God's Chesed Research Paper

Hope is when God promises that he will keep his promise to take care of us. God’s loyalty and commitment to all is called chesed. This means that God is always going to be there for us and be committed to his people. Along with the definition of chesed, the stories of the Old Testament, what they teach us and how it has impacted us will be explored. The stories of the Old Testament that demonstrate God’s chesed are Abraham and his family and Moses from the time he goes to Egypt. The story of Abraham and his family starts when his family was polytheistic, which means a belief in more than one God. The type of worship that Abraham introduced was a belief in one God, monotheism. God made a promise of a great nation and his descendants numerous as the stars. Abraham’s end of the deal was to leave his family and move to Canaan. God kept his promises to Abraham by giving him many descendants. The story of Moses is also another example that demonstrates God’s chesed. Moses had a mission to save the Israelites. The covenant sign with God and Moses was the Passover which helped people remember why God saved them. Moses never saw the promise land, but he did get to see God. These stories teach us about how God made promises to his people and always fulfilled them. In the stories God shows his loyalty and commitment to
I learn that God is going always there for us and is someone we should always trust. When there is dark times in our lives God is their to guide us and help us grow into a closer relationship. The loyalty and commitment from God shows that he created us out love and compassion. Through the loss in my family, God has guided us to have strength knowing we will be with them again. Chesed has shown me that trusting in God through the good and bad will benefit us because God is committed to loving us and fulfilling his promises to his