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“…To your faithful servants the Levites (Modern-day
Ushers) … The Levites obeyed your word and
guarded your
covenant.
…Bless the ministry of the Levites...”
(Deuteronomy 33:8-11 NLT).
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The bible describes the
LEVITES as FAITHFUL servants. “…To your faithful servants the Levites (Modern-day
Ushers) ...”
(Deuteronomy 33:8-11 NLT).
Faithfulness is a
divine quality and it is a compliment of HUGE portions when ascribed to man. “…God
is faithful…”
(1 Corinthians 1:9, 10:18 & 2 Corinthians 1:18 KJV). “…He
is God, the faithful God….”
(Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV). “…Faithful is He who calls
you…” (1 Thessalonian 5:24 NASB). “…The lord is faithful…” (2
Thessalonians 3:3 NASB). “…He who promised is faithful…”
(Hebrews 10:23 NASB).
God’s faithfulness is
the assurance of his immutability or unchanging character. “…I am the Lord, I change NOT…”
(Malachi 3:6 KJV). “…Jesus Christ is the same yesterday
and today and forever…”
(Hebrews 13 8 NIV).
God’s faithfulness means he is COMPLETELY
and FLAWLESSLY trustworthy and will ABSOLUTELY “KEEP his promises. God’s
word is trustworthy. “… The decrees of the Lord are TRUSTWORTHY,
making wise the simple…” (PSALM 19:7 NLT).
“…All your commands are TRUSTWORTHY…” (PSALM 119:86 NLT). “…your laws are perfect and completely
TRUSTWORTHY…. “ (PSALMS 119:138 NLT). God is “…WATCHING OVER [his]… WORD TO PERFORM IT …”
(Jeremiah 1:12 NASB). “…So
shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: IT SHALL NOT RETURN UNTO ME VOID, but it
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent
it” (Isaiah 55:11 KJV). “…Not one of the good promises which the Lord
had made to the house of Israel failed; “ALL” CAME TO PASS…”
(Joshua 21:45 NASB).
God’s faithfulness is FIRM. It cannot be MOVED,
SHOOK loose, influenced, or persuaded! “… I change NOT…”
(Malachi 3:6 KJV). “…Jesus Christ is the same …forever…”
(Hebrews 13 8 NIV).
God’s faithfulness is
something that is DEPENDABLE. You can totally DEPEND on what God says, what God
does, and who God is; without doubt. “…In You (God) they trusted and WERE
NOT DISAPPOINTED…. (PSALMS 22:5 NASB). “…Not one of the good promises which the Lord
had made to the house of Israel failed; ALL CAME TO PASS…” (Joshua 21:45 NASB). “…Trust in the Lord with all thine heart…”
(Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV). “…For the Scripture says,
"WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED…"
(ROMANS 10:11 NASB).
The Psalmist talks about God’s
faithfulness. “….I have declared thy faithfulness…”
(Psalm 40:10 KJV). “…Your faithfulness reaches the skies…” (Psalms 36:5
NASB). “…I will make known thy faithfulness to
all generations…” (Psalms 89:1 KJV). “….In
the heavens you will establish your faithfulness …” (Psalm 89:2 KJV). “….All his work is done in faithfulness…” (Psalms 33:4 NASB).
“…who is LIKE you….your faithfulness also
surrounds YOU…” (Psalms 89:8 NASB). God told the Psalmist: “….My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with [you]… I will not break
off My lovingkindness from [you], Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness…”
(Psalms 89:24,33 NASB). “…His faithfulness is a shield…” (Psalms 91:4 NASB).
“…His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations…”
(Psalms 100:5 NASB). “…Your faithfulness continues
throughout all generations…” (Psalms 119:90 NASB). “…Hear my prayer, O Lord,
Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness…”
(Psalms 143:1 NASB). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…”
(John 4:24 KJV). “…The fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…” (Galatians 5:22 NASB).
One reference to God’s faithfulness is
equivalent to God’s TRUTH. “…THY WORD IS TRUTH…” (JOHN 17:17
KJV). God’s promises have PROVED to be faithful TRUTHS in which to put one’s
TRUST and HOPE. “…Not one of the good promises which the Lord
had made to the house of Israel failed; ALL CAME TO PASS…” (Joshua 21:45 NASB). God is “….a faithful creator…” (1
Peter 4:19 KJV).
Faithfulness is a divine characteristic. Faithfulness
is about God’s unchanging character. God’s faithfulness is an everlasting
character. “…Great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD”
(Psalms 117:2 KJV).
For EXAMPLE: “…[GOD]
remembered his covenant with
[Israel]… (THROUGH ABRAHAM) …”
(Psalms 106:42-48 NLT).
God’s faithful promise to Abraham was: “…I will BLESS thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a BLESSING: And I will BLESS them that BLESS thee …in
thee shall all families of the earth be BLESSED…”
(Genesis 12:2-3 KJV).
God KEPT his word, to
Abraham, through thousands and thousands of generations. “…Showing
love to a thousand generations
of those who love me and keep my commandments…” (Exodus 20:6 NIV).
God faithfully watches
over his word. God says, I “…am
WATCHING over my word to PERFORM it…” (Jeremiah 1:12 NASB “…So shall MY WORD be
that goeth forth out of my mouth: it SHALL NOT return unto me void, but it SHALL ACCOMPLISH
that which I please, and it SHALL
PROSPER in the thing whereto I sent it…” (Isaiah 55:11 KJV).
God KEPT his covenant with Abraham and because
of his FAITHFULNESS, new converts can NOW enjoy the blessings of Abraham. “…Christ hath REDEEMED us … That
the “BLESSING of Abraham” might come on [“US”]… through Jesus Christ
…” (Galatians 3:13-14 KJV).
God’s FAITHFULNESS
superseded the abandonment of his people, their rebellion, idolatry, dishonor,
disrespect, rejection, and blatant unfaithfulness, as witnessed, in biblical
history. “…Again and
again he rescued them, but they chose to rebel against him…” (Psalm 106:39-43 NLT).“…But my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they wanted,
following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts…” (Jeremiah 7:24 NLT). “…Yet for years on end my
people have FORGOTten ME…”
(Jeremiah 2:32 NLT).
Yet, he has “….loved [his people]...with an everlasting [faithful]…love….”
(Jeremiah 31:3 KJV). “…not that [his
people]… loved God, but that he loved [them] ...”
(1 John 4:10 KJV).
God’s FAITHFUL LOVE endured
the many rejections of his people. “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out
of Egypt. But the more I called to him, the
farther he moved from me, offering
sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to
idols. I myself taught Israel how to walk, leading him
along by the hand. But he doesn’t know or even care that
it was I who took care of him. I led Israel along with my ropes of kindness
and love. I lifted the yoke from his neck, and I myself stooped to feed him. “But since my people refuse to return to me, they will return to Egypt and... They will
destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.
For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don’t truly honor me. “Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
How can I let you go? How can I
destroy you …My heart is torn within me, and my
compassion overflows. No, I will not unleash my fierce anger. I will not completely destroy Israel, for I
am God and not a mere mortal. I am the Holy One living
among you, and I will not come to destroy. For someday the people will follow me. I,
the Lord, will roar like a lion. And when I roar, my people will return …And
I will bring them home again,” says the Lord….” (HOSEA 11 NLT).
“And
now, O our God, what can we say after all of this? For ONCE AGAIN we have ABANDONED your commands!”
(Ezra 9:10 NLT).
“….They refused to
obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they
became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in
Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and
merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing (faithful)
love. You did not abandon them…” (Nehemiah 9:17 NLT).
However, “…once again [your people]… have ABANDONED your
commands!” (Ezra 9:10 NLT). “…And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man
to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city? Then
they shall answer, Because
they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their
God, and worshipped other gods, and served them…”
(Jeremiah 22:8-9 KJV).
“…[Yet]… in
your great mercy, you did not destroy them completely or abandon them forever. What a gracious and merciful
[and faithful]… God you are!”
(Nehemiah 9:31 NLT).
“…The
Lord says TO THEM, “…Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my (faithful) love will know no bounds,
for my anger will be gone forever….”
(HOSEA 14:4 NLT). “Herein
is love,
not that we
loved God, but that he loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (substitute, intervention) for our sins.”
(1 John 4:10 KJV). “…There is no greater love than
to lay down one’s life…”
(John 15:13 NLT).
“God’s “…love …always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, [God’s]…love never
fails…” (1
Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).
“…It is of the Lord's
MERCIES
that we are not CONSUMED,
because his compassions FAIL NOT. They are NEW EVERY MORNING: great is thy faithfulness…”
(Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV
God endured the years
of his people’s unfaithfulness, outlasted ALL of the biblical history of their rejection,
and withstood their blatant abandonment, of him, for idols; yet HIS FAITHFUL
LOVE remained as POWERFUL as EVER. “…I am the Lord, I change NOT…”
(Malachi 3:6 KJV). “Jesus Christ is the
same
yesterday and today and forever”
(Hebrews 13:8 NIV). “…It is of the Lord's
MERCIES
that we are not CONSUMED…”
(Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV
His FAITHFUL LOVE reaches
OUT across time and “still” saves him people. “…great is thy faithfulness…”
(Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV). In the Old Testament, God’s
people dishonored and disrespected him through abandonment. “…They ABANDONED ME
and did not obey my word….” (JEREMIAH 16:11 NLT). “…They ABANDONED the Lord… they
turned their backs on him….” (2 Chronicles 29:6 NLT). “… my people have ABANDONED
MY INSTRUCTIONS; they
have refused to obey what I said….”
(JEREMIAH 9:13 NLT).
In the New Testament, God’s people
dishonor or disrespect him by trampling on him, and profaning the blood
covenant. They do this by “falling away”
or “deliberately sinning,” thereby,
they have “insulted (offended) the Spirit
of GRACE” (disrespected, dishonored). “…If we deliberately keep on sinning ….How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished
who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing
the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit
of grace? …"
(Hebrews 10:26-31 NIV).
Yet, “…Great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD”
(Psalms 117:2 KJV).
“…God
is faithful…”
(1 Corinthians 1:9, 10:18 & 2 Corinthians 1:18 KJV). “…He
is God, the faithful God….”
(Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV). “…Faithful is He who calls
you…” (1 Thessalonian 5:24 NASB). “…The lord is faithful…” (2
Thessalonians 3:3 NASB). “…He who promised is faithful…”
(Hebrews 10:23 NASB).
“…not that we loved God, but that he loved us ...”
(1 John 4:10 KJV).“…God SO LOVED the world, that he GAVE…”
(John 3:16). “…Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that HE LOVED US...” (1
John 4:10 KJV). “We love, because HE FIRST LOVED US…” (1 John 4:19
ASV). God “…SPARED NOT his own Son, but delivered
him up FOR US
ALL…” (Romans 8:32 KJV). “…God SHOWED HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US by sending Christ to die for
us while we were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). “…There is no greater love than to lay down one’s
life…” (John 15:13 NLT).
So far we have ONLY
talked about the FAITHFULNESS of God. “…God is faithful…” (1
Corinthians 1:9, 10:18 & 2 Corinthians 1:18 KJV). “…He
is God, the faithful God….”
(Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV).
I emphasized God’s FAITHFULNESS to clearly
show how GREAT a compliment it was for God to call the LEVITES his “FAITHFUL”
servants. “…To
your faithful servants the Levites (Modern-day
Ushers) ...”
(Deuteronomy 33:8-11 NLT).
“…In this world we are
like Jesus (faithful)…” (1 John 4:17 NIV). “…The lord is faithful…” (2 Thessalonians 3:3 NASB).
Faithfulness is a
divine quality and it is a compliment of HUGE portions to have been ascribed to
the LEVITES. We can also witness FAITHFULNESS in today’s USHERites. “…your faithful servants the Levites ...”
(Deuteronomy 33:8-11 NLT).
God’s divine Spirit
ENABLES his servants, the Levites and the Usherites, to be FAITHFUL; just like
him. “…it is God who works in [The usher] to will and to
act (to be faithful) in order to fulfill his good
purpose…” (Philippians 2:13 NIV). “…That great Shepherd of the sheep, EQUIP [the usher]… with everything good for doing
his will (being faithful), and may
he work in [them]… what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ…”
(Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV).
By God’s GRACE are
USHERs enabled to be FAITHFUL. “…by the
GRACE of God I am what I am…” (1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV). “…A man can receive
nothing, except it BE GIVEN him from heaven…”
(John 3:27 KJV). “…The LORD SHALL GIVE
that which is good…” (Psalms 85:12 KJV). “…the Holy Spirit GIVES birth to
SPIRITUAL LIFE…” (John 3:6 NLT). “…The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness…” (Galatians
5:22 NASB).
“…Every good GIFT and every
perfect GIFT is from above, and cometh down from the Father of
lights…” (James 1:17 KJV). “…What do you have that God hasn’t given you?...”
(1 Corinthians 4:7 NLT). “…Thanks
be unto God for his unspeakable GIFT[S]…” (2 Corinthians 9:16 KJV). “ …We have this treasure “in” earthen vessels…” (2 Corinthians 4:6-7 KJV). “…[People will]… know (witness)
that everything [you]… have IS A GIFT “FROM” [God]…”
(John 17:6-9 NLT).
“…By the GRACE of
God I am what I am…” (1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV). “…By the GRACE of God [an USHER is]…what [they are]…”
(1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV).
“…The lord (Jesus) is faithful…” (2 Thessalonians 3:3 NASB).
“…In this world
…[USHERS]… are like Jesus (faithful)…” (1 John 4:17 NIV).
“…your faithful
servants the Levites (USHERites) ...”
(Deuteronomy 33:8-11 NLT).
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