PROTECTION UNDER LIBERTY
PSALM 91 - 14 - 16 (KJV)
BECAUSE HE HAS SET HIS LOVE UPON ME, THEREFORE I WILL DELIVER HIM ; I WILL
SET HIM ON HIGH , BECAUSE HE HAS KNOWN MY NAME . HE SHALL CALL UPON ME, AND
I WILL ANSWER HIM .
I WILL DELIVERY HIM AND HONOR HIM . WITH LONG LIFE WILL I SATIFY HIM , AND
SHALL SHOW HIM MY SLAVATION .
PSALMS 91 EXPLAINS THE P ROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE THAT ONE CAN EXPEXT FROM
GOD . IF HE SETS HIS LOVE ON GOD , HOW DO WE SHOW THAT WE LOVE GOD ?
FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD ,THAT WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS ;
AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT GRIEVOUS.
1 JOHN 5-3 (KJV)
AS JOHN TELLS US IN THIS PASSAGE , WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE GOD BY KEEPING HIS
COMMNADMENTS . AS I HAVE PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED , HIS COMMANDMENT ARE THE
LAW OF LIBERTY . SO , IF WE TRULY LOVE GOD, WE WILL LIVE BY HIS LAW OF LIBERTY.
WHEN ONE LIVES BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY , ONE SHOWS HIS LOVE FOR GOD , AND
PUTS HIS TRUST IN HIM . THE PASSAGE QUOTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ARTICLE
, SUMMARIES BRIEFLY WHAT WE CAN EXPEXT GOD TO DO FOR ONE OF HIS PEOPLE ,
(ie)
ONE WHO LIVE AS BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY . LIVING BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY MEANS
THAT WE DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH , AND ABIDES UNDER THE
SHADOW OF HIS WINGS . HE IS OUR REFUSE AND FORTRESS . PSALMS 91 1 - 2
WE HAVE A PLACE OF SAFTY WHEN WE TRUST IN AND LOVE GOD .
HE ALSO PROMISES US DELIVERANCE FROM MANY PERILS . IN VERSES 3- 6 GOD GIVES
US SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF WHAT HE WILL PROTECT US FROM . THESE ARE SNARES OF
THE FOWLERS , AND DEADLY PESTILENCE . HE WILL PROTECT US FROM THOSE SEEKING
TO SET UP ANY SORT OF TRAP FOR US . HE TELLS US THAT HIS TRUTH SHALL BE OUR
SHIELD AND BUCKLER . WE WILL HAVE THE BEST DEFENCIVE ARMOR POSSIBLE IN GOD’S
TRUTH . WE SHALL HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR FROM THE TERROR BY NIGHT OR THE ARROW
BY DAY . THIS IS ASSURANCE AROUND THE CLOCK PROTECTION FOR THOSE LIVING UNDER
HIS LAW OF LIBERTY . WE ALSO HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKS
IN DARKNESS , NO THE DESTRUCTION THAT WASTES AT NOONDAY .
AGAIN, WE ARE ASSURED OF AROUND THE CLOCK PROTECTION . THE FACT THAT THIS
ROUND THE CLOCK PROTECTION IS GIVEN TWICE , BACK TO BACK , SERVES TO EMPHASIZE
THE FACT OF THE MATTER , WHEN EVER GOD REPEATS HIMSELF , HE IS EMPHASING THE
TRUTH OR SEVERITY OF WHAT IS REPEATED .
VERSE 7 & 8
DESCRIBES WHAT SHALL HAPPEN WHEN ONE LIVES UNDER THE LAW OF LIBERTY , TRUSTING
IN GOD , AND NOT FORCED ( NOT VOLENTEERS ) TO FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE . “ A THOUSAND
SHALL FALL AT THY SIDE , AND TEN THOUSAND AT THY RIGHT HAND , IT SHALL NOT
COME NYE THEE . ONLY WITH THINE EYES SHALL THOU BEHOLD AND SEE THE REWARD
OF THE WICKED “ . PSALMS 91 - 8
IF YOU TRULY LOVE AND TRUST GOD BY HIS LAW OF LIBERTY , HE WILL DEFEAT YOUR
ENEMIES FOR YOU IN THE TIMEOF TROUBLE AND YOU WILL WALK AWAY AND SEE THEM
FALL .
VERSE 9-13
HE WILL PROTECT US FROM ALL EVIL AND PLAGUES WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOST HIGH
OUR HABITATION , HE WILL SEND ANGELS TO HAVE CHARGE OVER US AND KEEP THEE
IN AL OF THY WAYS .
PSALMS 91-11 b (KJV)
WE WILL HAVE THE BEST PROTECTION AND DEFENSE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IF WE ONLY
LOVE GOD , TRUST IN HIM , AND LIVE BY HIS LAW OF LIBERTY . WE WILL NOT EVEN
NEED TO FEAR THE ANIMALS AS IN NATURE AS VERSE 13 TELLS US . WITH ARE LOVING
, TRUSTING , ABIDING IN GOD IN THE LAW OF LIBERTY , WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
TO FEAR . HE WILL PROVIDE PROTECTION OF ANY POSSIBLE AVENUE OF ATTACK OR TROUBLE
.
AS YOU CAN SEE , AS YOU READ PSALMS 91 , THOSE WHOM LOVE GOD AND LIVE BY
HIS LAW OF LIBERTY , ARE PROTECTED BY HIM TO THE UTTERMOST “. AND THE OFFICERS
WHICH WERE OVER THOUSANDS OF THE HOST , THE CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS AND CAPTAINS
OF HUNDREDS , CAME NEAR MOSES “, AND THEY SAID UNTO MOSES ,” THY SERVANTS
HAVE TAKEN THE SUM OF THE MEN OF WAR WHICH ARE UNDER OUR CHARGE AND THERE
LACKETH NOT ONE MAN OF US . NUMBERS 48 -49 (KJV)
THIS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE PROTECT THAT IS OFFERED TO THOSE WHO
LIVE BY THE LAW OF LIBERTY AND TRUST GOD FOR HIS ASSISTANCE AND DELIVERANCE
. HE WILL PROTEECT HIS PEOLE IN THIS MANOR IN THE TIME OF MOSES, WE CAN COUNT
ON THE SAME PROTECTION TODAY . I AM THE LORD I CHANGE NOT . MALACHI 3- 6
JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY , TODAY ,AND FOREVER . HEBREW 13-8 (KJV)
BLESSINGS, REV. EDWARD HENRY NEWMAN