Psalm 106 reads,
106:1
Praise Yahweh!106:2
Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh,106:3
Blessed are those who keep justice,106:4
Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people.106:5
That I may see the prosperity of your chosen,106:6
We have sinned with our fathers.106:7
Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt.106:8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up;106:10
He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,106:11
The waters covered their adversaries.106:12
Then they believed his words.106:13
They soon forgot his works.106:15
He gave them their request,106:16
They envied Moses also in the camp,106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,106:18
A fire was kindled in their company.106:19
They made a calf in Horeb,106:20
Thus they exchanged their glory106:21
They forgot God, their Savior,106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them,106:24
Yes, they despised the pleasant land.106:26
Therefore he swore to them106:28
They joined themselves also to Baal-peor,106:29
Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds.106:30
Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment,106:31
That was credited to him for righteousness,106:32
They angered him also at the waters of Meribah,106:33
Because they were rebellious against his spirit,106:34
They didn’t destroy the peoples,106:36
They served their idols,106:37
Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.106:39
Thus were they defiled with their works,106:40
Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was kindled against his people.106:41
He gave them into the hand of the nations.106:42
Their enemies also oppressed them.106:43
Many times he delivered them,106:44
Nevertheless he regarded their distress,106:45
He remembered for them his covenant,106:46
He made them also to be pitied106:47
Save us, Yahweh, our God,106:48
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,Let all the people say, "Amen."
Praise Yah!
Psalm 116 reads,
116:1
I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice,116:2
Because he has turned his ear to me,116:3
The cords of death surrounded me,116:4
Then called I on the name of Yahweh:116:5
Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous;116:6
Yahweh preserves the simple.116:7
Return to your rest, my soul,116:8
For you have delivered my soul from death,116:9
I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.116:10
I believed, therefore I said,116:11
I said in my haste,116:12
What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?116:14
I will pay my vows to Yahweh,116:15
Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.116:16
Yahweh, truly I am your servant.116:17
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,116:18
I will pay my vows to Yahweh,116:19
In the courts of Yahweh’s house,Praise Yah!
Believe In Yahweh's Commandments
Psalm 119:65-72 reads,
119:65
Do good to your servant,119:66
Teach me good judgment and knowledge,119:67
Before I was afflicted, I went astray;119:68
You are good, and do good.119:69
The proud have smeared a lie upon me.119:70
Their heart is as callous as the fat,119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,119:72
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.Believe Only Things Worthy Of Belief
Proverbs 14:15 reads,
14:15
The simple believes everything,It should therefore be evident that we should not believe everything, but believe only those things that are worthy of belief. And this entails careful consideration prior to so believing whatever it is that can be believed.
Be Wary Of Believing Malicious People
Proverbs 26:24-26 reads,
26:24
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips,26:25
When his speech is charming, don’t believe him;26:26
His malice may be concealed by deception,How is the wickedness of a malicious man exposed in the assembly?
Those Who Do Not Believe Yahweh Are Not Established
Isaiah 7:1-9 reads,
7:1
It happened in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. 7:2It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind. 7:3Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, "Go forth now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller’s field; 7:4and say to him, ‘Take heed, and be quiet; don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. 7:5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against you, saying, 7:6"Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;" 7:7thus says the Lord Yahweh, "It shall not stand, neither shall it happen." 7:8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people: 7:9and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’"7:9 shows that for one to be established it is essential that one believes Yahweh's word, including his word through his prophets.
Believe In Yahweh's Precious Cornerstone
Isaiah 28:14-19 reads,
28:14
Why hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: 28:15Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 28:16therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -stone of sure foundation: he who believes shall not be in haste. 28:17I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place. 28:18Your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it. 28:19As often as it passes though, it shall take you; for morning by morning shall it pass through, by day and by night: and it shall be nothing but terror to understand the message.28:16 shows that we ought to believe in Yahweh's foundation stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of sure foundation. For those who believe in this stone shall not be in haste. This stone is his anointed one, Yah'shuah.
Isaiah 43:1-13 reads,
43:1
But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine. 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle on you. 43:3For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. 43:4Since you have been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved you; therefore will I give men in your place, and peoples instead of your life. 43:5Don’t be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west; 43:6I will tell the north, Give up; and to the south, Don’t keep back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth; 43:7everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made. 43:8Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. 43:9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 43:10You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 43:11I, even I, am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior. 43:12I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and I am God. 43:13Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is none who can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?Why Yahweh Chose Israel As His Servant
43:10 shows that a reason why Yahweh chose Israel as his servant was for Israel to both know him and believe him. In other words, Israel was chosen for a purpose of being imparted knowledge about Yahweh. He was also chosen for a purpose of believing Yahweh, entailing being made aware of Yahweh's words.
Yahweh Is The Supreme Mighty One
Israel was to understand that Yahweh is the Supreme Mighty One, without a predecessor and without a successor. Yahweh is the one and only Supreme Mighty One.
Israel is also to understand that Yahweh is the only Saviour. Yahweh is also the Most Powerful entity anywhere, for no one can deliver out of his hand, and no one can hinder his work.
These aspects of Yahweh's nature Israel should both know and believe. And it will be righteousness for Israel to so believe.
Believe The Revelation Of The Arm Of Yahweh
Isaiah 53 reads,
53:1
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? 53:2For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 53:3He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we didn’t respect him. 53:4Surely he has borne our infirmities, and carried our diseases; yet we esteemed him stricken, struck of God, and afflicted. 53:5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on him; and with his stripes we are healed. 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 53:7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn’t open his mouth. 53:8By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the disobedience of my people to whom the stroke was due? 53:9They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 53:10Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand. 53:11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities. 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.The message that is to be believed concerns the revelation of the arm of Yahweh, Yahweh's servant. Aspects of this message are revealed in Isaiah 53, describing both the appearance of the arm of Yahweh, his experiences as a human being in the midst of Yahweh's people, and the reasons why Yahweh was pleased to have him undergo the experiences, especially sufferings, that he underwent. The arm of Yahweh, Yahweh's servant, is Yah'shuah.
Yahweh Exposes Malicious Ones Who Should Not Be Believed
Jeremiah 12:6 reads,
12:6
For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don’t believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.Going by Proverbs 26:24-26, earlier seen, these brothers here were malicious. Also, it is evident that it is Yahweh who exposes those with malice in their hearts, exposing them in his assembly. For it is Yahweh who exposed the malicious and treacherous brothers on this occasion.
Don't Disbelieve Reports Prior To Verifying Them
Jeremiah 40:13-41:3 reads,
40:13
Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 40:14and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them. 40:15Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish? 40:16But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.41:1
Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah. 41:2Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. 41:3Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, to wit, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.Gedaliah's case shows that one ought to believe the truth and also not dismiss a report that may be true prior to its verification. For Gedaliah, by not believing the true report, and also not subsequently making due effort to verify its veracity, paid for his unbelief by losing his life! While Proverbs 14:15 suggests that one should not believe everything, it also states that a prudent person CAREFULLY considers his ways.
Therefore, whenever one comes to us with a report that is plausible, before we dismiss it we should check out its veracity. Once ascertained we can respond appropriately, believing it if it is true, or not believing it if it is false.
The People Of Nineveh Believed Yahweh
Jonah 3 reads,
3:1
The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying, 3:2"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you."3:3
So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across. 3:4Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"3:5
The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 3:6The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 3:7He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; 3:8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. 3:9Who knows whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"3:10
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God repented of the evil which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.Jehoshaphat's words recorded in 2 Chronicles 20:20 should be remembered,
believe in Yahweh your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.
The people of Nineveh believed both Yahweh and his words through his prophet Jonah. They repented of their sins as a result of their belief. Yahweh therefore changed his mind with respect to the calamity that he had thought to bring upon Nineveh.
It is therefore evident that a reason for believing Yahweh and his words through his prophets is for him to establish us and to prosper us. For when we act according to his word, showing our belief of those words, he duly establishes and prospers us.
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