Let us turn again to God's word
and turning now to the book of Genesis in chapter 49 Genesis
chapter 49 and reading the first two verses and then at verse 19 And Jacob called unto his sons,
and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which
shall be for you in the last days. Gather yourselves together,
and hear ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father. Verse 19, Dad, a troop shall
overcome him, but he shall overcome at the last. And it's those words
in verse 19 that I want to concentrate on for our text. Here we have
the aged Jacob about to die. Gathering together his twelve
sons and pronouncing these prophetic words upon each of them. The blessings that Israel pronounces
then upon the twelve tribes And of course we have a similar chapter
also in Deuteronomy. In Deuteronomy chapter 33 we
have the words of Moses again addressed to the twelve tribes. As Moses comes to die so he too
pronounces certain prophetic words, the blessings of the twelve
tribes. In some ways we find the chapters
not easy to understand or we certainly have to acknowledge
some difficulty with regards to the interpretation of these
various pronouncements that are made upon the sons of Jacob,
the tribes of Israel. And then others of the words
that are spoken concerning these various sons are much clearer
to us. but turning to what he said here
with regards to this particular son Gad. Gad, a troop shall overcome
him, but he shall overcome at the last. Now we read of the
birth of this particular child there in chapter 30. He was the
son of Zilpah who was made to Leah and she called him by the
name Gad because she said a troop was coming and the very name
then is significant like all the names Gad literally means
a troop and the Gadites certainly were most valiant in battle they
were like troopers they were warlike together with the tribe
of Reuben, and after the tribe of Manasseh, they did not enter
into a possession over the other side of Jordan, but they sued
with Moses, remember that they might have their inheritance
on the West Bank. and they were granted what they
desired but it was also required of them that they should enter
into the land of promise with the others of the tribes and
engage in warfare against the inhabitants, the Canaanites and
the other peoples that were inhabiting that land of promise. The two
and a half tribes must go with the others and engage in warfare
and conquer the land. But then, having done that, they
would return to that that was given them as a possession on
the West Bank. And there, of course, in that
situation, they were surrounded on every hand by enemies. There were those who would engage
in warfare against them. They were exposed to the Ammonites
and the Moabites and the various other nations who dwelt in those
regions. And so it was necessary that
they should be a warlike people. And we saw something of that,
of course, in the other chapter that we read, in the fifth chapter
of the first book of Chronicles. We're told, verse 19 there, how
they make war with the Hagarites. They engage. in warfare with
those who were the descendants of Hagar. They made war with
the Hagarites, with Jaitor and Naphish and Nodab, and they were
helped against them. And the Hagarites were delivered
into their hand, and all that were with them. For they cried
to God in the battle, and He was entreated of them, because
they put their trust in Him. God was with them, the war was
clearly of God as we see there in verse 22, there fell down
many slaves because the war was of God and they dwelt in their
stead until the captivity. They were very much a warrior
people then. They were as I say like troopers
and this is how Leah speaks of them, even at the birth of the
man who was the father of that tribe. He was called by the name
of Gareth, meaning a troop. A troop was coming, a troop of
valiant men, mighty fighters in Israel. Well that's tells
us something with regards to the litfulness of the situation
but we have to remember of course that when we come to scripture
we're not just dealing with that that is historic. The book surely
is a spiritual book and always we have to bear in mind that
even with regards to these things that are recorded in the Old
Testament scriptures there is some spiritual instruction for
the children of God in the New Testament. In 1 Corinthians chapter
10, remember the words of the Apostle, all these things happened
unto them for examples, for types. All these things happened unto
them for types. And they are written for our
admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. The ends of the world. And it's
interesting, is it not, that Jacob makes mention of what will
befall in the last days, there in verse 1. Jacob called unto
his sons and said, Gather yourselves together that I may tell you
that which shall befall you in the last days. The last days
ultimately is this day, this day of grace, the gospel day,
the ends of the world. And all these things are written
for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come. Again, Paul writing in Romans
chapter 15 reminds us whatsoever things were written aforetime,
he's speaking of the Old Testament again, whatsoever things were
written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through
patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. And I trust
that when we come to read Here in the Old Testament Scriptures,
even in this first book of the Bible, the book of Genesis, we
seek to read as those who desire that we might have a spiritual
understanding of those things that are written. Israel is a
typical people, and the twelve tribes of Israel are a typical
people. Remember now, when we come right
to the end of Scripture, In the book of the Revelation we have
a description of that new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven. John writing there in chapter
21 verse 10 says, He carried me away in the Spirit to a great
high mountain and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem
descending out of heaven from God having the glory of God. This is the church, this is the
heavenly Jerusalem. And what does he go on to say
concerning this Jerusalem, verse 12, he speaks of a wall great
and high and 12 gates And at the gates twelve angels, and
names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes
of the children of Israel. And then again at verse 14, the
city layeth four square, and the length is as large as the
breadth, and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand
furlongs. The length and the breadth and
the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall, thereof,
and hundred and fourteen four cubits, according to the measure
of a man, that is of the angel. And he goes on, you see, to describe
so much concerning this city and the building of it and the
foundation of it. the wall of the city of twelve
foundations he says and in them the names of the twelve apostles
of the Lamb so we have the twelve tribes of the children of Israel
and also mention of the twelve apostles of the Lamb and it's
all one city and of course the language there in Revelation
20 is symbolic language but it reminds us does it not of the
great truth that even when we come into the Old Testament Scriptures
we are to see that God's people are one, one in the Old Testament,
one in the New Testament. And there are spiritual lessons
then that we can draw even from the things that we read concerning
these twelve sons of Jacob and the words that he speaks in the
way of prophecy concerning them. And so tonight I want us to Consider
for a little while what he said here with regards to this son
Gad, the son of Zilpah Gad. A troop shall overcome him, but
he shall overcome at the last. And simply considering each of
these two clauses and the significance of what he said. First of all,
he is spoken of as being overcome, But ultimately, he is spoken
of as the one who himself overcomes it. The truth shall overcome
him, but he shall overcome at the last. But first of all, let's
look at that first clause. And seeking to understand what
we're reading here in a spiritual sense. Remember, the Gadites
are a warlike people. They're in a situation where
they are constantly under threat. They are having to defend their
possessions against all those nations round about them who
would seek to destroy them. But what's the spiritual significance
of these things? Well is it not true with regards
to the people of God and we can think not just of the church
but think of individual believers Isn't the individual believer
often under assault, under attack? Are there not many foes? Are
there not those great enemies that will seek to destroy the
children of God? We know that there are external
foes. There is Satan himself, who is
that great archenemy of the saints. And Paul reminds us that we wrestle
not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places. He is speaking here of
the legions of demons, spiritual wickedness in high places, principalities,
powers. the rulers of the darkness of
this world, how the beleviacy is under assault. The devil at
a roaring high is walking about seeking whom he may devour. For
those who have any interest in that salvation that is in the
Lord Jesus Christ, ours will not be a peaceable life. Though we know that blessed peace
with God, though we know that reconciliation that the Lord
Jesus Christ has accomplished by the great sacrifice that He
made, we who were once God's enemies alienated from Him, reconciled
to Him at peace with God, and yet here in this world so much
aware that we're in a conflict of warfare, we have to fight
that good fight, to fight They have to lay hold upon eternal
life as Satan, ever seeking to assault the people of God. And he is such a wily fowl. And
we are not to be those who are ignorant of his devices or those
precious remedies. One of the Puritans, Thomas Brooks,
writes a most interesting and helpful book on that very subject. precious remedies against Satan's
devices. How we need to be aware of the
devil and his ways, his stratagems. Is it not in warfare one important
point that has to be constantly taken into account that we are
aware of the strategies of those who are our enemies. We try to
understand the way in which they are thinking, what they are contemplating
doing, that we might counter their plans and their purposes,
and so we are not to be ignorant of the devices of the devil. Dan, or God rather, a truth shall
overcome him, for there are many enemies. There is Satan himself,
there is the wicked world. John says, Love not the world,
neither the things that are in the world, for all that is in
the world is not of the Father, but is of the world. It speaks
of the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes, the pride
of life. And this world, you see, it lies
in the wicked one. Though the world is an enemy
to the child of God, all the allurements, the attractions.
How there is that in the world that is so appealing to the believer's
all nature. How it's so easy to go the way
of the world. How it's so costly to stand against
the world and all its ways. These are the enemies you see
that the believer is constantly confronted by. They come from
without sight of the world. even false professors sometimes
prove themselves to be such enemies to God's children from sinner
and from saint he meets with many of those says the hymn writer
those who are openly hostile those who are but sinners and
they know they are sinners and yet they so hate the child of
God but those who call themselves saints those who have an appearance
of being numbered amongst the godly and yet they're not truly
God's children. And they're opposed. They're
opposed to the believer. The Lord Jesus Christ himself
warns against such, does he not, when he gives those discourses,
those valedictory discourses in the Gospel according to John,
remember the content of those chapters 14 and 15 and 16, and
the Lord says there, verse 2 of chapter 16, they shall
put you out of the synagogues. Yea, the time cometh that whosoever
killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do
unto you because they have not known the Father nor me. These are those who say that
they are working in the name of God. It is a fact of history,
is it not, that Papal Rome has been a greater enemy to the true
Church of Christ than ever Pagan Rome was. Oh, there were many
martyrs to Pagan Rome in the early centuries of this Christian
era, but at the time of the Protestant Reformation. What slaughter there
was! and all that done in the name
of God. They thought that they did God's
service when they were destroying the very sons of God. There are
many outward foes that come and assault the child of God and
sometimes the child of God seems to be overcome. His enemies are
too strong. God's troops shall overcome him. But not only outward enemies,
there are also those internal foes that attack the child of
God. We quoted those lines just now
from one of Joseph Hart's hymns, from Sinner and from Sight, he
meets with many a blow. His own bad heart creates him
smart, which none but God can know, is on that heart. How the
believer feels that this is in many ways the greatest of all
his enemies. All that evil heart of unbelief
that is yet within him. And how it's spoken of in the
scriptures, how God saw it, God saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thought of
his heart was evil, continually. Every imagination. How rich the
language of scripture is there. Every imagination of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually. This is the heart of man you
see. It's deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it? This is that
sink of iniquity that dwells in the heart. That sin that is
within us, in our fallen natures. And the Lord Jesus Christ, remember,
speaks of it in the Gospel. Out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness,
blasphemies. These are the things which defile
a man. but to eat with unwashed hands
defile, if not a man. Oh, the scribes and the Pharisees,
they were so taken up by the tradition of their fathers, this
ritualistic washing, as if this made a man right with God. And
the Lord is saying quite plainly, you can make the outside of the
cup and the platter clean, but what is within it? Oh, it's full
of all evil. This is the heart of man. These
are the things that defile a man. those things that proceed out
of his heart. And so the believer will seek
to strike at his own heart, will he not? As we said this morning,
we see those at the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus striking at
their breasts, striking at their hearts. There it is that evil
has its root And that that is within finds expression in a
man's life. He's overcome. He sang just now
that rather strange hymn of John Kent's. And yet what truth does
dear old John Kent bring out concerning the Canaanites and
the spiritual significance of these things? There in verse
4, like Gad, by a troop overcome, they fall through the workings
of sin, yet glory they not in their shame, but mourn their
defilements within. On Zion's bright summit above,
victorious at last they shall stand, though now for a season they
prove the Canaanites still in the land. In this life, you see,
the Canaanites are there, they are within us. And here is poor
Gad, and so often Gad is overcome. Overcome by these inward foes,
iniquities. It says the psalmist prevailed
against them. And they do prevail, and we feel
it, and he grieves them. But our comfort is this, as for
our sins, God purges them away. We thank God for that, that there
is cleansing in the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ,
but that doesn't give us license to sin. If we're God's children,
it grieves us that we're still having to do conflicts with that
that is within us. Paul says, I know that in me,
that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing. How he thoucheth,
how he grieves over it, O wretched man that I am, he cries out,
Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? How he grieves the believer,
how it saddens him in his heart that he feels so often to be
overcome by these inward foes, that that is in his heart, the
lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes, the pride of life,
that that is in the world, he feels it so much in his heart. This is why he is attracted so
often to the world's ways. And it is not easy to be separated
from this world. And yet John tells us again in
his first epistle that whatsoever is born of God does not commit
sin. For his seed remaineth in him
and he cannot sin because he is born of God. Now what does
that mean? It's that sea that is within
him, it's that new nature that doesn't see. That that is born of God, that
new nature, it does not commit seeing. It cannot see. But this is the conflict you
see, the flesh lusting against the spirit and the spirit against
the flesh and these two are so contrary one to the other and
the believer feels it, it's a conflict. And so often he's overcome when
he sins in a sense it's involuntary, he doesn't delight in sinning.
I was struck by a short sentence in another of the Puritans, Thomas
Goodwin, he says that believers are bunglers in sinning. Believers
are bunglers in sinning, they're not those who delight in sin. They do sin but he grieves them.
and they want to be delivered from it, they don't want to be
overcome by their sins. But here we have it, you see,
concerning the true Israel of God, the spiritual Gadites, the
truth shall overcome him. But, we have to thank God for
that little word, but. So often in scripture, but, he
shall overcome at the last now in all these things Paul says
we are more than conquerors through him that loved us ultimately
the believer overcomes he's not overcome he overcomes and how
does he overcome? through him that loved him he
that overcometh shall inherit eternal life we read in the revelation
Now how does the believer overcome? Consider something of his foes,
those enemies, be they external enemies, be it Satan or the world,
be it those who make a profession and yet their profession is not
genuine and they despise those who are the true children of
God, they cannot understand it. Or be it that arch enemy of the
believer which is himself, remember And Ralph Erskine, I think it
was, said, on more than one occasion, all that I have are to myself.
My greatest enemy is myself, it's who I am, what I am, do
you see what grieves me? My sinful nature. Well, I mean,
consider though, so many times a believer, like God, feels that
his truth is overcoming him, overwhelming him. How is he ultimately
to be victorious? He shall overcome at the last. How does he overcome? I want
to mention a number of ways whereby the believer overcomes in this
conflict. First of all, he overcomes by
the word of God. He overcomes by the word of God. It's revelation. chapter 12 and
verse 11 concerning satan they overcame him by the word of their
testimony or the word of their testimony
you see it's not just the written word of God is it? it's that
word of God as it's made a blessed reality in the soul of the sinner
who is silent with meekness he knows it, he has received it,
it's the engrafted word that he's able to save his soul, he
knows the truth of it. He lives by it. It's the word
of his testimony. And by that word, he overcomes. Isn't this how the Lord Jesus
Christ himself overcame? He who is the captain of our
salvation. When Satan so sorely assaults
him, in the temptations remember after he was baptized it's remarkable
is it not here is Christ you see and he's baptized by John
in the river Jordan what a blessed experience it is in the Lord's
own earthly life how the spirits open and the heavens open and
the spirit descends upon him in the form of a dove or the
Father give us not the Spirit by measure unto, here he is,
he's anointed as he's baptising by the Blessed Spirit and then
the Father speaks those words, this is my beloved Son in whom
I am well pleased. Think of all that this experience
must have meant to the Lord Jesus Christ. How favoured he was as
he submits to John's baptism he will fulfil all righteousness.
And then immediately, after this blessed experience, he is led
of the Spirit into the wilderness. And there he is tempted of Satan.
In one sense we might say, we say it reverently, this is a
blessed mountaintop experience, this Baptist. And then within
such a short period of time he is in the very depths. He is
being assaulted by Satan. Is it not often like that in
the experience of the people of God? All our lives are made
up of changes. And those who have no changes,
we read in Psalm 55, they fear not God. Don't be surprised at
changes. Changes is the lot of God's children. We're not always on the mountain
top. We're involved in a warfare,
in a conflict, and sometimes we feel overwhelmed. when we
have to look to Him who is the captain of our salvation? And
what do we see in the Lord Jesus Christ there as He engages in
warfare with Satan himself in that wilderness? What does He make use of to overcome
the great adversary? Well, if you read the opening
verses in Matthew chapter 4, you'll see three times, verses
4, 7 and 10, the Lord uses that expression, it is written. Here it is authoritative. It
is written. He overcomes him by the word
of God. Oh yes, Satan can quote scripture
or he can misinterpret and misquote scripture. He is a subtle foe,
you see. But the Lord overcomes him. Satan
goes from him for a season. Angels come and minister to him. Here is a way in which we are
to overcome. By the Word of God we can say
to Satan it is written. For we need to be those who are
familiar with the Scriptures. And familiar with those things
that God has said before us in the Scriptures. His words of
comfort and encouragement to us. These words whereby we can
resist Satan. It is the part of the believer's
armour, is it not? The sword of the Spirit, which
is the Word of God. This is how we overcome by the
Word of God. John, when he writes, in his
first epistle in the second chapter addresses believers at different stages of their
spiritual development. There is such a thing of course
as growth and growth. Some are babes, some are young
men, some are older men. There are different stages in
spiritual development and there in Verse 14 of that second chapter
John says, I have written unto you young men, because ye are
strong, and the word of God abideth in
you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. Here is how we overcome
the wicked one you see. The word of God. But where does
the word of God dwell? It must dwell within us. That
doesn't mean that we just store our minds with the word of truth,
we can do that, that's a good thing, to memorise scripture.
But we want more than God's word to be in our heads, we want God's
word to take hold of our very souls, we want God's word to
dwell in our hearts. All we want to receive it as
it is truly the engraved, the implanted word. This is what
these young men have done. The Word of God was abiding in
them. And how did John know that they
had the Word of God within their hearts? Because they were overcoming
the wicked one. We overcome by the Word of God.
We overcome also by the knowledge of God. The knowledge of God. Remember the words of Daniel? chapter 11 and verse 32 the people that do know their
God shall be strong and do exploits the people that do know their
God these are the ones who do exploits or are we those friends
who have such a knowledge of God that we overcome The Lord
Jesus there in the end of Revelation
chapter 3 says to him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in
my throne even as I overcame and am set down with my father
in his throne. Or do we have such a knowledge
of the Lord Jesus Christ that we overcome, we sit with him,
we sit with him in his throne We know what it is to be sitting
with Him in the heavenly Pisces. We do enjoy communion with Him. There is for us that holy familiarity. We know Him. How do we know Him? Because we meet with Him. We
meet with Him in His words. We speak with Him in our prayers.
There is a familiarity that is right and proper, not an irreverent
familiarity, a holy familiarity all but we know him and this
is what is our spiritual life, is it not? it is life eternal,
says Christ to know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom
he hath sent the people that do know their Gods they are strong,
they do exploits but how can we know God? we can only know
God in and through the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the Lord Jesus
Christ who is the image of the invisible God. It is the Lord
Jesus Christ who is the great revealer of God. We know God
in the person and the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. And what
is that great work that He has done? Why He has come? Is He
not to be obedient? to the Father's will to accomplish
all that work that the Father had given Him to do in the covenant.
And He must ever be about that business of His Father as He
says time and again in John's Gospel. He has a work to fulfill. He will be obedient and obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross. Oh, we know God, you
see, as He reveals Himself to us in and through Christ and
all that we are told in the Scriptures concerning Him, in His person
and in His blessed work. And how that work comes to its
climax when He makes that great sacrifice, when He sheds His
precious blood, when He pours out His soul unto death, when
He makes that great atonement for the sins of his people and
we overcome through him, the knowledge of God that we have
in him the work that he has accomplished, the gain there in Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 11 they overcome not only by the word
of their testament but something more is there not they overcome
him it says by the blood of the Lamb Or are we overcome by the blood
of the Lamb? Do we know the blood of the Lamb?
That precious blood. That blood that has a voice even
in the high courts of heaven. Do we know these things? But
we want more than a knowledge with our minds, a notional knowledge,
a head knowledge. We want more than that. We don't
just want to know about these things. It's not enough to know
about these things, to be familiar with these things in that intellectual
sense. We need a living faith in these things, do we not? Because
ultimately, this is how we overcome. We overcome by faith. We overcome
by faith. Faith must have to do with the
Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one who has overcome.
And we're looking on to him. Remember the words that we have
there in that twelfth chapter of Hebrews. Looking onto Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith, that is looking away to
Jesus. That's the force of the language,
the word that is used. Taking the eye off every other
object and looking away and looking only onto Jesus. That's the force
of the word. We only have eyes for Him, the
author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set
before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and He sat
down at the right hand of the throne of God. For, consider
Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest
ye be wearied and faint in your mind. O, we are wearied oftentimes! O, we are overcome! Like God,
the truth overcomes us. We are overwhelmed by Satan and
the world and our sinful selves. And we grow faint and we do not
consider him. For he endured the contradiction of sinners
against himself. He has fought that good fight.
And he has vanquished sin and Satan. and He has triumphed over
death and over the grave. Blessed are we to Him, and it
is by faith in Him, you see, that we overcome. Whatsoever
is born of God overcometh the world. And this is the victory
that overcometh the world, says John, even our faith. But it's the object of faith,
it's not my faith or your faith, it's a blessed object. that is
all important and that one object of course is the Lord Jesus Christ
and above all then taking the shield of faith wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darks of the wicked with
all the shield of faith we hide behind the shield of faith surely
Christ himself is that shield of faith and as We shouted behind
that shield of Faiso, we overcome, we resist the devil. Peter says
concerning Satan whom resist, steadfast in the fire. And this was the way of all those
of the Old Testament. As I said at the beginning though,
we do right in taking account of the geographical situation
in which the Gaddites as a tribe found themselves and the warlike
people they must be in order to overcome all their enemies
around them. Though we do well to take account
of that, we also remember the spiritual significance of these
words in the Old Testament. Now we're reminded of that, are
we not, in the 11th chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews. How
did they overcome in the Old Testament? Through faith. These are the great examples
of faith. And look at what Paul says as
he comes to the end of the chapter, verse 33. He says, Who through
faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises,
stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire,
escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong,
waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens
and so on. Or how they overcame through
time. Yes, it's the word of God. Yes,
it's the knowledge of God. Yes, it's the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ. But there must be faith. There
must be faith in all of these things. How does faith express
itself? By prayer. If we are men and women of faith,
we will be men and women of prayer. Praying always. with all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance for all saints, saith Paul. He's spoken of all
the armour that God has supplied the Christian with there in Ephesians
6, and then he comes to this prayer. How important prayer
is with regard to that armour. The Old Hymn says, concerning
the Christian's armour, each piece put on with prayer That's
how we put on the armour, by praying. And we overcome by prayer. Watch and pray, says the Lord
Jesus Christ, that ye enter not into temptation. Remember what we read there concerning
those Dadaists and their conflict, their warfare with the Hagorites
in verse 20 of 1 Chronicles 5 they were helped against them and
the Hagorites were delivered into their hands and all that
were with them for they cried to God in the battle and He was
entreated of them because they put their trust in Him. Well
here is the secret you see Here is the secret. They cry to God
in the battle and God hears and God answers their cry. Why? They are putting their trust
in Him. There fell down many slain because
the war was of God. Friends, it's God's warfare that
we're involved in if we are those who are truly believers in the
Lord Jesus Christ. We're involved in a blessed conflict. It's the fight of faith. It's
more than that. What does Paul say to Timothy? It's the good
fight. It's the good fight of faith. And ultimately, the believer,
like the Gaddites, overcomes. Though the warfare might seem
to be against him and it might appear that he's going to be
overcome at any moment, he's never overcome. God, the truth,
shall overcome him, but He shall overcome at the last. O God grant that we might know
such a face as that, to be those who overcome. Christ has overcome. He has overcome all things on
behalf of His people. O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin. The
strength of sin is the law. But Another of those, God thanks
me to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ. The Lord bless you.