Titus Bible Study Meeting 1 - Part 2

Continuing where we left off yesterday, another answer to the question that we posted last time, "What does this passage say about God?", follows:

• We saw, as it reads in verse 2, that "God cannot lie."  We spent some time discussing this statement.  We found great comfort in it, for, if it were not true, and God could lie, then we would have great cause for questioning His promises, His Word, and even His character.  In the phrase "God cannot lie", we have a higher truth the phrase "God doesn't lie."  If Paul had written in verse 2 that God doesn't lie, he would have left open the possibility that God could lie, but chooses not to.  However, Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote "God cannot lie."  This phrase is much stronger, it leaves no room for the possibility of God lying.  To do so would be out of His character, and He can do nothing that violates His character.  

The difference between "doesn't" and "cannot" is significant.  It is the difference between "inerrant" and "infallible."  Praise to the Lord that He is not only inerrant, but infallible.  For more on inspiration, infallibility and inerrancy, see R.C. Sproul's message of the same name in his series "Hath God Said?".  As of the date of this blog article, you could go to the home page of Ligonier.org, click on the video tab of the resource center in the middle of the page and scroll down to 8/11/08 and watch (or listen) to the message mentioned earlier at no charge.