Introduction: Ever realized this reality, namely, that we humans have a ‘superpower’? It’s the power of being able to lie. We sinners, dear ones, can do something God cannot: lie.

Why This Matters: There’s a passage in Numbers 23 that is so encouraging to Christians. It’s this: God cannot lie.

Text: God is not man, that he should lie,
    or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? (Numbers 23:19)

Teaching: Balaam finally started to get his life right. He finally started to serve God rather than Satan. The truth is freeing. That’s what Jesus was teaching:

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32).

Encouragement: The Christ-follower will be known via his transparency, his veracity, his truthfulness. Sinners’ ‘superpower’ (the ability to lie) is not one to cultivate; it is one to see for the evil it is. Balaam was finally figuring this out in Numbers 23, and we do well to learn as he did.