5. Chesed:
Faithful love.
This is probably the most common and important word that describes God. It combines two ideas: God’s faithfulness and His mercy. It means that God keeps his promises, but in a way that is merciful. It is possible to literally keep one’s word, but to do so in a way that still visits evil on others. But God keeps his promises in a way that is a benefit to His people.
This is one of the foundations of Jesus’ teaching, for instance the Lord’s prayer. We make requests of God to fulfill what He has already promised and we trust that He will do so to our benefit, granting us our daily needs and delivering us from evil.
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