Delighting in a righteous God
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Big Idea: We should analyze the past by rejoicing in a righteous God’s works of redemption.
god - something you fear, love, demands time and resources, celebrate, judge other people based on , find safety in
Moral, Therapeutic Deism vs. Individual Freedom
Money, Environmentalism / Climate Change, Technology
Safety
What is being loyal to your God?
Taking snacks to a soccer game
Title IX
Dealing with identity politics,
Word Study - Justice ;
Word Study - Righteousness
19 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
33 So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.”
10 “When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. 13 You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.
25 And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.’
4 “Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you. 5 Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
6 “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
26 Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart.
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33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
god - something you fear, love, demands time and resources, celebrate, judge other people based on
2. We should delight in His works to keep His covenant.
2. We should delight in His works to keep His covenant.
1. Remember and delight that God has made a righteous covenant and works to keep it.
1. Remember and delight that God has made a righteous covenant and works to keep it.
A Did not consider God’s prior wondrous works but rebelled
B Did not wait for God’s counsel and received a wasting disease
C Jealous of His chosen ones and were swallowed up and burned
D Made a a golden calf but Moses delivered them
A Despised the pleasant land and didn’t trust God’s promise and died in the wilderness
B Yoked themselves to Baal and a plague broke out but Phinehas intervened
C Angered God at Meribah and Moses was punished
D Mixed with the nations and were delivered to them
But God heard their cry
God is a righteous God. He is loyal to His word and He listens to our need.
None of us are righteous. But God is righteous in our unrighteousness
Does the god of money listen to your cries or does he demand payment?
Small Group Engagement:
Develop your definition of righteousness. How does it come from the Bible?
How is our righteous God better than the gods of this world?
2. Praise the Lord for keeping His covenant.
2. Praise the Lord for keeping His covenant.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?”
35 “Or who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?”
36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
He delivered through the Red Sea
He provided food in the desert
He was merciful through His chosen ones
1 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
whom he has redeemed from trouble
3 and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
4 Some wandered in desert wastes,
finding no way to a city to dwell in;
5 hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.
6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
till they reached a city to dwell in.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
9 For he satisfies the longing soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in affliction and in irons,
11 for they had rebelled against the words of God,
and spurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, with none to help.
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.
15 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16 For he shatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.
17 Some were fools through their sinful ways,
and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
18 they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
20 He sent out his word and healed them,
and delivered them from their destruction.
21 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
22 And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
23 Some went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;
24 they saw the deeds of the Lord,
his wondrous works in the deep.
25 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
which lifted up the waves of the sea.
26 They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
their courage melted away in their evil plight;
27 they reeled and staggered like drunken men
and were at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
29 He made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
31 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
32 Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,
and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 He turns rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,
34 a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35 He turns a desert into pools of water,
a parched land into springs of water.
36 And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish a city to live in;
37 they sow fields and plant vineyards
and get a fruitful yield.
38 By his blessing they multiply greatly,
and he does not let their livestock diminish.
39 When they are diminished and brought low
through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
40 he pours contempt on princes
and makes them wander in trackless wastes;
41 but he raises up the needy out of affliction
and makes their families like flocks.
42 The upright see it and are glad,
and all wickedness shuts its mouth.
43 Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
Dealing with the poor
Establishing this and other churches that preach the Gospel
Drawing people to Himself from every generation and from every continent
Encouraging us to love one another; challenging us to serve one another; gifting us to forgive one another
Small Group Engagement: How have you seen God work redemptively in your life? in our church?
Do you see these as comparable to God’s work in Numbers? Why or why not?
Consider . How can you praise God as a group for His steadfast love and wondrous works?
3. Pray that God will be strong in His righteousness.
3. Pray that God will be strong in His righteousness.
3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Small groups, Counselors, His Word
Dealing with the poor
Missions and Prayer time next week
Small group: Consider Phil 3:7-14 . How can you pursue God’s righteousness in your life?
What are you praying about in the confidence that He hears you because He is righteous?
What are we asking God to do in our church because He is righteous?
What are we asking God to do in our world because He is righteous?