Month: June 2009

  • God Is, Part 1 Commentary

    We see throughout the first 50 mentions of “God is” that God is the giver. He promised Abraham a land, and especially throughout Deuteronomy when Moses communicated to the people of Israel what God had said, He says over and over and over “the land that God is giving you.”

    The repetition is significant. If we let him, God will cement this truth in our minds. The promised land, the inheritance, comes from Him. Him alone. No other. Let us never forget that God is giving us the land. Because as we go forth and possess it, we will be tempted to settle in and forget how we got there. We will give ourselves too much credit. We will lose sight of the One we worship. We will not live in the land according to His precepts if we forget that it is His land which He gave to us.

    He loved us enough to prepare us for the land He is giving us. It’s a perfected action. He is giving in the sense that I am breathing. It’s not just future tense where you can wonder whether it will actually come to pass.

    God is also a witness between us,

    With you in everything you do,

    Not a man that he should lie,

    With us,

    Near us when we pray to Him,

    A consuming fire,

    A jealous God,

    A merciful God,

    The faithful God,

    The One that goes ahead of you like a devouring fire,

    God of gods and Lord of lords,

    Testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul,

    The One who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory,

    Your refuge,

    And more. We’ll discuss more after Part Two.


  • God Is, Part One

    1. Genesis 21:22
      [ The Treaty at Beersheba ] At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.
      Genesis 21:21-23 (in Context) Genesis 21 (Whole Chapter)
    2. Genesis 31:50
      If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
      Genesis 31:49-51 (in Context) Genesis 31 (Whole Chapter)
    3. Exodus 20:12
      “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
      Exodus 20:11-13 (in Context) Exodus 20 (Whole Chapter)
    4. Numbers 23:19
      God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
      Numbers 23:18-20 (in Context) Numbers 23 (Whole Chapter)
    5. Numbers 23:21
      “No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them.
      Numbers 23:20-22 (in Context) Numbers 23 (Whole Chapter)
    6. Deuteronomy 1:20
      Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
      Deuteronomy 1:19-21 (in Context) Deuteronomy 1 (Whole Chapter)
    7. Deuteronomy 1:25
      Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
      Deuteronomy 1:24-26 (in Context) Deuteronomy 1 (Whole Chapter)
    8. Deuteronomy 2:29
      as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us—until we cross the Jordan into the land the LORD our God is giving us.”
      Deuteronomy 2:28-30 (in Context) Deuteronomy 2 (Whole Chapter)
    9. Deuteronomy 3:20
      until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the LORD your God is giving them, across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.”
    10. Deuteronomy 4:7
      What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?
    11. Deuteronomy 4:21
      The LORD was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance.
      Deuteronomy 4:20-22 (in Context) Deuteronomy 4 (Whole Chapter)
    12. Deuteronomy 4:24
      For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
      Deuteronomy 4:23-25 (in Context) Deuteronomy 4 (Whole Chapter)
    13. Deuteronomy 4:31
      For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.
    14. Deuteronomy 5:16
      “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
      Deuteronomy 5:15-17 (in Context) Deuteronomy 5 (Whole Chapter)
    15. Deuteronomy 7:9
      Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
      Deuteronomy 7:8-10 (in Context) Deuteronomy 7 (Whole Chapter)
    16. Deuteronomy 8:7
      For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills;
      Deuteronomy 8:6-8 (in Context) Deuteronomy 8 (Whole Chapter)
    17. Deuteronomy 9:3
      But be assured today that the LORD your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
      Deuteronomy 9:2-4 (in Context) Deuteronomy 9 (Whole Chapter)
    18. Deuteronomy 9:6
      Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
      Deuteronomy 9:5-7 (in Context) Deuteronomy 9 (Whole Chapter)
    19. Deuteronomy 10:17
      For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
      Deuteronomy 10:16-18 (in Context) Deuteronomy 10 (Whole Chapter)
    20. Deuteronomy 11:31
      You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you. When you have taken it over and are living there,
      Deuteronomy 11:30-32 (in Context) Deuteronomy 11 (Whole Chapter)
    21. Deuteronomy 12:9
      since you have not yet reached the resting place and the inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.
      Deuteronomy 12:8-10 (in Context) Deuteronomy 12 (Whole Chapter)
    22. Deuteronomy 12:10
      But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.
      Deuteronomy 12:9-11 (in Context) Deuteronomy 12 (Whole Chapter)
    23. Deuteronomy 13:3
      you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
      Deuteronomy 13:2-4 (in Context) Deuteronomy 13 (Whole Chapter)
    24. Deuteronomy 13:12
      If you hear it said about one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you to live in
      Deuteronomy 13:11-13 (in Context) Deuteronomy 13 (Whole Chapter)
    25. Deuteronomy 15:4
      However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you,
      Deuteronomy 15:3-5 (in Context) Deuteronomy 15 (Whole Chapter)
    26. Deuteronomy 15:7
      If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
      Deuteronomy 15:6-8 (in Context) Deuteronomy 15 (Whole Chapter)
    27. Deuteronomy 16:18
      [ Judges ] Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.
      Deuteronomy 16:17-19 (in Context) Deuteronomy 16 (Whole Chapter)
    28. Deuteronomy 16:20
      Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.
      Deuteronomy 16:19-21 (in Context) Deuteronomy 16 (Whole Chapter)
    29. Deuteronomy 17:14
      [ The King ] When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
      Deuteronomy 17:13-15 (in Context) Deuteronomy 17 (Whole Chapter)
    30. Deuteronomy 18:9
      [ Detestable Practices ] When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
      Deuteronomy 18:8-10 (in Context) Deuteronomy 18 (Whole Chapter)
    31. Deuteronomy 19:2
      then set aside for yourselves three cities centrally located in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
      Deuteronomy 19:1-3 (in Context) Deuteronomy 19 (Whole Chapter)
    32. Deuteronomy 19:3
      Build roads to them and divide into three parts the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that anyone who kills a man may flee there.
      Deuteronomy 19:2-4 (in Context) Deuteronomy 19 (Whole Chapter)
    33. Deuteronomy 19:10
      Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
      Deuteronomy 19:9-11 (in Context) Deuteronomy 19 (Whole Chapter)
    34. Deuteronomy 19:14
      Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
      Deuteronomy 19:13-15 (in Context) Deuteronomy 19 (Whole Chapter)
    35. Deuteronomy 20:4
      For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”
      Deuteronomy 20:3-5 (in Context) Deuteronomy 20 (Whole Chapter)
    36. Deuteronomy 20:16
      However, in the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.
      Deuteronomy 20:15-17 (in Context) Deuteronomy 20 (Whole Chapter)
    37. Deuteronomy 21:1
      [ Atonement for an Unsolved Murder ] If a man is found slain, lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
      Deuteronomy 21:1-3 (in Context) Deuteronomy 21 (Whole Chapter)
    38. Deuteronomy 21:23
      you must not leave his body on the tree overnight. Be sure to bury him that same day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not desecrate the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
      Deuteronomy 21:22-23 (in Context) Deuteronomy 21 (Whole Chapter)
    39. Deuteronomy 24:4
      then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the LORD. Do not bring sin upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
      Deuteronomy 24:3-5 (in Context) Deuteronomy 24 (Whole Chapter)
    40. Deuteronomy 25:15
      You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
      Deuteronomy 25:14-16 (in Context) Deuteronomy 25 (Whole Chapter)
    41. Deuteronomy 26:1
      [ Firstfruits and Tithes ] When you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it,
      Deuteronomy 26:1-3 (in Context) Deuteronomy 26 (Whole Chapter)
    42. Deuteronomy 26:2
      take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name
      Deuteronomy 26:1-3 (in Context) Deuteronomy 26 (Whole Chapter)
    43. Deuteronomy 27:2
      When you have crossed the Jordan into the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.
      Deuteronomy 27:1-3 (in Context) Deuteronomy 27 (Whole Chapter)
    44. Deuteronomy 27:3
      Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.
      Deuteronomy 27:2-4 (in Context) Deuteronomy 27 (Whole Chapter)
    45. Deuteronomy 28:52
      They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the LORD your God is giving you.
      Deuteronomy 28:51-53 (in Context) Deuteronomy 28 (Whole Chapter)
    46. Deuteronomy 31:17
      On that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and difficulties will come upon them, and on that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not with us?’
      Deuteronomy 31:16-18 (in Context) Deuteronomy 31 (Whole Chapter)
    47. Deuteronomy 33:27
      The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, ‘Destroy him!’
      Deuteronomy 33:26-28 (in Context) Deuteronomy 33 (Whole Chapter)
    48. Joshua 1:11
      “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.’ ”
      Joshua 1:10-12 (in Context) Joshua 1 (Whole Chapter)