The Promise of a Great People Israel was promised she would become a great nation. “Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.” Deuteronomy 10:22 The first promise of God’s Covenant, which He held out to Abram ...
Precious and Very Great Promises The God of the Law holds out precious promises to His people. “Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in ...
Self-Revealing The Law shows us a God Who makes Himself known. The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by ...
God Is Gracious The sovereign God of Scripture is a gracious God. “The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the ...
God Is Sovereign The God of Scripture is sovereign over all things. “If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I. How can I dispossess them?’ you shall not be afraid of them but you shall remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt….” Deuteronomy ...
God Is Holy The triune, eternal God is all-holy. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” Leviticus 19:2 The idea of “holiness” essentially involves being separated from ...
God Is Eternal The triune God of Scripture is without beginning or end. And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of ...
God Is Three The one God of Scripture exists in three Persons. “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.” Exodus 20:11 The great mystery of God is that He is both One and Three. This was only ...
One God Only There is only one God, and He is LORD. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our god, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4 There is only one God, the God of Scripture. No other gods exist; thus, it is futile and dangerous to “have” any other gods besides this God or ...
Three Facets, on Focus The worldview of God’s Law begins with God. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our god, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4 The worldview which we find in God’s Law—spiritual, covenantal, redemptive, comprehensive, religious, and attainable—can be constructed within a framework of three facets. We may imagine this worldview as ...