KNOWING GOD – THE GOD OF MIRACLES || Lesson 12 

KNOWING GOD – THE GOD OF MIRACLES – Lesson Twelve

KNOWING THE GOD OF MIRACLES AS THE UPRIGHT ONE:

Isaiah 26:7 – The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.

Psalm 25:8-9 – ⁸Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. ⁹He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

Psalm 92:12-15 – ¹²The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; ¹³planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. ¹⁴They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, ¹⁵proclaiming, “The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

The following passages show the blessings and privileges which ensue from knowing THE UPRIGHT ONE and from being upright.

2 Samuel 22:26 (KJV) – With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

Psalm 7:10 – My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.

Shield – NIV note: Or sovereign

Psalm 15:1-2 (NKJV) – ¹LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? ²He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart;

Psalm 19:13 (KJV) – Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Psalm 32:11 – Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

Psalm 33:1 – Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

Psalm 37:14-15 – ¹⁴The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. ¹⁵But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Psalm 37:18 (KJV) – The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Psalm 37:37 – Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future for the man of peace.

Psalm 49:14 – Like sheep they are destined for the grave, and death will feed on them. The upright will rule over them in the morning; their forms will decay in the grave, far from their princely mansions.

Psalm 64:10 – Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!

Psalm 97:11 – Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.

Psalm 112:4 – Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.

For the gracious and compassionate and righteous man – NIV note: Or / for the Lord is gracious and compassionate and righteous

Psalm 125:4 – Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart

Psalm 140:13 – Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.

Proverbs 2:7, 21 – ⁷He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

²¹For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

See also Proverbs 10:9, 29 (KJV); 11:3, 20 (KJV); 14:11; 15:8; 28:6, 10 (KJV).

Ecclesiastes 7:29 – This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes.”

Example of an Upright Man:  Job 1:1, 8 – ¹In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

⁸Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

Job 2:3 – Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

Compare: Job 8:6 – if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.  See Job 42:10-15 for the fulfillment of this.

Job 12:4 (KJV) – I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.

Mocked – As Jesus was: See Matthew 27:27-31, 39-40, 41-44.

The just upright [man is] laughed to scorn – As Jesus was: Matthew 9:24 (KJV) – He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Application:  Let us thank THE UPRIGHT ONE for Galatians 3:14 – He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.