23:19 God Does Not Lie When God makes a promise, he keeps it (see Gen 15:7-21). The greatest promise is salvation through faith in Christ Jesus (Gal 3:22, 26). His promise frees us from the sins of anger, self-pity, bitterness, and despondency. We need only to claim his promise: “And we believers also groan . . . for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us” (Rom 8:23, emphasis added). God does not lie.