- John 3:16