Deuteronomy 7:9 The Faithful God

Deuteronomy 7:9 (KJV) Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

“To know” God is to have an intimate experiential knowledge of Him. This word “to know” means “firstly, to know by observing and reflecting (thinking), and secondly, to know by experiencing, thirdly, this verb represent that kind of knowing which one learns (acknowledges) and can give back.

God created and formed the nation of Israel to be His witness to the nations of the world. For Israel to become a nation, they had to have a people, whom God multiplied in the land of Goshen in Egypt, and when He led them out of Egypt by a mighty hand, He gave them the law at Mount Sinai, the constitution for the nation. And finally, they had to cross the Jordan River and enter Canaan, defeat the giants in the land and lay hold of it as their inheritance from God.

Moses exhorted the new generation that arose in the wilderness that will enter the Promised Land with these words in Deuteronomy 7:9 (KJV) Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Moses sought to reinforce the truth that the God who led them out of Egypt is a faithful God, He is God, He is able to bring them to the Promised Land as He had promised. God is true, His Word of promise is sure. In all His relations with His people, God is faithful. He may be safely relied upon. No one yet really trusted Him in vain. Amen.