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SAUL'S ARMOR

“And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.  And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it.  And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them.  And David put them off him .  And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine [Goliath] .” (1 Samuel 17:38-40).   A dear lady that we fellowship with told us recently about how her sisters would criticize and ridicule her after she became a Christian.  One sister in particular would try to buy her clothes and take her to get her hair done at a beauty parlor when she visited her because she didn’t like the way she looked.  Our friend said, “She just wanted to fix me.”  She said that she w...
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HAPPY IS THE PEOPLE WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD

"Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and Who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places." (Deuteronomy33:29).   The blessings and promises that God bestowed upon Israel in the Old Testament were but foreshadows of everything that He has given to the believers in Christ.   Christ was always going to be the fulfillment of God's great plan.   He was the Tree of Life in the beginning of creation, and He is the Tree of Life in the closing chapter of the Revelation of John.   Though the prophecies of old were spoken to Israel after the flesh, most of them have their broader fulfillment in spiritual Israel which is the church of Jesus Christ - that body of believers (both Jew and gentile) who have been born again and are bound together not by any particular doctrine, creed, or bloodline, but by the Spirit of the living God....
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THE WORK OF GOD

"Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent." (John 6:28,29).   The works of the flesh should be quite evident to most Christians.  In fact, the apostle Paul tells us as much in Galatians 5:19.  He says the works of the flesh are manifest, openly known, or apparent.  He even lists many of them such as adultery, fornication, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, jealousies, selfish ambitions, envy, murders, and drunkenness.  The Christian, however, must also be concerned about the less apparent things that are just as clearly the works of the flesh.  We know we should avoid the very bad things, but it is the seemingly good things that we plunge headlong into.  We call them good deeds, Christian ministry, and godly service; but in many cases they are self-directed and the result of self-righteousness and self-effort, an...
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