Leviticus 26:7-12 – You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred
of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before
you. “‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase
your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you. You
will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to
make room for the new. I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you. I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.
Genesis
17:7 – 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.
Deuteronomy 31:6 – Be strong and
courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because
of them, for the Lord your
God goes with you; he will never leave you nor
forsake you.”
Jeremiah 7:22-23 – For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to
them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices, but I gave
them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in
obedience to all I command
you, that it may go well with you.
Jeremiah 24:7 – I will give them
a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and
I will be their God, for they will return to
me with all their heart.
Zechariah 13:9 – This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them
like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and
they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
2
Corinthians 6:16 – What agreement is there between
the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will
live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be
my people.”
Hosea 2:23 – I will
plant her for myself in the land; I will show my
love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.’ I will say to those called
‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people’; and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
Jeremiah 31:33 – “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write
it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my
people.
Ezekiel 36:28 – Then you will
live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and
I will be your God.
Application:
- · Everlasting covenant is from God’s standpoint, but the covenant is capable of being broken from man’s standpoint. “To be your God” is the heart of God’s covenant promise, repeated over and over in the Old Testament. This is God’s pledge to be the protector of His people and the One who provides for their well-being and guarantees their future blessing.
- · By trusting in the Lord and obeying Him, His followers would be victorious in spite of great obstacles.
- · “I will be your God and you will be my people” was the most basic summary of the relationship between God and Israel implied in the covenant at Sinai.
- · “They will be my people, and I will be their God” is the classic statement of covenant relationship.
- · They (a remnant of Israel) will be restored to proper covenant relationship the Lord.
- · The temple of the living God is built of living stones, namely, Christian believers; therefore it is all the more important that they form no defiling and unholy alliances.
- · “Those called Not my people, You are my people” is applied to Gentiles coming into the church
- · The new covenant does not abolish the old but supersedes it in the sense that through the new covenant the old is fulfilled and its purpose achieved.
- · The law is written on people’s hearts, so that it effectively governs their lives, in contrast to the ineffectiveness of merely presenting it in writing.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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