What other scriptures highlight God's faithfulness to His chosen people? Core Verse: God’s Faithfulness to His Chosen 1 Chronicles 16:13 – “O offspring of Israel His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!” Faithfulness Rooted in the Covenant Law • Deuteronomy 7:9 – “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.” • Deuteronomy 32:9-10 – “But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance. He found him in a desert land… He guarded him as the apple of His eye.” • Exodus 2:24 – “God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Faithfulness Celebrated in the Psalms • Psalm 33:12 – “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!” • Psalm 89:34 – “I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.” • Psalm 105:8-10 – “He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations… the covenant He made with Abraham.” • Lamentations 3:22-23 – “Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!” Faithfulness Declared by the Prophets • Isaiah 41:8-10 – “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen… Do not fear, for I am with you.” • Isaiah 49:15-16 – “I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands.” • Jeremiah 31:3 – “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving devotion.” • Jeremiah 31:35-37 – As long as sun, moon, and stars endure, Israel will remain a nation before Him. • Micah 7:18-20 – “You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from days of old.” • Malachi 3:6 – “I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.” Faithfulness Demonstrated in Israel’s History • Joshua 21:45 – “Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel failed; everything was fulfilled.” • 1 Kings 8:56 – “Not one word has failed of all His good promises, which He promised through His servant Moses.” • Nehemiah 9:7-8 – God found Abram faithful, made a covenant, and kept His word “for You are righteous.” Faithfulness Confirmed in the New Covenant • Romans 11:1-2 – “Has God rejected His people? By no means!… God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew.” • Romans 11:29 – “For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.” • 2 Corinthians 1:20 – “For all the promises of God are ‘Yes’ in Christ.” • Hebrews 6:17-18 – God confirmed His unchanging purpose with an oath “so that by two unchangeable things… we might have strong encouragement.” • Galatians 3:29 – “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Encouragement for Today From Genesis to Revelation, every covenant promise God makes to His chosen people stands firm. The same faithful God who safeguarded Israel, fulfilled every word in Christ, and opened the door for all who believe, remains unchanging. His past faithfulness is the guarantee of His present care and His future fulfillment. |
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