Title: Guard, Guide, Direct Us

Text: 1 Chronicles 16:20-34

Proposition: God is faithful to assist all who are in covenant with Him.

Question: Who?

Key Word: Examples

Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 16:20-22, 34

Introduction:

1. Does God really answer our prayers?

2. How does He “guard, guide and direct us” as we request?

3. How are we linked to God so that He will come to our aid?

Let’s learn about the “hased” of God.

1. Hebrew word - “khased” - pronounced with a gutteral “kh”

2. I will just say, “hased”

3. This Hebrew word occurs 249 times in the Old Testament.

4. Translated - Mercy, kindness, loving kindness, love

5. “HASED” IS WHEN A SUPERIOR INTERCEDES TO PROTECT AND BLESS A PERSON TO WHOM THEY ARE LINKED.

6. Our text - vs. 34 “For his mercy (hased) endures forever”

7. Psalm 136 – every verse - “His mercy endures forever.”

Examples of the “Hased” of God.

Abraham - Genesis 12:1-3 Curse you, curses me. Bless you, bless me.

Genesis 12:17 God plagued Pharaoh because of Sari, Abram’s wife
Genesis 20:1-7 Abimelech you are as good as dead.
God said, “You are dead meat.” Why? Abraham’s wife, in covenant

Isaac - Genesis 26:24, 28 Lord is with you, do us no harm, you are blessed by the Lord.

Jacob - Genesis 28:15 Vision of ladder to heaven

Genesis 31:29 Laban was going to kill him, God spoke to Laban, If you hurt Jacob, you will have to deal with God.

Genesis 35:5 Terror of Lord was on them so they did not pursue Jacob

Joseph - Not hard luck - Luck nothing to do with it. This is the “hased” of God. Sold into slavery, Potiphar’s house
Genesis 39:2-3 Lord was with Joseph.

In prison (Genesis 39:20-23) Lord was with him

Bad things can happen to good people, to work them for good. (45:5)

In the New Testament - the concept continues.

Mercy, grace, faithfulness, Agape love, all combined in “hased”.

Titus 3:3-6 We were sinners (see the list)
But by His mercy (hased) he has saved us.

1 John 1:7 Keep on in the light,

Not dribbled in and out of grace. First thing He does is forgive us.
Without this He can have nothing to do with us.

Romans 4:6-8 Who is the blessed man being talked about here?
It is us, Christians, those in covenant with God.

If we are in covenant with God, why would he impute sin to you?

Ephesians 1:17-19 Exceeding great power, understanding, revelation, wisdom

The same power that raised Jesus from the dead.

Our power - It belongs to us.

Philippians 4:19 – My God shall supply all our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:20 – Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.