GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
'Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him.'—DEUT. vii. 9.
'Faithful,' like most Hebrew words, has a picture in it. It means something that can be (1) leant on, or (2) builded on.
This leads to a double signification—(1) trustworthy, and that because (2) rigidly observant of obligations. So the word applies to a steward, a friend,...
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