God established His statues to last forever

God established His statues to last forever

Psalm 119:152

¹⁵¹ Yet you are near, Lord,
    and all your commands are true.

¹⁵² Long ago I learned from your statutes
    that you established them to last forever.

Pro 3:19

¹⁹ By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,
    by understanding he set the heavens in place;

²⁰ by his knowledge the watery depths were divided,
    and the clouds let drop the dew.

Pro 8:28

²⁷ I was there when he set the heavens in place,
    when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

²⁸ when he established the clouds above
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

²⁹ when he gave the sea its boundary
    so the waters would not overstep his command,
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

Pro 30:4

⁴ Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
    Whose hands have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?
    Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is the name of his son?
    Surely you know!

⁵ “Every word of God is flawless;
    he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God established His statues to last forever

2)    By God’s knowledge the watery depths were divided,
    and the clouds let drop the dew.

3)    when he established the clouds above
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep

4)    God has established all the ends of the earth

5)    Every word of God is flawless;
    he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

God established the law so that next generation would follow them and would tell their children

God established the law so that next generation would follow them and would tell their children

Psalm 78:5

⁵ He decreed statutes for Jacob
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,

⁶ so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,
    and they in turn would tell their children.

⁷ Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget his deeds
    but would keep his commands.

Psalm 89:2, 4

² I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

³ You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant,

⁴ ‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”

Psalm 103:19

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
    and his kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Praise the Lord, you his angels,
    you mighty ones who do his bidding,
    who obey his word.

Psalm 104:5

⁵ He set the earth on its foundations;
    it can never be moved.
⁶ You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;
    the waters stood above the mountains.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God established the law so that next generation would follow them and would tell their children

2)    God established the law so that we would put our trust in Him and would keep His commands

3)    God has established His faithfulness

4)    God set the earth on its foundations;
    it can never be moved.

Heavens are the work of God’s fingers and He sets moons and stars in its place

Heavens are the work of God’s fingers and He sets moons and stars in its place

Psalm 8:3

³ When I consider your heavens,
    the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?

Psalm 19:4

In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
⁵     It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
    like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
⁶ It rises at one end of the heavens
    and makes its circuit to the other;
    nothing is deprived of its warmth.

Psalm 24:2

¹ The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it;
² for he founded it on the seas
    and established it on the waters.

Psalm 29:9

¹⁰ The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
    the Lord is enthroned as King forever.
¹¹ The Lord gives strength to his people;
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Heavens are the work of God’s fingers and He sets moons and stars in its place

2)    In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
     It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
    like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

3)    The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it;
 for he founded it on the seas
    and established it on the waters.

4)    The Lord gives strength to his people;
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.

God established His covenant with Abraham and his Descendants for the generations to come to be our God

God established His covenant with Abraham and his Descendants for the generations to come to be our God

Gen 17:7

³ Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, ⁴ “As for me, this is my covenant with you:You will be the father of many nations. ⁵ No longer will you be called Abram^[b]; your name will be Abraham,^[c] for I have made you a father of many nations. 

⁶ I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 

⁷ I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

Gen 17:19

¹⁹ Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac.^[d] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Exo 15:17

By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone—
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought^[d] pass by.

¹⁷ You will bring them in and plant them
    on the mountain of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,
    the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.

¹⁸ “The Lord reigns
    for ever and ever.”

Lev 26:11

¹¹ I will put my dwelling place^[a]among you, and I will not abhor you. ¹² I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. ¹³ I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God established His covenant with Abraham and his Descendants for the generations to come to be our God

2)    Lord brings us to plants us on the mountain of His inheritance

3)    The Lord reigns forever and ever

4)    Lord will walk among us and be our God and we will be His people.

We are God’s chosen to acknowledge the Lord

We are God’s chosen to acknowledge the Lord       

Hos 2:20

¹⁹ I will betroth you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in^[e] righteousness and justice,
    in^[f] love and compassion.

²⁰ I will betroth you in^[g] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge the Lord.

Joel 2:27

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[b]—
my great army that I sent among you.

²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,
    and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders for you;
never again will my people be shamed.

²⁷ Then you will know that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.

Joel 3:17

¹⁶ The Lord will roar from Zion
    and thunder from Jerusalem;
    the earth and the heavens will tremble.
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
    a stronghold for the people of Israel.

¹⁷ “Then you will know that I, the Lord your God,
    dwell in Zion, my holy hill.
Jerusalem will be holy;
    never again will foreigners invade her.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    We are God’s chosen to acknowledge the Lord

2)    You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,
    and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders for you;

3)    God’s people will never be ashamed

4)    The Lord will roar from Zion
    and thunder from Jerusalem;
    the earth and the heavens will tremble.

5)    But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
    a stronghold for the people of Israel.