The Sword of the LORD

One thing that every man or woman of faith has in common is that their lives in many ways will reflect the One on Whom they believe.   Because Jesus is the Living Word, then as we place our faith in Him, the Word becomes manifested in our mortal flesh, and folks begin to see Jesus in us.   The apostle Paul expressed it in an interesting way when he said that we are living letters from Christ which have been written, not with ink on paper or carved on tablets of stone, but written by the Spirit of God on the tables of our hearts.   (2 Corinthians 3:2,3).   Even those who walked by faith under the old covenant witnessed of the grace that God would bestow through His Son.   King David, the ancient King of Israel, was one such man.   His life in many ways reveals the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. The prophet Ezekiel clearly revealed the connection between David and Christ when he foretold the coming of the Messiah, saying, " And David My servant shall be...

"And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is His name? what shall I say unto them?   And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.   And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations."   (Exodus 3:13-15). When Moses encountered God on the backside of the wilderness of Sinai, he asked Him what name he should use when the children of Israel asked who had sent him to them.   The name by which God referred to Himself was, in the Hebrew, "hayaw," I AM THAT I AM.   This name has been interpreted in various ways such as "I am what ...

When our first child was born, my wife, Terry, and I had not yet been converted to Christianity.   We were both very young, having been married the summer after we graduated from high school.   On the night that Terry went into labor we were still unclear about what we were going to name our new child.   At that time, there were no ultrasound images to reveal the gender of the child, and the fathers were not allowed in the labor or delivery room to support their wives.   So, I was delegated to a waiting room and anxious to hear any news of what was happening with my wife.   As I waited, I picked up a Reader's Digest condensed book that contained the story of Christopher Columbus' life and the discovery of the New World.   When the nurse came to inform me that I was the father of a healthy baby boy, I was overjoyed, and couldn't wait to see my new son and his mama.   While Terry and I were admiring our boy, it suddenly came to me what we should call him...