Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Truth lasts forever. Lies die out quickly. The promise of being established for eternity is for the speaker of truth. Truth is solid and permanent. It is a firm foundation that cannot be shaken. Jesus is The Truth. The Word of God is truth. It endures forever. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”
He who believes God’s Word of Gospel has eternal life. The one who believes in his heart and confesses with his lips that Jesus Christ is Lord shall be saved for eternity. Once we have the truth by faith we speak it out, and we are established forever. We who have eternal truth and eternal life may rest assured that we have it forever. Our very lives are founded on truth.
However, even believers who have the truth that endures are still sinners who lie and believe The Lie. Lies come from sin and the devil, and they always bring death. It did in the beginning and it does every day. Just like faith produces life and sin brings forth death, so also believing and speaking truth enhances Life while believing and speaking lies diminishes Life. This promise of truth being eternal life and lying being eternal death motivates us to hear and speak truth always, and to avoid lies and lying. Remember the close connection between Truth and Life and between Lies and Death.