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Now let's continue on brethren, let's come to Psalm thirty-four, we are going to look at some psalms here, which give us the hope, the trust, the looking to God to fight for us, to intervene for us. And you can go back and you can see in the examples in the Old Testament, how God intervened, to help, to fight, to intervene, to hold back the enemy, for those who really loved and served God. Likewise, in the New Testament, God has given us, as we will see, the promises that we can fight the battles and overcome. Now let's come here to Psalm 34:1; 'I will bless the Lord at all times.' That is a key. There are many, many keys that we are learning here. And if you are blessing the Lord and looking to Him; 'His praise shall continually be in my mouth.' And thanking God and loving God and even where it says in the New Testament, as we covered in: 'The Keys to Answered Prayer', we are to pray without ceasing. That means, many times during the day, we are looking to God to help us, to hear us, to answer us, to uplift us, whatever our circumstances may be. 'My soul shall make its boast in the Lord.' Not himself, not in other people, but in the Lord. 'The humble shall hear thereof and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me.' Now think about this for a minute. Just put in your notes, there, Psalm 136, every verse ends with; 'His mercy endures forever.' And since it endures forever, those are not vain repetitions. '…magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. I sought the Lord.' Now that is what to do, because Jesus said; "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you." And, of course, the Greek means there, seek and keep on seeking, ask and keep on asking, knock and keep on knocking and it shall be opened for you. And God will provide a way for you, just like it is here. 'I sought the Lord, and He heard me.' So it is important for you to understand that when you pray and pray to God the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, He [the Father] hears you. Don't have any doubt about it at all. Don't think that no, God won't hear me. And even if you have to come and repent of your sins, as we covered on the Sabbath, and if your heart condemn you, that is God's Spirit working with you to get you to repent, so that He can remove the sin from you and you can have confidence in God, in your prayers. But notice the confidence here. Even though, he had difficulties and problems. Continuing now; 'And He delivered me from all my fears.' So lay everything before God. Let it be that God will deliver you from all your fears. 'They looked to Him and were lightened.' Because it gives light, it gives hope, it gives the things that you need for God to intervene for you. 'And their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.' Now notice that all your fears, all your troubles. And just like we covered there in Matthew seven, the rain is going to come, the wind is going to come, the floods are going to come and you are going to experience trials and just like the beating of wind and rain and flood, but if you are founded on that rock, you will be delivered from all your troubles and all your fears. Now notice this you have extra help and extra protection that comes from God. 'The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.' Now I can look back and see many times, God has delivered me, sent an angel to help me out of difficulties and problems, rescued me from certain death. And the same way with you, you can probably look and see all the different things God has done for you, in fighting your battles for you. Then he says; 'Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.' That means; taste His word, taste of His Spirit, taste of His way. 'Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!' That is what all of this is for, to trust in God. Let Him fight for you. 'Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.' You can look out and see, yes, those in the world have want, animals have want, everything like this. Now here is the key, verse 14; here is how we do it, all a part of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, now in connection with fighting the battles and those things that are against us; our human nature, the world and Satan the devil, and the demons, etc. Verse 14; 'Depart from evil.' Just like we covered earlier. Bring every thought into captivity and into the obedience of Christ. 'Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.' It will come, here is why. Never think you are alone. Never think you are forsaken. Never think, just like the children of Israel accused God: 'Oh, now what are we going to do the Egyptians are here?' No. Verse 15; 'The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous.' Think of this, God calls you, because He loves you, because He needs you, because He wants you, because He is delighted in what you are doing, in seeking Him. 'And His ears are open unto their cry.' So when you come up against circumstances that are too much for you, look to God, put it all in His hands. Verse 16; 'the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears.' Oh, God hear me. Oh, God help me. Oh, God intervene. Oh, God give me wisdom, open the door, make a way, help me out of the mess that I am in. Deliver me from the circumstances, whatever it may be. 'The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.' Now we saw all fears, all troubles, all troubles, right? Yes. 'The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit.' That is what it is all about. You are loving God, have a contrite spirit and are yielded to Him. 'Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.' Every single one of them. So we have, delivered out of afflictions, delivered out of trouble, delivered out of fears, in other words, God is there and intervening to help you. So that is what we need to look to. This is the lesson of this whole day.

Now let's carry this a little bit further. Let's come over here to Psalm 35:1, just the next psalm here; 'Plead my cause, O Lord.' Let God do your fighting and your battle for you. '…with those who strive with me; fight against those who fight against me.' Let God do it. You will be amazed. 'Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.' Now we are going to talk about the shield, we are going to talk about the buckler, we are going to talk about these things that we need to use as our spiritual warfare. 'Also draw out the spear, and stop those who persecute me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor who seek after my life; let those be turned back and brought to confusion who plot my hurt. Let them be like chaff before the wind.' [wind sound] and they are gone. 'Let the angel of the Lord chase them. Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.' Now then it blends into about Christ. 'For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit.' And many times we have things that are without cause that come against us too. So let God do the fighting. Let God do the things in that way.

Now let's come over here to Psalm 37:1 and let's see something else that is important. Part of our attitude toward God, I mentioned this, but now let's read the scriptures of it here. 'Fret not yourself.' That is don't be upset, don’t be worried. '…because of evil doers, neither be you envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.' All of that is temporary. All of those things out there in the world, all the success of the world, don't envy that. Don't feel despondent. Look to the greater riches that God is going to give you, when you are resurrected and receive your reward and are in the Kingdom of God. We are going to have wealth untold. Think of that. We are going to have the greatest place in the world to live. We are going to have the greatest existence that could possibly be. We are going to be there with God the Father and Jesus Christ and all the resurrected saints. Amazing, isn't it? Keep that in mind. Verse 3; 'Trust in the Lord, and do good.' Don't worry. Don’t complain. Don’t get angry. Don't get resentful. Don't get bitter. 'So shall you dwell in the land, and verily shall you be fed.' Verse 4, key verse; 'Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.' That is why we have to have the desire for the Kingdom of God, first. 'Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him also, and He shall bring it to pass.' Now this is the confidence that we need. And this is the confidence that we need to have and understand when we are fighting the enemy, because we are going to see here, in a little bit, how we are going to fight that enemy. 'He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.' You are going to be exonerated. And if nothing else, you will be exonerated in the day of the resurrection and you will know all of your enemies have been destroyed. And furthermore, as we know, all the saints are going to see the vengeance of God. And the catastrophe and the plagues that God is going to bring on all those who rebel against the coming of Jesus Christ. That is the seven last plagues in Revelation sixteen. Continuing with Psalm 37:7; 'Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not yourself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.' That is a promise to us. You can read the rest of it here. And there are quite a bit more instances that say depart from evil again, wait on the Lord and all of those things are part of letting God fight our battles for us.

Now let's come to Ephesians six and let's see how this ties right in with Psalm thirty-five; with the sword and with the spear, with the helmet, with the breastplate and things like this. Because these are the tools of our warfare. Let's come back here to Ephesians six because this is very important for us to understand and realize, that the power behind all the enemies against us, is Satan the devil and his demons. And we need to look to God for the strength and help to fight these battles and how to fight them, because we are not just fighting against flesh and blood. There are powers in this world and we can overcome them. God says we can, without a doubt. Now let's come here to Ephesians 6:10; it is what we need to understand, this is the battle. Satan the devil is deceiving the whole world. He has blinded them. God has given them over to blindness. God has given the world over to lawlessness. He has called us out of it. Now, He hasn't taken us out of the world, because that won't happen until the resurrection. That is why Jesus said that He prays not to take them out of the world, to take us out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. And that is also our daily prayer, which we covered in: 'The Keys to Answered Prayer.' To rescue us from the evil one. So here is our part, wherever God has His part, we have our part. 'Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.' Now you recall the psalms that we covered, how trusting in the strength of God, to deliver us. 'Put on the whole armor of God.' Every bit of it, you can't put on just some of it. You can't put on a piece here, how would it be if one of the soldiers went to battle and he only had half a chest plate, and he only had a small sword, and he left his spear, and he didn't take his bow and arrow? What if he didn't put his armor to cover his legs, or his feet? 'Take the whole armor of God, so you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.' Now we are going to have to stand. And we are going to see one of the most important things that God wants us to do is, to stand. Now tie that in with Exodus 14:13 where God said; "Stand still and see the salvation of God." So we are to stand. We are not to fold up our tents, as it were. So here is the first place which says STAND. You can stand against them. In the name of Christ, every demonic spirit must leave. And though Satan may be there, to cause difficulties and problems, he can not have the upper hand. Oh, he may have it for awhile, so that we are tested, but God is going to deliver us from it. Continuing in Ephesians 6:12; 'For we are not wrestling against flesh and blood.' Just like a wrestling match, it is not against human beings, though humans may be instrumentalities that he is using. '…but against principalities, against powers, against the world rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.' That is why brethren, it is impossible for men to reform the governments of this world because they are all controlled by Satan the devil. Think on that. Why do you think all governments are so corrupt? Why do you think the U. N. is so corrupt? Perhaps the most corrupt thing on earth, as far as any form of government goes. Because they are all controlled by Satan the devil, in high places. That has also happened in churches. Just like Satan liked to be there where the disciples were. Satan even came in on the first part of the last Passover that Jesus had with His disciples, because he likes to get next to the seat of power. And that is what happens in so many churches. As one man and I were discussing here recently. It seems like, in so many cases, there is someone there, maybe the second man in charge, or the third man in charge or someone is there as a satanic plant, just to be there, wait, wait, wait for the right time. Just like Satan has done for the Protestants, as I have brought out. Rick Warren and his Purpose Driven church and now Dr. Land of the Southern Baptist church have been approved by the Council of Foreign Relations to develop a more moderate Christianity, to blend in with the religions of the world. The Pope is celebrating ecumenical conferences with Jews and with Moslems and they even have, and at the last meeting they had just this last month, they brought the Bible, Old and New Testament, Old Testament in Hebrew, New Testament in Greek, the Koran in Arabic and brought them together, that the three religions, founded on Abraham, supposedly, can have peace and get along. And the Democrats, just yesterday, from the taping of this video, asked a Moslem to give a prayer in the Congress of the United States, where he virtually asked Allah to expunge the Jews, didn't say it in those words, get rid of those who are of the curse, that is directly to the Jews and to bring about peace and peace, by Moslem standards is, conversion to Islam. Infiltrated, part of the punishment for sin. That is why keeping the commandments of God is so important and having the Spirit of God is so important, because if you don't, you can't fight against these spiritual powers. You can't fight against this wickedness. Continuing in Ephesians 6:13; 'Take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist [withstand].' It says; 'resist in the faith,' in 1 Peter 5:9 and James 4:7; 'resist the devil in the faith.' Continuing in Ephesians 6:13; '…in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.' There it is again, to stand. The second time, to stand. Now you have to work out all things. Here again, the third time. How important is it to stand? Do you stand for the truth or do you waffle with every wind of doctrine? Do you stand for righteousness or do you put up with sin and wickedness? Are you making a stand, in your own mind, in your own life, to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Jesus Christ? Are you making a stand in your life, to let God mould you and develop you and to bring you His character, the very character of Jesus Christ, the very mind of Christ, the very love of God into your life? Are you making that stand? Are you making the stand, just in every day things, when you are watching television and an evil and semi-pornography and great killing and slaughter takes place that you switch the channel and don't watch that and don't let that enter into your mind? Because those are all the wiles of Satan the devil there to reach in and to pollute the minds of all the viewers. And to bring down whatever moral standard that they have, bring it down more and more and more. And I think even Rush Limbaugh calls that, defining deviancy downward, which they are doing. And it is there, I don't care what television you watch, I don't care what news you watch, it is a best an assortment of good and evil and most evil and some a little bit of good. So are you guarding the door of your mind? Are you protecting the eyes that you have? Are you standing for truth in your daily life? Continuing in Ephesians 6:14; 'Stand therefore, having your loins gird about with truth [which is the word of God] and having the breastplate of righteousness.' To where it covers your whole body, it protects your heart, it protects your innards. And that is important. That is righteousness, righteousness, which comes from God. Righteousness that is imputed to you by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Righteousness that is given to you by the Holy Spirit, which is righteousness that leads you into all truth. Verse 15; '…and having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.' You are actively involved, in your life, in helping further the gospel, by your example, by people who ask you questions, to be able to give an answer to them. By helping other brethren, by helping those that are in churches who are in bondage to men, that are in slavery to these things. We have books, we have literature, we have tapes, and we will have CDs that you can give to them, so their lives can be changed. Are you busy with the preparation of the gospel, and walking in the way of Christ? Verse 16; '…besides all these things, take up the shield of faith.' If you don’t have a shield, you have nothing to fight off the arrows and the slings that come. '…with which you have the power to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.' You can put out all those thrusts of lusts and passion that Satan sends, as the prince of the power of the air, and he is there to just bring about these things.

Now let's talk about something that has been observed as a phenomenon. And a question was brought up; 'Why did nations, like the Soviet Union, like Japan, like Germany, like Iran, like Iraq, like Darfur, like Somalia, what happens when Satan gets a hold?' And even the question was brought up; 'Can a whole nation be possessed?' That is so influenced, that it is just like a canopy or an umbrella over them, that they believe the lies, that they believe the propaganda, that they know, there are killings and deaths going on, and they do nothing about it, and can't do anything about it and they walk, kind of in a stupor, because they have all been beaten down and they have no control of their minds? Look at what they are doing with radical Jihadism today, teaching little children, hatred, and viciousness and death and doom and God is raising them up to be punishment for His people that sin against Him. And we live in this generation, that is why we need to take this very seriously what God asks us to do. Ephesians 6:16; '…quench the fiery darts of the wicked one. And put on the helmet of salvation.' You need your head protected, spiritually and physically, but spiritually because Satan is trying to bombard everything into our brains, to get us to sin, to get us to go against God, to get us to have doubt and worry and frustration and be busy in doing physical things. '…and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.' You can not exercise the Spirit of God without the word of God. And that is the sword to fight against the enemy, Satan and his demons, they have absolutely no power over us. Understand that. Now notice how all of this comes together; 'praying at all times.' Never ceasing in praying. '…with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit [and in this very thing, everything that he has listed here and ending] with praying at all times in the Spirit [and in this very thing] being watchful with all perseverance [not giving up, not slacking down, not becoming lukewarm, not becoming dead, not mixing in false doctrines in with the truth of God, not looking at other people with their false religions and false Christ and demonic gods that they serve and so forth, no] with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.'

That is why we pray for the people of God, wherever they are. And also, I just might mention here to you also that not only, in addition to the ones that we know but those that we don't know, wherever they are and it has now been estimated that in China there are thirteen million people who keep the Sabbath. And they are watched, by the police, many have been arrested, some have been killed, and it has gotten so bad that what they have had to do is this; they have to meet in houses, but they can't let anyone know where the houses are because then the police will come and arrest them. So they have asked them, in faith, they have asked these Chinese brethren of ours, that we don't know anything about, and we need to ask God to be with them and help them and strengthen them. What they do, they all pray and God reveals to them where they ought to meet that next Sabbath, and they go there and they have their services, in private and quietness, but they are loving God and serving God to the very best of their abilities. Now you think about what God has given to us. You think about everything that God has given to us here in the United States of America and I tell you, brethren, the only reason that we have what we have is to truly preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, to this nation, to this world, to His people and if we turn our backs on God or if we conduct our lives in the absolute ignominiousness of the children of Israel, when they accuse God of doing evil against them and yet He still fought their battle for them, if we can not serve God, if we can not sacrifice our time, our lives, and our money and our honor, then we, of all people are the most laodicean, worthless, deserving to be vomited out and spit out and to go through terrible trials and difficulties because we don’t love God in the way that we ought to. Now continuing on in Ephesians 6:18; '…with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--and for me.' That is for any minister, anywhere who is truly preaching the word of God. '…that boldness of speech may be given to me, that I may open my mouth to make known the mystery of the gospel.' That is what we need to do. This is the battle that we are to fight. These are the things that are there and we can overcome. There is absolutely no doubt whatsoever, we can overcome.

Now let's come here to 1 Corinthians 9:24 and see what the apostle Paul said, this is what we need to keep in mind, brethren. We don’t have this fight where we just sort of wail at it, wail away at it and nothing really happens. That is why we have the Feast of Unleavened Bread, that is why we have the Passover, the first Holyday, the Sabbath in between and the last day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because that represents a complete segment, on how we have our sins forgiven, how we overcome sin, how we fight against sin, how we look to God, how we have faith, what we need to do to get sin out of our lives, what we need to do to put in righteousness, what we need to do to keep the commandments of God, do the will of God and do the things that are pleasing in His eyes. In 1 Corinthians 9:24, he says; 'Don't you know that those who run a race all run, but only one receives the prize?' That is the way you are to run, as if you are going to be the only one to win. Now God is going to give the same victory to everyone, but this is our individual race. That is why you are to; 'run in order that you may obtain the prize.' And what is the prize? Eternal life. For everyone who is striving for mastery, that is just in the athletic field, and they train and they practice, and they train and they practice and so forth, controls himself in all things. He doesn't indulge himself in things. He doesn't give himself over to his lusts and his passions, because he knows that is going to sap his strength, so he controls himself in all things. 'Of course, they do this so they may receive a corruptible crown.' Now recently, we just had the super bowl and they did this to have a trophy and to say; 'I am number one.' Well now when that is done and they are number one and the accolades are all over, well the day after the super bowl was over, guess what happened? They start putting it out of memory and what is in the paper? The beginning of baseball. 'They do it for a corruptible crown. But we are striving for an incorruptible crown.' An incorruptible existence, an eternal righteous character. So, he says, verse 26; 'Therefore I run thus: not as one who is uncertain.' No, we have to be knowledgeable, we have to be strong, we have to be trusting in God. 'So also I fight: not as beating the air [no shadow boxing, true fighting, with Christ]. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection.' That is what we need to do, bring our minds, our hearts, our lives, and our bodies into subjection to God. 'Lest after preaching to others, I myself might be rejected.' So that is the attitude that we need.

Now let's come to 1 Timothy 6:7 and this is really something for us to understand, and here is what he admonished Timothy, very, very important thing here. This is the attitude we need to have continuously and what it is that God expects us to do and that He will reciprocate and do for us. 'For we brought nothing into the world, and it is evident that neither do we have the power to carry anything out of the world. But having food and clothing, we should be satisfied with these. For those who desire to become rich [and there were those, back then] fall into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful lusts which cause men to sink into destruction and perdition.' You don’t want to be taken down by the world. 'For the love of money is a root of all evils.' See, that is why we seek for the true riches, the true wealth. 'By which, some also striving after riches were seduced from the faith, and having impaled themselves with many sorrows.' Now impaling is done in two ways; they take a long, sharp pole and thrust it right through the middle of a person and stand it up and there they are with their bodies like this…just hanging. Another impaling is from the lower extremity of the intestine, right up through to the throat and the point comes out the mouth and they stick them up and there they are; an ignominious death. Now no one, in his right mind, would impale himself, but here it is; 'impaled with many sorrows. But you, O man [or woman] of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience [endurance], and gentleness [meekness]. Fight the good fight of faith, take hold of eternal life.' That is what He wants us to do. '…to which you were also called and did profess the good profession in the presence of many witnesses.' So then he gives him a charge, to do this.

Now let's look at another thing that is important for us to realize, let's come here to the book of Romans. I'll let you read 1 John two; they had to overcome the wicked one. But let's come here to Romans 8:14, and let's see how we put this all together and here is one of the greatest and most inspiring and wonderful parts of what the apostle Paul wrote for us. And this is why he suffered so many things, because you see, when you suffer and you overcome and God is with you and He lifts you out of it and you go through different things and God matures you and gives you strength and understanding and wisdom and love and humility and all of these things that come with all the trials that God gives us. 'For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.' And it shows that we are to be putting off the works of the flesh, developing the spiritual things. Verse 15; 'For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship whereby we call out, "Abba, Father." Now Abba is a Hebrew name, meaning daddy. So here is a sacred name that Paul wrote into the scriptures. The only one, pay attention sacred namers. '"Abba, Father." The Spirit itself bears witness conjointly with our spirit testifying that we are children of God, and if we are children, we are also heirs--truly heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [if we fight the battle together, if we grow and overcome together] so that we may also be glorified together with Him. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God.' And we are going to, with Christ, deliver it from the grips and the vice of the bondage of Satan the devil and the evil that they have brought upon themselves.

Now let's come over here to Romans 8:28, here is what we need to keep in mind and this is one of my favorite places in the New Testament, whenever I have trials and difficulties confronting me, and I have had many, you have had many. God's word is there to encourage us. God's Spirit is there to revive us and uplift us. So just keep this in mind, whatever things work whatever way they do, remember this, it's not over until it's over and claim this promise; 'And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Because those whom He did foreknow, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.' Now when were you predestined for this? The instant that you responded to the call of God and then were subsequently baptized and received the Holy Spirit of God. You were predestined by God to be part of His plan, to be part of His family, to be part of what He is doing. 'Because whom He did foreknow, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His own Son.' To be just like Christ, we will see Him exactly as He is. 'That He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Now whom He predestined, these He also called,' because you answered the call. 'And whom He called, these He also justified,' through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 'And whom He justified, these He also glorified.' Now if you have the Spirit of God, you have a bit of glory in you, in your mind. And being glorified, at the resurrection, with a Spirit mind and body and a transformation of this vile body that we have to be made like Jesus Christ. 'What then shall we say to these things?' What can be greater than this? 'If God is for us, who can be against us?' No man, not even Satan the devil and the demons. 'For He who did not spare even His own son, but gave Him up for us, how shall He not also grant us all things together with Him?' That is the whole purpose of God. 'Who shall bring an accusation against the elect of God?' Oh, Satan tries to bring accusations, but we overcome him with the blood of Christ and with the word of our testimony and we don't love our lives unto death. 'God is the One Who justifies. Who is the one that condemns? It is Christ who died, but rather Who is risen again, Who is even now at the right hand of God, and Who is making intercession for us.' Now think about that. Right today, at this minute, while we are reading these words, Christ is there making intercession for us, that we succeed, that we overcome and He will fight our battles for us. Now notice; 'What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger [peril], or sword?' And none of us have faced this yet, have we? But we will, won't we? Yes, indeed. 'Accordingly it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for the slaughter." Yet in these things we are more than conquerors [we will win, we will overcome, we will succeed] through Him Who loved us.' Now this is the persuasion that we need to have, this is the faith, this is the trust, this is the thought, and this is the anchor of our soul, as it were. 'For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.' So let God fight your battles for you, let Him intervene. You do your part, God will do His part and we will all attain to the resurrection and be with all the brethren on the sea of glass when that time occurs.

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Scriptural References

Spring Holy Days—2007

Tape #4

1. Exodus 13:1-6, 12:51

2. Leviticus 23

3. Exodus 13:7-9

4. Proverbs

5. Exodus 13:10

6. Leviticus 23:6-7

7. Numbers 28

8. Leviticus 23:8

9. Deuteronomy 16:16-17

10. Exodus 13:17-18, 14:2-5

11. Exodus 14:7-12, :13-31

12. Matthew 10

13. Exodus 15:1-3, 14:15

14. Psalm 18:1-9

15. Psalm 27:1-4, :5-7

16. Matthew 7:21-27

17. Psalm 127:1

18. Psalm 34:1-19

19. Psalm 136

20. Matthew 7

21. Psalm 37:1-6

22. Revelation 16

23. Ephesians 6:10-19

24. Exodus 14:13

25. 1 Peter 5:9

26. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

27. 1 Timothy 6:7-12

28. Romans 8:14-19

29. 1 John 2

30. Romans 8:28-39