Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. Many times He rescued them,Israel’s history repeatedly displayed the Lord’s covenant mercy. He brought His people out of Egypt, preserved them in the wilderness, gave them victory in Canaan, and raised up judges when surrounding nations oppressed them. Deliverance came not because Israel deserved it, but because God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and acted for the honor of His name. Neh 9:27 So You delivered them into the hands of enemies…
Jdg 2:18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites,…
2Ki 13:5 So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped…
but they were bent on rebellion After receiving God’s help, Israel repeatedly returned to idolatry, unbelief, and disobedience. The period of the judges especially reveals this pattern: the people forsook the Lord, suffered oppression, cried out in distress, and were rescued again. Their rebellion was deliberate resistance to God’s revealed will, showing the deep corruption of the human heart and the inability of external blessings alone to produce faithfulness. Deu 31:27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are.…
Jdg 2:19 But when the judge died, the Israelites became corrupt…
2Ki 17:14 But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks…
and sank down in their iniquity. Persistent sin brought humiliation, defeat, and bondage upon the nation. Israel’s decline eventually culminated in exile, when both kingdoms fell under God’s judgment. Yet the record of their failure also magnifies the need for the greater Deliverer, Jesus Christ, who rescues sinners not merely from earthly enemies but from sin, judgment, and death. Pro 14:32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin,…
Ezk 33:10 Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel…
Psa 107:17 Fools, in their rebellious ways,…
Persons / Places / Events 1. GodThe central figure in this verse, God is depicted as the rescuer of His people, demonstrating His patience and mercy despite their repeated disobedience. 2. The IsraelitesThe people of Israel are the recipients of God's deliverance. Despite experiencing God's salvation multiple times, they continue to rebel against Him. 3. RebellionThis refers to the Israelites' repeated disobedience and turning away from God, despite His continuous acts of deliverance. 4. IniquityThe moral and spiritual failures of the Israelites, which lead them away from God's path and into sin. 5. RescueThe acts of deliverance by God, saving the Israelites from their enemies and their own sinful ways. Teaching Points God's Patience and MercyDespite repeated rebellion, God continues to rescue His people, demonstrating His boundless patience and mercy. This should encourage us to trust in God's willingness to forgive and restore us when we repent. The Danger of RebellionRebellion against God leads to spiritual decline and suffering. We must be vigilant in our walk with God, constantly seeking His guidance to avoid falling into patterns of sin. The Need for RepentanceTrue repentance involves turning away from sin and seeking God's forgiveness. We should regularly examine our lives and repent of any rebellion against God. Learning from HistoryThe history of Israel serves as a warning and a lesson for us today. We should learn from their mistakes and strive to remain faithful to God. God's FaithfulnessEven when we are unfaithful, God remains faithful. This truth should inspire us to remain steadfast in our faith and trust in His promises. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Psalm 106:43 reflect the cycle of sin and redemption in the history of Israel, and how can we see this cycle in our own lives? 2. In what ways does God's repeated rescue of the Israelites demonstrate His character, and how can this understanding impact our relationship with Him? 3. What are some modern-day examples of rebellion against God, and how can we guard against falling into similar patterns? 4. How can we apply the lessons from Israel's history of rebellion and rescue to our personal spiritual journey? 5. How do other scriptures, such as those in Judges and Nehemiah, enhance our understanding of Psalm 106:43, and what practical steps can we take to avoid the pitfalls of rebellion? Connections to Other Scriptures Judges 2:16-19This passage describes the cycle of sin, oppression, crying out to God, and deliverance that characterized the period of the Judges, illustrating the pattern of rebellion and rescue mentioned in Psalm 106:43. Nehemiah 9:26-31Nehemiah recounts Israel's history of rebellion and God's merciful responses, paralleling the themes of Psalm 106:43. Romans 7:15-25Paul discusses the struggle with sin and the human tendency to do what is wrong despite knowing what is right, echoing the Israelites' struggle with rebellion. People Aaron, Abiram, Baalpeor, Dathan, Ham, Phinehas, PsalmistPlaces JerusalemTopics Bent, Counsel, Deliver, Delivered, Free, Hearts, However, Iniquity, Low, Often, Overcome, Provoked, Purpose, Purposes, Rebel, Rebellion, Rebellious, Sank, Sin, Sins, WastedDictionary of Bible Themes Psalm 106:43 5979 waste
6142 decay
6223 rebellion, of Israel
8835 unbelief, nature of Psalm 106:33-48 3272 Holy Spirit, in OT Psalm 106:39-46 5246 captivity Library June the Twelfth Waiting for the Spectacular
"The waves covered their enemies.... Then believed they His words." --PSALM cvi. 1-12. Their faith was born in a great emergency. A spectacular deliverance was needed to implant their trust in the Lord. They found no witness in the quiet daily providence; the unobtrusive miracle of daily mercy did not awake their song. They dwelt upon the "special" blessing, when all the time the really special blessing was to be found in the sleepless care which watched over them in their ordinary and commonplace …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling YearIsrael at the Red Sea
"A few more rolling years at most, Will land me on fair Canaan's coast.' And then I shall have no more warfare, no more fighting, no more disturbance; but I shall be at peace." "Not quite as thou desirest," says God. "Oh! thou little one; I have more to teach thee ere thou art prepared for my palace." Then he commences to lead us about, and bring us into straits and perils. The sins which we thought had utterly left us are hunting us behind, while impassible floods block up the way. Even trembling …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856 Why are Men Saved?
"The hand that made us is Divine." If we listen to the rippling of the freshet at the mountain side, to the tumbling of the avalanche, to the lowing of the cattle, to the singing of the birds, to every voice and sound of nature, we shall hear this answer to the question, "God is our maker; he hath made us, and not we ourselves." The next question, as to design--Why were these things made?--is not so easy to answer, apart from Scripture; but when we look at Scripture we discover this fact--that as …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857 Sin: Its Spring-Head, Stream, and Sea
It may help us to escape out of the meshes of our natural depravity, if we look back and see the causes of our fathers' sins. To confess our personal sin will tend to keep us humble; and in view of the Lord's mercy, which has spared and pardoned us, a sense of our guilt will make us grateful. The less we think of ourselves the more we shall think of him whose "mercy endureth for ever"; and if we see where our fathers' sins began, and how they grew, and what they came to, we may hope that the Spirit …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891 The Waters of Meribah
'Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3. And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord! 4. And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Fourteenth Day. The Holy one of God.
Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.'--Luke i. 35. 'We have believed and know that Thou art the Holy One of God.'--John vi. 69. 'The holy one of the Lord'--only once (Ps. cvi. 16) the expression is found in the Old Testament. It is spoken of Aaron, in whom holiness, as far as it could then be revealed, had found its most complete embodiment. The title waited for its fulfilment in Him who alone, in His own person, could perfectly show forth …
Andrew Murray—Holy in Christ Man's Misery by the Fall
Q-19: WHAT IS THE MISERY OF THAT ESTATE WHEREINTO MAN FELL? A: All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever. 'And were by nature children of wrath.' Eph 2:2. Adam left an unhappy portion to his posterity, Sin and Misery. Having considered the first of these, original sin, we shall now advert to the misery of that state. In the first, we have seen mankind offending; …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Our Status.
"And he believed in the Lord: and he counted it to him for righteousness." --Gen. xv. 6. The right touches a man's status. So long as the law has not proven him guilty, has not convicted and sentenced him, his legal status is that of a free and law-abiding citizen. But as soon as his guilt is proven in court and the jury has convicted him, he passes from that into the status of the bound and law-breaking citizen. The same applies to our relation to God. Our status before God is that either of the …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity Paul's Thanks and Prayers for Churches.
Text: Philippians 1, 3-11. 3 I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy, 5 for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now; 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ: 7 even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds …
Martin Luther—Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Elucidations.
I. (Deadly Sins, cap. ix., p. 356.) To maintain a modern and wholly uncatholic system of Penitence, the schoolmen invented a technical scheme of sins mortal and sins venial, which must not be read into the Fathers, who had no such technicalities in mind. By "deadly sins" they meant all such as St. John recognizes (1 John v. 16-17) and none other; that is to say sins of surprise and infirmity, sins having in them no malice or wilful disobedience, such as an impatient word, or a momentary neglect of …
Tertullian—The Five Books Against Marcion Rest for the Weary
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. W hich shall we admire most -- the majesty, or the grace, conspicuous in this invitation? How soon would the greatest earthly monarch be impoverished, and his treasures utterly exhausted, if all, that are poor and miserable, had encouragement to apply freely to him, with a promise of relief, fully answerable to their wants and wishes! But the riches of Christ are unsearchable and inexhaustible. If millions and millions …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 The Second Commandment
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am o jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of then that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.' Exod 20: 4-6. I. Thou shalt not …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
A BRIEF AND FAITHFUL RELATION OF THE EXCEEDING MERCY OF GOD IN CHRIST TO HIS POOR SERVANT, JOHN BUNYAN; WHEREIN IS PARTICULARLY SHOWED THE MANNER OF HIS CONVERSION, HIS SIGHT AND TROUBLE FOR SIN, HIS DREADFUL TEMPTATIONS, ALSO HOW HE DESPAIRED OF GOD'S MERCY, AND HOW THE LORD AT LENGTH THROUGH CHRIST DID DELIVER HIM FROM ALL THE GUILT AND TERROR THAT LAY UPON HIM. Whereunto is added a brief relation of his call to the work of the ministry, of his temptations therein, as also what he hath met with …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Obedience
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments.' Deut 27: 9, 10. What is the duty which God requireth of man? Obedience to his revealed will. It is not enough to hear God's voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honour we owe to God. If then I be a Father, where is my honour?' Mal 1: 6. Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion. Obey the voice of the Lord …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Psalm 106:43 NIVPsalm 106:43 NLTPsalm 106:43 ESVPsalm 106:43 NASBPsalm 106:43 KJV
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