Christ as a Refuge for Men

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1. God the refuge and foundation of His people (Deut. 32:4,30,31; 2 Samuel 22:3,32,47; 2 Samuel 23:3; Psalm 18:31,46; Psalm 28:1; Psalm 31:2; Psalm 61:2; Psalm 62:2,7; Psalm 78:35; Psalm 89:26; Psalm 92:15; Psalm 94:22; Psalm 95:1; Isaiah 17:10)

  • Deuteronomy 32:4 (NKJV) He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
  • Deuteronomy 32:30-31 (NKJV) 30 How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had surrendered them?
    31 For their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
  • 2 Samuel 22:3 (NKJV) The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence.
  • 2 Samuel 22:32 (NKJV) “For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
  • 2 Samuel 22:47 (NKJV) “The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation!
  • 2 Samuel 23:3 (NKJV) The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘He who rules over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God.
  • Psalm 18:31 (NKJV) For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
  • Psalm 18:46 (NKJV) The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
  • Psalm 28:1 (NKJV) To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
  • Psalm 31:2 (NKJV) Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to save me.
  • Psalm 61:2 (NKJV) From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Psalm 62:2 (NKJV) He only is my rock and my salvation; *He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.
  • Psalm 62:7 (NKJV) In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.
  • Psalm 78:35 (NKJV) Then they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.
  • Psalm 89:26 (NKJV) He shall cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’
  • Psalm 92:15 (NKJV) To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
  • Psalm 94:22 (NKJV) But the LORD has been my defense, And my God the rock of my refuge.
  • Psalm 95:1 (NKJV) Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
  • Isaiah 17:10 (NKJV) Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings;

2. Christ the smitten rock and foundation of the church (Exodus 17:6; Deut. 8:15; Deut. 32:13,15,18; Psalm 78:20; Psalm 105:41; Psalm 114:8; 1 Cor. 3:11; 1 Cor. 10:4)

  • Exodus 17:6 (NKJV) Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  • Deuteronomy 8:15 (NKJV) who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;
  • Deuteronomy 32:13 (NKJV) “He made him ride in the heights of the earth, That he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock;
  • Deuteronomy 32:15 (NKJV) “But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • Deuteronomy 32:18 (NKJV) Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, And have forgotten the God who fathered you.
  • Psalm 78:20 (NKJV) Behold, He struck the rock, So that the waters gushed out, And the streams overflowed. Can He give bread also? Can He provide meat for His people?”
  • Psalm 105:41 (NKJV) He opened the rock, and water gushed out; It ran in the dry places like a river.
  • Psalm 114:8 (NKJV) Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:11 (NKJV) For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:4 (NKJV) and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

Finis J. Dake, Dake Topical Index, WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “Christ as a Refuge for Men”.

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