What other scriptures highlight God's steadfast love and covenant with His people? Anchor Verse: Solomon Affirms the Covenant-Love “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.” Steadfast Love Revealed in the Law • Exodus 34:6-7 – “The LORD passed in front of Moses and proclaimed, ‘Yahweh, Yahweh, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and truth…’” • Deuteronomy 7:9 – “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.” • Leviticus 26:44-45 – Even in discipline, God promises, “I will not reject them…for the sake of the covenant I made with their ancestors.” Covenant Faithfulness Recounted in Israel’s History • Nehemiah 1:5 – “O LORD, God of heaven…who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments.” • Joshua 23:14 – “Not one word of all the good promises the LORD your God spoke concerning you has failed.” • 2 Samuel 7:15-16 – To David: “My loving devotion will never be removed from him…Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me.” Songs of Steadfast Love in the Psalms • Psalm 89:1-4 – “I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever…‘I have made a covenant with My chosen one.’” • Psalm 103:17-18 – “From everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him…to those who keep His covenant.” • Psalm 136 – Refrain repeated 26 times: “His loving devotion endures forever.” • Psalm 118:1 – “Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” Prophetic Assurance in Times of Crisis • Isaiah 54:10 – “Though the mountains may be removed…the covenant of peace will not be shaken.” • Jeremiah 31:3 – “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.” • Lamentations 3:22-23 – “Because of the LORD’s loving devotion we are not consumed…great is Your faithfulness!” • Hosea 2:19-20 – “I will betroth you to Me forever…in loving devotion and compassion.” • Ezekiel 37:26 – “I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.” Fulfillment and Expansion in the New Covenant • Luke 1:72-73 – God acts in Christ “to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant.” • 2 Corinthians 1:20 – “All the promises of God are ‘Yes’ in Christ.” • Hebrews 8:10 – “I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts…I will be their God.” • Romans 8:38-39 – Nothing “will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” • Revelation 21:3 – “They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.” Living in the Reality of His Covenant Love • His covenant love is unearned yet invites loyalty (Deuteronomy 7:9). • It spans generations (Psalm 103:17-18) and promises future restoration (Isaiah 54:10). • In Christ, the covenant is sealed permanently, guaranteeing every promise (2 Corinthians 1:20). • Believers today rest in the same steadfast love Solomon celebrated—unchanged, unfailing, and eternally secure. |
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