The Loyal Love of God – Character of God E12

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

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🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Despite generations of rebellion and sin, God continues to pursue his people with his promise-keeping loyalty and generosity. In this episode, Tim, Jon, and Carissa explore the fourth attribute God assigns himself in Exodus 34:6-7, loyal love.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is John a Bible Project.
0:05.0	If you've ever been in a situation where you're looking for a word to describe an idea,
0:11.6	but you can't find the right word.
0:14.2	In those situations, we oftentimes just go to another language.
0:18.5	Like, the feeling that this exact moment has happened before, French has a great word,
0:23.3	deja vu.
0:24.3	Or, that pleasure that's derived from another person's misfortune.
0:29.0	German has a great word for that.
0:30.9	Shot and Floyd.
0:32.2	Languages are like this.
0:33.2	Some languages have better ways of expressing very particular ideas.
0:37.3	Now, there's a word in Hebrew that is notoriously difficult to translate into English for this
0:42.4	reason.
0:43.4	It's an idea that combines being generous, with being loyal, and it wraps it all up in
0:48.9	the emotion of deep affection for another.
0:52.2	This is the Hebrew word, tacit.
0:54.6	There's no word in any language that quite does all of the things that Chesid is doing.
1:00.6	And so, it's a challenge to render Chesid into any language.
1:05.0	It's a covenant partner.
1:07.5	You're motivated by love and affection.
1:10.4	You do concrete acts.
1:12.3	And as you do so, you are fulfilling a promise that you made.
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