Our God is Faithful

These discourses were given to the generation of Israelites that were born during the wilderness wanderings, who had either been very young, or not yet born, when the Law was first given to Israel.

Thus the book is named “Deuteronomy,” which means “second law.”

Deuteronomy is a restatement of the Law of God.

This generation needed to know that God was with them, just as He had promised to be with their fathers.

They were about to face the fight of their lives and they needed divine assurance that they could depend on God as they faced the people of Canaan, and committed to live their lives for the Lord.

This passage identifies to Israel that their God is a faithful God.

Therefore.....

They can rest in Him.

They can trust His Word.

They can believe His promises.

They can depend on His power.

He will see them through whatever may come their way.

We need this same kind of reminder today.

We need to be reminded that we can trust that He is faithful.

We are living in days when the people of the Lord need to be sure they can trust the Lord.

At times Things seem uncertain and we think how is God in control of all of this nonsense?

Well, I want to show you from this passage that we serve a God that is Faithful.

There are some things given in this text that demonstrate the truth that our God is Faithful.

Let’s examine this passage and hopefully we will leave here trusting Him more.

We can trust He is Faithful

I. Because Of His Love

It is no surprise that God loves us. He sent His Son to die for us.

This alone should be enough for us to say that Our God is Faithful.

Lets look at His love for His people

A. The Reality of His Love

- “set His love upon you”

This verse states very clearly that God loves His people.

God set His heart on the people of Israel and took every necessary step to bring them to Himself.

Just so you know, He loves you too!

His love is everlasting

There is nothing that can break His love for you and I.

He loves us with an everlasting love - Jer. 31:3

Jeremiah 31:3 KJV 1900

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: Therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

His love is expensive

God’s love reached way down into the depths of sin and pulled me out.

Can you say the same? - Rom. 5:8

Romans 5:8 KJV 1900

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

His love is extensive

It does not matter if you are from the most upclass of neighborhoods or from the streets of a 3rd world country His love extends to you- John 3:16

John 3:16 KJV 1900

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The next thing about His love is...

B. His Reaction to His Love

- “the Lord thy God hath chosen thee”

- The word “chosen” means, “to choose, elect, or decide for.”

Of all the people on the face of the earth in that day, God chose the tiny nation of Israel to be the focus of His love, His grace and His mercy.

If you are saved, it is because He has chosen you too, Eph. 1:4

Ephesians 1:4 KJV 1900

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Now, Don’t let that bother you!

People get hung up on the doctrines of predestination and election, and forget the rest of the story.

Salvation is a divine mystery!

One writer said that if you look at the outside of the door of salvation it says, “Whosoever will, let him come.”

When you step through the door and look back, it says “Chosen before the foundation of the world.”

One author described the tension between divine choice and human responsibility like two ends of a rope that go through a ceiling.

Hidden from view, up above, is a pulley.

What appears to be two ropes below, is actually one rope up above.

If you would climb the rope, you must hold to both.

To take one side and not the other will always lead to a fall.

Simply stated, God chose those that will be saved before the foundation of the world, but those that will be saved must still look to Jesus by faith before they can be saved.

Here is the bottom line, Jesus Christ died to save sinners from their sins, and every one who comes to Him, will be saved by Him,

John 6:37 KJV 1900

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

All I can say is Praise His holy name for the night in Oct 2003 when I found out to be His I must first come to Him in faith and recieve the greastest gift ever given to mankind.

His Son Jesus Christ.

By grace are ye saved through faith, that not of yourselves it is the gift of God.

Thank God for HIs reaction

If I never did anything for Heather to show my love I can say it all day long, but she will never believe it.

God says He loves you and He reacted by sending His Son

Thank God for it!

C. The Reasons For His Love

- Why did God choose Israel?

Well,

He did not choose them because there were so many of them.

After all, God says that were “the fewest of all people.”

In other words, God did not choose them because of any quality they possessed within themselves.

God tells them in verse 8 just why He chose them and redeemed them.

1. He Did It Because Of His Will

- “Because the Lord loved you.”

No direct reason is given for this love.

He just set His love on them and acted on their behalf.

He chose them, saved them, blessed them, and stood by them, just because He wanted to.

2. He Did It Because Of His Word

“Because he would keep His oath”

- The Lord tells them that another reason for His grace toward Israel had to do with His promises to their fathers.

God made some very specific promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

On the basis of those promises, God kept His word and redeemed Israel.

In other words, they were chosen, redeemed and blessed because of God’s promises to another.

There is much I could say about the truths contained here.

Let me just say this...

God did not save you because He saw something good in you.

As far as I can tell from the Word of God, there is nothing good about any of us, Rom. 3:10-23. There is none righteous no not one

God did not save you because He saw what an asset you would be to His kingdom.

After all, we were dead when He saved us,

Ephesians 2:1 KJV 1900

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

God did not save you based on anything you did,

you said, or prayed, or possess

God saved you because of another. His Son

God saved you because that very Son took the punishment you and I deserved

Jesus Christ died for you on the cross!

That is the only reason any of us are saved

That is the only reason sir or ma’am you will get saved.

Its not your good works, not your money not your status in society.

It is only through Jesus Christ

He said I am the way and the truth

I. We can trust He is faithful because of His Love

We can trust His is faithful

II. Because of His Leading

God is in control of our every move. He did not create us then take his hands off and sit back like some mad scientist and We are not puppets he moves and manipulates

He leads us by providentially working things certain ways that give you the opportunity to glorify Him.

We know He is faithful because He lead His children

A. He Desired Them

- Again, “He set His love upon” them.

This use of words combined together in the Hebrew mean He “passionately desires” them, and He will stop at nothing to redeemed them.

Consider how God called, blessed, grew sheltered and provided for the people of Israel.

He worked in their history in many providential ways to bring them to Himself.

He did the same thing for every one of us.

Consider how the Lord worked to bring you to Jesus.

Look at the events that made up your life before you met Him.

Look at the people God allowed to come into your life to influence thou.

Consider how the Lord worked in conviction to draw you to Jesus Christ for salvation.

When God goes after a lost sinner, He does whoever it takes to bring them to faith,

Ill. John 6:44

John 6:44 KJV 1900

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Notice that the Lord said “can” and not “may.”

The implication is that lost sinners lack the ability to come to God on their own.

Whosoever will may come, but no one can come unless the Father “draws” them.

The word “draw” means “to drag.”

God has to draw the sinner because the sinner cannot and will not come on his own. But, when the sinner is convicted of his sins and drawn to Jesus Christ, the sinner will come in humble repentance.

Thank God He reaches down to those who lack to ability to reach up to Him!

Ill. “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly,” Rom. 5:6.

B. He Delivered Them

- In verse 8, God reminds them that He brought them “out with a mighty hand, and redeemed” them “out of the house of bondage, from the hand of pharaoh king of Egypt.”

He didn’t just love them and call them His people, He actually purchased them unto Himself.

God purchased Israel when the Passover Lamb was slaughtered and its blood placed on the doors of the houses, Ex. 12.

They were purchased with the blood of an innocent substitute.

God bought them, then through a series of miracles, God delivered them from their captivity and set them free.

That is just what He did for us!

He redeemed us to Himself through the blood of His Son, the Lord Jesus, Rev. 5:9; Gal. 4:5; 1 Pet. 1:18-19

1 Peter 1:18–19 KJV 1900

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Not only did He redeemed us, but he has delivered us from the bondage of our sins, Rom. 6:14

Romans 6:14 KJV 1900

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

He has also delivered us from the grip of the one who held us in death, darkness and wretched slavery for so long.

Ill. “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins,” Col. 1:13–14.

C. He Developed Them

- In verse 6, God calls Israel “a holy people” and “a special people.”

The word “holy” Means consecrated.

It is the image of something that is “set apart for God’s singular use.”

The word “special” carries the idea of “treasure.”

God is telling Israel that, while they were small in number, and had no real qualities that would make them of any importance,

God loved them, saved them and has set them apart as His treasure, and as a people set apart for His glory.

This is just a reminder of how the Lord works in our lives as well.

When He came to us, we were “dead in trespasses and sins,” Eph. 2:1.

We were completely given over to the ways and whims of the world, the flesh and the devil, Eph. 2:2-3.

We were the children of the devil, and we were perfectly content to do His will, John 8:44.

We were lost, ugly, dead, and defiled.

Yet, He loved us and set His grace upon us.

When He saved us, He changed us, and made us into new creatures, 2 Cor. 5:17

2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV 1900

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

He placed His Spirit within us, 1 Cor. 12:13

1 Corinthians 12:13 KJV 1900

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

We became the “temple of the Holy Ghost,” the very sanctuary of God Himself, 1 Cor. 6:19

He placed His very nature within us, 2 Pet. 1:4.

2 Peter 1:4 KJV 1900

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

we are not what we used to be: 1 Cor. 6:9–11.

1 Corinthians 6:9–11 (KJV 1900)

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

I. We can trust His faithfulness because of His Love

II. We can trust He is faithful Because of His Leading

We can trust He is faithful

III. Because He is Lord

A. His Name Clarifies His Faithfulness

- God is called “God,” “the Lord thy God,”

Each of these names magnifies a different aspect of Israel’s God.

He is called God -

This word identifies Him the One Who is over all.

It encompasses all of His power, His glory, His influence and His wonder.

This word reminds us that He is the One in charge of all things.

He is called The Lord Thy God

- The name “Lord” is the covenant name of God, it identifies Him as “the eternal, self-existent One.”

It is the most common name for Him in the Bible, occurring over 5,200 times in the Old Testament.

Since it is His covenant name, it speaks of Him as “One Who keeps faith with His people.”

In other words, “He is One Who will do whatever He says He will do!”

The pronoun “thy” reminds them of their relationship to this covenant keeping Lord.

He is their God and He will keep His promises to them!

B. His Nature Signifies His Faithfulness

- He is called “the faithful God”

- The word “faithful” speaks of God as One Who “supports, confirms, establishes; can be believed.”

It simply reminds us that God can be trusted.

We are told that He is One Who “keepeth covenant, and mercy…”

This statement simply means that God always stands by His Word.

He is faithful!

He will do everything He has said that He will do.

He can be depended upon.

Therefore as God His nature means

Our God cannot lie

, Heb. 6:18

Hebrews 6:18 KJV 1900

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Ill. “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Num. 23:19.

God Cannot Change

Because God is Who He is, we can count on Him in every situation we may face in life.

He says I am the alpha and omega the beginning and the ending

He says, I am the same yesterday today and forever

Malichi says For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

“God is faithful AMen!!!!

Friends will fail you, but God is faithful

Family will fail you, but God is faithful

Funds will fail you, but God is faithful

Feelings will fail you, but God is faithful

Regardless of how life plays out, we have the confidence that our God is faithful and that He will stand by us even when our faith is weak, John 10:28-29

John 10:28–29 KJV 1900

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

Heb. 7:25

Hebrews 7:25 KJV 1900

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Regardless of the realm of life, the Lord can be trusted to stand by His promises.

Closing/Application

He is faithful to save you

He is faithful to hear you

He is faithful to meet your needs

If you are here this morning lost, Can I just tell you

He is faithful to save you if you will only come to Jesus,

John 6:37 KJV 1900

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

Romans 10:9 KJV 1900

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

If you are here this morning and feel no one is listing hey can I tell you

He is faithful to hear you when you call on Him

Jeremiah 33:3 KJV 1900

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

; Matt. 7:7-11. (ask and it shall be given unto you, knock and it shall be opened unto you)

He is faithful!

If you are here this morning and you are living paycheck to paycheck and dont know how you are going to by groceries hey can I tell you

He is faithful to meet your needs

, Matt. 6:25-34 Take no thought for your life, for what ye shall eat or drink;Behold the fowls of the air and the fields clothed with lillies

God will supply all your needs, if you just trust him.

Phil. 4:19

Philippians 4:19 KJV 1900

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

He is faithful!

We can trust His faithfulness

because of His Love

Because He leading

and

Because He is Lord

He is a Our faithful God Amen!!

Let us rejoice in His faithfulness so that He is glorified in our praise of Him!

Let us rest in His faithfulness so that we are delivered from the cares of this life!

Let us resonate His faithfulness so that others may come to know Him too!

He is faithful!

His faithfulness is unlimited,

“…thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds,” Psa. 36:5.

His faithfulness is unfailing,

“Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail,” Psa. 89:33.

His faithfulness is unbounded,

“It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness,” Lam. 3:22-23.

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