The Nugget:
Psa 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
My Comment:
This may be one of the clearest cause/effect relationship verses in the Bible. Reading “And they that know thy name” is clearly cause. Reading “will put their trust in thee” is clearly effect. Reading “for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them” is clearly effect. Reading “them that seek thee” is obviously cause.
Therefore, should a person find it difficult to trust in God, the remedy for that is to get to know His name. Knowing His name means to get to know Him. We can best do that by reading and studying the Bible, the love letter He has written to us. But there is more. You can literally learn more about the names of God. Those are found in the Bible. In either The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible you can study those by consulting the references I have given at Exodus 15:26. Yet there is still more to study. Knowing God’s name also means to know and understand His character, his attributes. The attributes of God make for a most interesting study. A start at finding Bible references to those can be found at Matthew 28:19.
By the way, the Jehovah’s Witnesses believe God has just one name, Jehovah. The rest of what appear to be names of God they believe are just His titles. I suspect from my studies that they are mistaken, for in the Bible the term “name” is associated with other terms than just Jehovah. To study this further, check out the note I have given in the NTSK at Exodus 6:3. Also consult the references given at Psalm 68:4 and Psalm 83:18.
There is much more here to consider. What does Psalm 9:10 say about my responsibility? What does it say about God’s responsibility? The words “They that know thy name” reflect my responsibility. “Will put their trust in thee” mark my responsibility. “For thou, LORD, will not forsake them” mark God’s responsibility. The words “that seek thee” mark my responsibility.
There are many more instructive cause/effect relationship verses to be found in the Bible. The ones I have found I have listed in my note at Psalm 9:10 in both The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible. I am not aware that they can be found listed anywhere else.
psm 9.10 is a great promise for 7 days a week use! a verse you want to take with you
everywhere you go. ii co 1.20 all the promises of god in him are yea,and in him amen, unto the glory of god by us! the verse says “they that know thy name, will put their
trust in thee,for thou,lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. there are several
encouraging cross references that shed light on the meaning of this verse. psm 91.
14 because he hath set his love upon me,therefore will i deliever him: i will set him on
high, becuase he hath known my name. pro 18.10 the name of the lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. jn 17.3 and this is life eternal, that
they might know thee the only true god, and jesus christ, whom thou hast sent.
ii co 4.6 for god, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in
our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of god in the face of jesus
christ.ii tim 1.12 for the which cause i also suffer these things: nevertheless i am not
ashamed: for i know whom i have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep
that which i have committed unto him against that day. ijn 2.3 and hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments, i jn 5.20 and we know that
the son of god is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him
that is true, even in his son jesus christ. this is the true god, and eternal life.
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is it not what comes out your MOUTH that defiles you? i would like to resubscribe to nugget please.
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