The people God chooses
A selection of verses about the kind of people God chooses.
God looks at the kind of person we are, not our outward appearance. When He chose King David He rejected his elder brother. The record tells us:
God's people
Sons of God
A selection of verses showing whom God regards as "his children".
God tells Moses to tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt that the nation of Israel is his son:
Circumcision
A selection of verses relating to circumcision.
It is the token of the covenant between God and the Jews:
We can become children of God
A selection of verses showing how we can become children of God.
John tells us how we become children of God. Talking about Jesus he says:
Bad things happen to good people
A selection of verses showing why bad things happen to good people.
Dreams
A selection of verses showing how God can use dreams to communicate with people.
God uses dreams to intervene on behalf of his people:
God stopped Abimelech innocently taking Abraham's wife:
God's covenants - with the Israelites
A selection of verses showing what the Bible says about the covenant God makes with his people.
God makes a covenant with Abraham the father of the Israelites:
God's Covenants - the new covenant
Because the Jews didn't keep their part of the Covenant God made with the Jews, God has made a New Covenant which can involve all nations - not just the Jews.
God's Covenants - General covenants
A covenant is an agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word translated covenant is the Hebrew word Berith which means to cut,.
God is aware of our problems
A selection of verses showing that God is aware of our problems:
The prophet Hanani tells king Asa that God sees all that happens, so Asa is foolish not to trust him: