God is Faithful. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.

God is Faithful. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.

Dave Riddle - 1/29/2023

Key Passage: Deuteronomy 7:9

God is faithful. Are we?

Many words to describe one truth. God is Faithful.

āman (Hebrew: אָמַן) - to go to the right hand. To build up or support someone. To poster as a parent or nurse. Figuratively to be firm or faithful. Permanent. True.

• Deuteronomy 7:9

ĕmeṯ (Hebrew: אֱמֶת) - stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness, faithful, right, sure, true.

• Psalm 91:4

• Psalm 108:4

ḥeseḏ (Hebrew: חֶסֶד) - goodness, kindness, faithfulness. Loving-kindness

• Exodus 15:13

• Psalm 108:4

• Psalm 89:1

ĕmûnâ (Hebrew: אֱמוּנָה) - firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness

pistos (Greek: πιστός) - of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties

• 1 Corinthians 1:9 - God is faithful…

• Hebrews 3:1-6

• Hebrews 10:23

• 2 Timothy 2:13

Our natural default setting is to be unfaithful

pistis (Greek: πίστις) - persuasion, credence, conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it. fidelity, faithfulness

• Galatians 5:22 - faithfulness is a product of the Holy Sprit’s work in our lives.

How have you lived?

2 Timothy 4:7 - I have fought the good fight, finished the course, kept the faith.

Called to Give Thanks

Called to Give Thanks

Dave Riddle - 11/24/19

Key Passage: Psalm 100:4 - Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! (ESV)

Called to Give Thanks For:

• His Love

• His Provision

• His Gift of Jesus

• His Creation

• His Word

• His Family

• His Presence

Being Thankful When Life Gets Messy, Rough, and Ugly:

1. Refine your focus

2. Enlarge your perspective

3. Direct your thoughts

4. Pour out your heart

5. Remember His faithfulness

Always a Trace

Romans 11 - Always a Trace

Dave Riddle - 04/28/19

Key Passage: Romans 11:1-10

Question: Is God Done with Israel!?

Answer 1: No, He is faithful!

• A theological answer.

• Romans 11:2a

• Foreknew: to have knowledge before hand: of those whom God elected to salvation.

• As humans we frequently break promises, but God is faithful. 

• It is outside his character to be unfaithful.

Answer 2: Look at me.

• An anecdotal answer

• Romans 11:1c

• Even someone as bad as Paul was not beyond the reach of God.

Answer 3: Check out history

• A historical answer

• Romans 11:2b

• 1 Kings 18 and 19

  • The seven thousand 

And so, today...

A remnant, chosen by grace

• Romans 11:5

• Not by the law, but by grace through Jesus.

The remainder, hardened

• Romans 11:7-10

• A combination of human responsibility and divine sovereignty.

  • See the example of pharaoh (covered in Romans 9 - Divine Decisions Pt. 2 on 10/28/18)