Wonders And Deeds

Deuteronomy 4:7,32-34 – 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?...Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? Has any other people heard the voice of God speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived? Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

Jeremiah 9:16 – I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I will pursue them with the sword until I have made an end of them.”

Psalm 9:1 – I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Psalm 40:5 – Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.

Exodus 15:11 – Who among the gods is like you, Lord? Who is like you—majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

Deuteronomy 34:12 – For no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

Application:

• ·         The warning “I will scatter them” was given as one of the curses for persistent covenant unfaithfulness.
• ·         The Lord’s presence was symbolized by the tabernacle in the center of the camp, and by the pillar of cloud over the tabernacle.
• ·         Wonderful deeds are God’s saving acts, sometimes involving miracles and sometimes not, but always involving the manifestation of God’s sovereign lordship over events.
• ·         God’s actions in behalf of Israel are according to His predetermined purpose.
• ·         The Lord, who tolerates no rivals, defeated all the gods of Egypt and their worshipers.
• ·         Until Jesus came, no one was superior to Moses.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV