Our Text consists of just one verse of Scripture, precious as it is. "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged." Romans 3:4

This short Bible Passage is more important than it first appears.

Obviously, God is being attacked!

His "sayings," His very Words, are being questioned!

He is under "judgment" from wicked men!

And Paul is defending the Almighty!

With premeditation, Paul has already decided that for him anyway, in any issue of life, God is Right and men, if they disagree with our Lord, are automatically wrong!

This kind of belief takes at face value such Bible statements as Hebrews 6:18, "It is impossible for God to lie," and Titus 1:2, "God cannot lie!" And I agree wholeheartedly!

For the next few days we shall, Lord willing, study this concept. The never-failing Truthfulness of God! His unending Righteousness! The stark fact that He has never made a mistake, not once! And He never will!

For many years the history of mankind was such that God was not often questioned. His existence was taken for granted. His oversight of human affairs acknowledged. His Word, the Holy Bible, accepted.

But, no more is this so!

Especially in our generation, especially in America, a new breed of "God-haters" has risen! One Preacher called them the "new atheists." That term is only partially accurate however. Many skeptics now accept some kind of an idea of God ... but not the God of the  Bible.

We will be hearing more and more from them in coming months and years, until the Lord's Return really. And just in case someone questions my use of the term "God-despisers," read Romans 1:30 where Paul uses this exact name for them, "haters of God."

Men have risen in our times, men and women for that matter, who have become "missionaries" or "zealots" or "propagators" for the anti-Christian movement.

Believers in Christ Jesus must defend the Faith! Jude told us so long ago! "It was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ." Found in Jude, Verses 3 and 4. The Epistle of Jude is so short that it has no chapter divisions.

Now, back to our Text: "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged." Romans 3:4

The opening words are all we shall study today, now.

"God forbid," writes Paul.

The Greek Text that gives us the King James Version of the Bible reads like this: "me ginomai." That's the "God forbid" part of our verse.

The negative or prohibitive word is "me," pronounced "may." It is a "particle of negation" according to the lexicon. It just means, "Not so!" But, surprisingly, this precise word at times allows for exceptions, "me" does! In other words, to Paul this is conclusive: God is always right! But to others this is not conclusive: God is not always right! Of course, for the purposes of our discussion here today, we are going to agree with Paul! God is True! Almighty God will handle the skeptical crowd later.

The verb used here, "ginomai," is framed as an optative, revealing a very strong wish or desire! It means "to come to pass, to happen, to take place," something like that. Often it expresses a prayer as well, that intense a desire!

Here's Paul heart on these words: "Let it not be!" In the strongest possible sense, "God forbid!"

But, God forbid what?

And here these words could either refer backward to the earlier verses or forward to our verse at hand. I'm voting forward.

Paul literally is forbidding, reverently invoking God's very Name, the questioning of God's Word, His "sayings!" His prayer is that God will be justified in all that He has said! In all 66 Books of the Bible, all 1189 chapters, all 31,102 verses ... no mistakes! A perfect Book! Like Psalm 12:6 claims: "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times." Amen!

Paul is furthermore forbidding God's being judged by wicked and sinful men! He longs for God to "overcome" when He is judged by such chaff and stubble. Here's a godly concern for the reputation of our Lord and Saviour! 

Yes, all this is happening in our single little verse! "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."

Mankind is not being "true" when he opposes the Creator, the Redeemer, the Lord of Life!

And such God attacks, affronts to the Almighty, frankly, have Paul quite upset!

Do they trouble us?

Maybe they should!

                                                                       --- Dr. Mike Bagwell

The more this old world curses God ... the more I long to bless Him! The more they mock Him ... the more we should revere and worship Him! The more they question Him ... the more I need to trust Him! Remember Exodus 32:26, asked in a time of spiritual declension. "Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD'S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him." I want to be among those who gather around the Lord! Don't you?

LESSON 2:

It's one of the most effective "safety zones" in the whole Bible! And yet it is but a small part, just one clause, of a single verse of Scripture!

Found in Romans 3:4, here it is: "Let God be true, but every man a liar." Just that! "Let God be true, but every man a liar."

The verb, translated "let be," is in Greek a form of "ginomai." But what a form it is! It's in the imperative mood, expressing a command! Technically, at first anyway, it seems to be demanding something from God! Yet that cannot be! No one commands the Almighty!

In the Greek language, New Testament style anyway, imperatives are routinely used of God, especially in reference to prayer. It, on the surface, appears that man or woman is requiring certain things of God! Yet, the creature cannot coerce the Creator! Likely the imperatives so used simply reveal the urgency of a given prayer request.

The pressure, the essential nature, of our Text today more reflects our determination than anything about God, really! "Let God be true, but every man a liar." The intercessor himself or herself has made a determination! He or she is resolved! God is Truth! He is incapable of untruth! He just, as Paul said in Titus 1:2, "cannot lie."

Once a Believer has this single fact settled, the "veracity" of God it's called, many future battles have been won!

It sort of like Joshua's position, a predetermined conviction, "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." No exceptions!

Paul advises us, "For you, as it is in reality universally, let God be True!"

Such heartfelt faith will result in conclusions like these: "If God said it, that settles it! I will not question the Bible! Resolved, the Bible is God's Word! Truth is concrete, unchanging, as is God! Jesus IS The Truth! About these things, there's just no room for doubt!"

We, the followers of God, are merely identifying with an unchangeable fact! God possesses Truth! He owns it! And He is the Dispenser of all real Truth! "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day." Psalm 25:5

Yes, I will!

I will ... "Let God be true!"

He is anyway!

Illustration: That 18 wheeler truck is coming down the road. I can believe that fact and get out of the way. Or I can disbelieve the truth of the matter, remain in the place of danger, and face the consequences! Certain death!

God is Truth!

I must adjust my life to that Fact, or be crushed by my own rebellion!

Once this is settled in a person's life, really having become a conviction, doubt is gone! Faith can grow! God is believed!

"Let God be true!"

The adjective "true" is "alethes." It's a blend of "a," a Greek prefix meaning "no" or "not" ... plus a verb, "lanthano," just meaning "to be hidden, to be kept secret!"

In God's Eyes, Truth is something that can't be squelched, not for long! It will be revealed! And, once known, it can't be forgotten! It can't really be denied! Not by a honest person!

Yes, Romans chapter 1 teaches that a person can become so addicted to sin that he or she purposely "suppresses" or "holds down" the truth, just to enjoy a wicked lifestyle! See Romans 1:18, where the verb "hold" is "katecho," literally "to hold down!"

"Let God be true!"

Then comes an inverse truth!

If God is True, and He is, then ... when contradicting God ... "Every man is a liar."

"Every" translates "pas, " no exceptions!

"Man" is "anthropos," man or woman or young person as well! Mankind generically, humankind today we say.

And "liar" is "pseustes," one who deliberately speaks falsehood! To this day in English "pseudo" means "counterfeit or fake or untrue."

God is right, always!

Man is wrong always, when disagreeing with God!

That's today's Lesson!

"Let God be true, but every man a liar." 

In today's intellectually charged atmosphere, the world of pseudo-academia, this premise is questioned more than ever!

But at local Bible-believing Churches and in the hearts of truly born-again saints of God ... there's no doubt!

Oh, what problems a few inspired words can solve!

I'm sorry.

One more time, "Let God be true, but every man a liar." 

Amen!

                                                                       --- Dr. Mike Bagwell

LESSON 3:

Just one verse:

"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged." Romans 3:4

But it's extremely powerful, this verse!

I have both capitalized and highlighted in red the clause we shall study today.

Paul has now clearly made his bold statement: "Let God be true, but every man a liar."

He soon will further expand his thoughts: "That Thou (God) mightest be justified in Thy sayings, and mightest overcome when Thou art judged." Believing that as time passes, more and more men will oppose Almighty God, Paul wants us to be sure Who the Victor will be!

In the midst of his thinking, a formula is inserted. "As it is written." This specific word string always indicates that a Bible Verse, found elsewhere in Scripture, is about to be mentioned, often even quoted.

And of course that is exactly what Paul is about to do. The last half of Romans 3:4, "That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged" is literally lifted from Psalm 51:4. Here are David's exact words: "Against thee (God), thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest." See the similarities! It's nearly a direct quote!

Now let me talk a little bit about the words of our Text today, "As it is written."

These exact words, in this precise order, "It is written," occur in the Bible eighty times! That's 80 times!

From Joshua 8:31 to 1st Peter 1:16. "It is written" again and again!

This is the Bible referring to the Bible!

This is Scripture expounding Scripture!

This is God's Word being its own commentary!

Learn to watch for these words, again, this formula. It's a real "marker" left to us by the Holy Spirit.

In doing this you will be "comparing spiritual things with spiritual!" Notice 1st Corinthians 2:13 with me. "Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual."

"It is written." Only one Greek word, a verb, expresses both the subject and the action here, "grapho." Spelled exactly "gegraptai," it's translated "It is written." The spelling difference between "grapho," the root, and "gegraptai," is quite noticeable. This means that an indicative mood, perfect tense, passive voice, 3rd person singular verb form is in place.

"It is written," as to the voice, passive, means that the Word of God did not come into being by itself! Someone, the Holy Spirit of God, "birthed" it into existence! The Bible is "breathed of God," we say. The English word is "inspired!" God is the real Author, not even Paul!

"It is written," as to the mood used here, indicative, means that a fact is being stated! Indicated to be true! A question is not being asked. A wish is not being expressed. Nor even a command given. A Truth is being preached!

Then to the "tense" of "It is written," called "perfect." This means that the action was completed in the past! Yes, the Bible was written hundreds of years ago. But ... also ... with the perfect tense ... it means that the completed action still has power and impact and effect yet today!

Amen!

God's Word still speaks!

It still convicts!

It still teaches!

It still brings peace!

It's yet today the pathway to blessing!

It will never lose its power!

Each of us might be well advised to memorize some good "It is written" Verses!

Jesus did!

The Devil, in the wilderness, approached Jesus three times. Remember, "Turn the stones into bread!" Next, "Jump from the pinnacle of the Temple!" Lastly, "Worship me and I'll give you all the kingdoms of the world!" That was the devil's approach according to Matthew chapter four.

Here are Jesus' answers to the devil's attacks. See how He used the "It is written" form of defense!

"It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Here's Jesus in Matthew 4:4 quoting Deuteronomy 8:3.

"It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Matthew 4:7 quoting Deuteronomy 6:16.

And, "Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Matthew 4:10 quoting Deuteronomy 6:13.

I'm so delighted today that "It is written" that when God is accused and mocked and judged by an unbelieving world, especially the God-haters among us, He, our Lord, will prevail!

He will be justified!

He will overcome!

That's a promise!

It is written in the Book of God!

                                                                               --- Dr. Mike Bagwell

LESSON 4:

Paul would not have expressed this passionate desire, quoting King David of Israel, had the problem not already existed. I will highlight and capitalize the clause we must study today. "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged." Romans 3:4

Someone had criticized the "sayings" of Almighty God!

Apparently this enemy of the Lord had virtually called our Heavenly Father a liar! That's why Paul began the verse with the very strong assertion that God is True, always!

The opening word, "that," is an adverb in Greek. "Opos" just means "in order that." It is introducing what's often called a "purpose" clause. Such an expression answers the "why" question in a sentence. "Let God be true!" But, "WHY?" So that ... "God mightest be justified in all His Sayings!"

The word "mightest" is interesting. It's a translation of "an," a Greek particle that here represents "possibility, wish, supposition" or even at times, "uncertainty!"

Here are the possible meanings of the Greek "an" in this verse. It's only used once. "Let God be true, because the time could come when all people will acknowledge the correctness of His Word!" Mark it down! That time of Judgment is coming! "At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord." Philippians 2:10-11

"An" could also mean: "Let God be true; with Paul longing, craving, hungering for the day when all people will acknowledge that God's Words are right, without error!" Much like Psalm 12:6 proclaims, "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times."

One of the other two definitions of "an," the third one, "supposition," is not as likely here I think. But if so, Paul is telling us: "Let God be true, the Apostle seeing in his mind's eye that glorious day when every soul alive attributes Truth to the God of Heaven, rightness in His every word!"

Lastly, "an" potentially could be expressing "exasperation" on Paul's part. That many people in his day may have been doubting God's Truth! Rebellious sinners virtually calling God a liar! Then Paul is thinking: "Let God be true, maybe these reprobates will some day admit God's Word is perfect!" And I might quickly add, they have not done so yet!

The expression "be justified" translates "dikaioo," but as a subjunctive aorist passive verb. A subjunctive suggests "possibility" or "probability" in the sentence. Paul believes that some day God will be proved right in all He has said! Jesus, in John 10:35, said "The Scripture cannot be broken." Wow! "Dikaioo" means "to declare righteous!"

Many through the years have questioned God's Word, only to learn upon closer investigation, that God is right and men are wrong! Always when man opposes God, that is the case! God is 100% right! And man, again, when contradicting God, is 100% wrong!

The phrase "in Thy sayings" is literally word-for-word in Greek, "in the words of Thine." Yes, "sayings" is our old noun friend "logos." Most often "logos," as used here, is translated "words." Here's a verse that says every word in the Bible, every word out of the Mouth of God ... is right! This doctrine is also known as "verbal inspiration."

Amen!

Today the Bible is under attack more than I've ever seen!

Paul's desire here has never been more timely!

It should become our prayer too! "Let God be true, but every man a liar. Lord, that thou mightest be justified in all Thy sayings."

If God said it, it is right!

Oh, what an important Lesson this is today!

Once a person's trust in the Bible ever begins to slip, it's all over!

If even one portion of the blessed old Book is ever questioned, then the skeptic makes himself or herself the Judge, instead of God!

Who decides what is "in" and what is "out" of God's Word thereafter? Why, the reader himself does, of course!

Then, that person has become his own god!

Not me!

Again, here's this Preacher's creed. Sign my name below. "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."

Amen!

                                                                           --- Dr. Mike Bagwell

LESSON 5:

Today, critically so, we must do some "contextual" study, analyzing Paul's "quote" from Psalm 51:4. This should be interesting.

Here's our Verse for the week, again with today's clause highlighted and capitalized:

"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged." Romans 3:4

Again, "That Thou, God, mightest overcome when Thou art judged!" Obviously, some vain and proud enemy of Truth has appointed himself higher than the Most High, wiser than the Omniscient One, judge of Righteousness Personified! The very idea, a man ... judging God!

What I mean by examining the "context" of these words is this. Paul in Romans 3:4 has just quoted a sliver of Psalm 51. That's David's great prayer of confession, seeking forgiveness from God for the King's great sin of adultery. Psalm 51:4 goes like this, David beseeching God: "Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest, and be clear when Thou judgest."

Here's the setting. David sinned with Bathsheba. Next, he had her husband murdered, so the King could permanently have the soldier Uriah's pretty wife! On top of all that, he did not repent for upwards of a year it seems!

Now that we know what David did, here's what God did in return!

Be prepared! This is going to be "rough!" It has caused many to "judge" Almighty God quite harshly!

Bathsheba, now expecting a little baby, a boy, lost the child! The baby died in infancy! King David, who obviously did repent, that being the subject of Psalm 51 anyway, paid for his wrongdoing the rest of his life! Here's God's judgment against the King, words directly from the Lord through Nathan the Prophet: "Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun." 2nd Samuel 12:10-12 says it all, indeed!

I must get back to this list of consequences, God's punishments, "whippings," for David's frolicking.

1. The baby died.

2. One of David's sons, Amnon, raped one of David's daughters, Tamar. They were not fully brother and sister, only half so. But that does not lessen the wickedness here, nor the pain!

3. Another of David's Sons, Absalom, murders the rapist Amnon! The sword has invaded David's home! (Now it's a household with a defiled daughter, a murdered son, and a killer! Make that two killers, including the King himself!)

4. That boy, Absalom, the murderer, later leads a rebellion against his own Dad! He tried to overthrow David's government, usurping the Throne of Israel! And people died in the attempt! It's that "sword" thing again! Remember Nathan's words: "The sword shall never depart from thine house."

5. David even had to abdicate the Throne, running from his own Son who sought to murder the King!

6. In the process the Son "took" his Father's wives and had sexual relationships with them all! See 2nd Samuel 16:22. This too is exactly what Nathan the Prophet had prophesied!

7. War ensued, civil war! In David's own house! Twenty thousand, at least, died! "There was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men." 2nd Samuel 18:7 describes the sword weighing heavily on David!

8. Then, perhaps most sadly to David, Absalom himself was slain when the rebellion ultimately failed! "Then Joab, David's General, took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak." 2nd Samuel 18:14 has the dead rebel still hanging in an oak tree, by his long hair! Here's how that happened: "And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom (fleeing) rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away." 2nd Samuel 18:9, a pretty violent end to a reprobate's life!

9. And, much later, even as David was dying, another rebellion got underway! Son Adonijah sought to capture the Throne from his brother Solomon, David's choice for the job!

These nine things, all from the hand of God?

All because of David's sin with Bathsheba?

Is God not being a little bit harsh?

No!

And David himself said so!

Again, Psalm 51:4, in part anyway: "Against Thee, Lord, Thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be clear when thou judgest."

And what judgment it was!

A lifetime of suffering!

Were the sins forgiven?

Yes, a thousand times yes!

Did the consequences remain?

Yes to that also!

Now, here's the "heart" of today's lesson.

God never judges wrongly!

"Lord, thy judgments are good." Psalm 119:39

Get this one: "I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me." Psalm 119:75

"Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments." Psalm 119:137

This refrain prevails all the way through the Bible! Even to Heaven itself, Revelation 16:7. "And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments."

Wow!

God knew His judgments would be attacked!

That's why He emphasized their "rightness" so many times in the Bible!

Some who read here today will vehemently disagree!

I'm sorry.

But for me, I'll go with the Psalmist. "My flesh trembleth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments." Psalm 119:120

This we assuredly know: God can do no wrong!

Our attitude must be that of Abraham on the brink of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: "That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"

Yes, He will do right!

God did right with Sodom.

And God has done right with every judgment He's dispensed since Sodom!

He's never done wrong!

He is Holy!

He is perfect!

We did not yet get back to our focus verse today, Romans 3:4. We shall do so again tomorrow, the Lord willing. That's where this "theodicy" began, that is, a "vindication of God's judgments!"

Sobering, isn't it?

Sin is not a "light" thing with God!

                                                                         --- Dr. Mike Bagwell

CONCLUSION:

Today I share with you a few concluding remarks about Romans 3:4. "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged." These words are as pertinent today as when Paul first wrote them, maybe even more so!

Obviously, someone has contradicted God!

In the early Romans context, chapters 1-3, Paul is seeking to prove that everyone is under sin. "There is none righteous, no, not one," for example. And, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:10 and 23.

Those who doubt such a premise are calling God untruthful. Therefore Paul boldly asserts: "Let God be true, but every man a liar."

Then the Apostle introduces two main areas of contention between man and God. First, God's Words! Next, God's deeds, especially, with the further light Psalm 51:4 sheds on our Text, God's judgments.

Books, dozens and dozens, are now being written attacking God's Word! But those books will come and go, God's Word is eternal!

Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith’s door
And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;
Then looking in, I saw upon the floor
Old hammers worn with beating years of time.

“How many anvils have you had?” said I,
“To wear and batter all these hammers so?”
“Just one,” said he, and then with twinkling eyes,
“The anvil wears the hammers out, you know.”

And so, I thought, “the anvil of God’s Word
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard,
The anvil is unharmed, the hammers gone.”
 

The Psalmist rightly concluded: "For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven." Psalm 119:89

Jesus, in John 10:35 added: "The scripture cannot be broken."

Yes, Paul was right! God ultimately will be justified in His Sayings, in His Word!

Furthermore, the verb "overcome" in our Text verse is spelled "nikao," meaning "to conquer." God, it is prayed: "That thou mightest overcome when thou art judged."

Any attack, any derision, any mockery against Almighty God will be rebuffed some day.

Psalm 2 is right! The heathen and ungodly hate God! "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us."

But, what will God do? "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure."

And ... judgment is coming! "Thou (God) shalt break them (the wicked) with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

God will overcome!

"Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

Yes, Psalm 2 makes it quite plain!

One more time, "God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged."

Amen!

Both the verbs here, the two "mightest" phrases, are in the subjunctive mood. They at least express probability ... perhaps even certainty!

Don't worry!

It's a sure thing!

God will be justified in His Sayings!

And He will overcome when He is judged!

Be sure of these things indeed!

                                                                      --- Dr. Mike Bagwell

What a Verse of Scripture! "Let God be true, but every man a liar." We are thankful you have studied here with us. May our faith grow day by day, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.