God Is Good (#875)
Today were going to look at the goodness of God.  I taught a class on this subject about four or five years ago.  Today I’ll present the introduction to this subject and the course.  I recommend that, if you want to learn more about this, you refer the full class on the web site (which is located here).

Taught by Bruce Mahone on 20150628. All rights reserved.
Verse Listing and Notes
Deut 1:25           It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us
Deut 6:20-25     The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes…for our good
Deut 10:12-13   To keep the commandments of the Lord…for thy good
Deut 26:1-11     Rejoice in every good thing the Lord thy God hath given thee (vs. 11)
Josh 21:45          There failed not ought of any good thing
I Kings 8:54-56  There failed not one word of all his good promise
Ezra 3:10-11      Giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good
Ezra 7:9              The good hand of his God upon him
Neh 2:18            The hand of my God which was good upon me
Psa 4:6-8            There be many that say, Who shall shew us any good?
Psa 25:8             Good and upright is the Lord
Psa 34:8-10       O taste and see that the Lord is good; they that seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing —
Psa 69:16          Hear me O Lord, for thy lovingkindness [chesed – steadfast love, lovingkindness] is good
Psa 73:1            Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a clean heart
Psa 84:11          No good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly
Psa 107:8-9       Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness
Psa 109:21        Thy mercy is good
Psa 143:10        Thy spirit is good
Mat 19:16-17    Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, God
Acts 10:38         God anointed Jesus Christ, who went about doing good
Rom 2:4             The goodness of God leadeth men to repentance
Rom 8:28           All things work together for good to them that love God
I John 1:5           God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all
Teaching
875-God Is Good (42:09)

874 – Reliance

The last several sessions of fellowship we’ve focused on trusting God. Today we’ll look at at a variation of that — relying on God; since these two subjects are similar, we’ll come across some of same themes as we did when we looked at trusting God. Let’s start in II Chronicles chapter 13…

Taught by Bruce Mahone on 20150614. All rights reserved.
Verse Listing and Notes
II Chron. 13                 The children of Judah prevailed, because they relied [Heb. Sha-an: to rest,  rely, lean upon, support oneself] upon the LORD God (vs. 18)
II Chron. 16                 Thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied [Heb. Sha-an] on the LORD thy God (vs. 7)
Ps. 34:22                     None of them that trust [Heb. Chasa: seek refuge, flee for protection, put trust in, confide or hope in] in him shall be desolate
Ps. 118:5-9                  It is better to trust [Heb. Chasa] in the Lord than to put confidence in man (vs. 8)
Prov. 3:5                       Lean [Heb. Sha-an] not unto thine own understanding
Dan. 3:28                    God delivered his servants that trusted [Aram. rechats: set one’s trust on] in him
Rom. 12:10-14            Patient in mental pressure, continuing instant [steadfastly, faithful, persevering, be constant] in prayer (vs. 12)
II Cor. 1:8-10              We should trust in God which raiseth the dead
Teaching
874-Reliance

873 – Keep Trusting God

We’re going to continue our series on trusting God.  Today we’ll pick up our study on trusting God in Proverbs.  It is hard to believe we have had two sessions on trusting God and haven’t read Proverbs 3 yet.  So let’s look at the record in Proverbs 3 starting in verse 5.  There are two statements here: first, there is “trust in the LORD with all thine heart” and secondly we read, “lean not unto your own understanding.”  Does this mean we don’t think, plan, and organize our lives?  No, it means we trust God and we don’t lean, or put all our confidence in in our skills.   Let’s continue in verse 6…

Taught by Bruce Mahone on 20150531. All rights reserved.
Verse Listing and Notes
Proverbs 3:5,6           Trust in the Lord with all thine heart
Proverbs 11:28          He that trusteth in his riches shall fall
Proverbs 16:20          Whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he
Proverbs 22:17-21    That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee
Proverbs 28:25,26     He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool
Proverbs 29:25          Fear of man – snare; trust in the Lord – safe
Proverbs 30:5            He is a shield to them that trust him
Isaiah 12:2-3               I will trust and not be afraid
Isaiah 26:3,4               Perfect peace, trusting God
Jeremiah 17:5-8         Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord
Daniel. 3:28                God delivered his servants that trusted in him
2Corinthians 1:8-10  We should trust in God which raiseth the dead
Philippians 3:4-8       If any other man thinketh he might trust in the flesh, I more
Teaching
Keep Trusting God (#873)