Okay, now this evening we're
going to try to bring our message from Nehemiah chapter 4. Nehemiah chapter 4 and we'll
try to glean out a few thoughts and try to find some gospel nuggets
here. Nehemiah chapter 4. I'm taking
the title for the message from verse 20. Nehemiah declares in
Nehemiah 4 verse 20. And here's what caught my attention.
He said, our God, our God, the true and living God, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, God of Jacob, our God shall fight
for us. We can't lose. We can't lose. Our God's gonna fight for us.
There's no way we can lose in this effort. We read earlier
Exodus 14, 14, that's the marginal reference that's given to that
verse. Moses said unto the people, fear ye not, stand still, see
the salvation of the Lord which he will show you today for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more,
for the Lord shall fight for you, and you shall just hold
your peace." Just hold your peace. Don't even yell at them, hey,
you Egyptians. Just hold your peace. Just stand
still and see the salvation that is of the Lord. And it is still
true In Moses' day, and it's still
true in our day, because the Lord, our God, cannot change. He said, I am the Lord, I change
not, therefore you sons of Jacob shall not be consumed. He's the
same yesterday, and today, and forever. He has not changed in
his person, has he? He has not changed in His purpose.
He still works all things after the counsel of His own will. Our God and Savior has always
been fighting for us. He's always been looking out
for us. Always. He's always been fighting
for us. You see, the Lord has loved us
with an everlasting salvation, and therefore, with love and
kindness, He just draws to Himself. His purpose does not change.
His person does not change. He has always been looking out
for us, always been loving us, and always has been standing
in the way for us, and always fighting for us. How many battles
has He lost? He doesn't know anything about
defeat, does he? He's a victorious Lord. He's
always winning for his people. His people are on the winning
team. You remember when you were little, when they'd choose up
sides, you always wanted to be on the winning side, didn't you?
Well, God's people are always on the winning team, as we're
one with Christ. Christ is always the winner.
He never loses a battle. He has had, the Lord Jesus has
had many vicious and cruel enemies, even Satan himself, but he's always victorious, always
victorious over all his enemies and always victorious for us,
always fighting the battle for us. We read in Romans 8 31, if
God be for us, Who can be against us? If God's
for us, who can be against us? We read in Revelation 6 verse
2, I think last week, he went forth conquering and to conquer. I believe that's the key verse
in that whole Revelation. He went forth conquering and
to conquer. The Apostle Paul put it this
way in Colossians 2. The Lord Jesus Christ has spoiled
principalities and powers. He made a show of them openly,
triumphing over them in himself, by himself, with himself for
his own glory. And now I quote this verse all
the time. 1 Corinthians 15, but thanks be to God who has given
us the victory. Notice he's given us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ. He has never failed to do so,
has he? One of my favorite verses in
the book of Isaiah is Isaiah 42, four, where it says that
he shall not fail. He can't. He can't fail. Failure is not an option. Failure
is not even a possibility. Nothing is too hard for the Lord.
He has never failed. And then it says he will never
forsake us. Never forsake us. How can we
lose? Believers aren't losers, they're winners. as we are in
Christ and one with Him. Now Nehemiah was given a great
work in his day. He calls it down here in verse
19, the work is great and the work is large. You can imagine
seeing that ruined wall and all the rubbish and all the stones
being knocked down and set afire. The work is great and the work
is large. But he went about The work with
the zeal of the Lord who had put it and laid it upon his heart. You remember back in chapter
2 verse 12, I rose in the night, I and some few men with me, neither
told I any man what God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem. God put it in his heart. Nehemiah
didn't dream this up. Nehemiah didn't go back for his
own purpose and glory. He went back because God sent
him back. He went back, you remember? He
was a man sent to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. The Lord put it in his heart
to do this work. And also, the Lord had put it
in the heart of the people. They said, in chapter 2 verse
18, they said, Rise up and build. So they strengthened
their hands in this good work. And then I like the statement
made down here in chapter four, verse six. So we builded the
wall and all the wall would join together under the half thereof
where the people had a mind to work. To work. Now by nature we're lazy creatures,
aren't we? We are, I mean, we just lay around
all day long. We didn't have to get out and
work. The Lord has given us a work
to do. Nehemiah went about that work with zeal. As they had completed
the 10 gates that we read about in chapter three, and as they
started to rebuild the walls of the city, they faced fierce
opposition from the enemies of the Lord. Remember back in chapter
2, the same crowd, Sanballat and Tobiah, and a man by the
name of Gishom, the Arabian, they said, it grieved them exceedingly
that there was a man come to seek the welfare of the children
of Israel. And then it says over in verse
19 of chapter 2, when they heard They laughed us to scorn when
they heard that they say, we're gonna rebuild the wall. They
laughed us to scorn and despised us and said, what is this thing
that you do? Will you rebel against the king? No, the king sent them. Remember,
our desert suit, the king sent them to do the work. Now in this
chapter, we see how the enemy mocked Nehemiah And then how
Nehemiah, he was a man of prayer. He called upon God. What an example
Nehemiah leaves us to follow. He didn't rail back at them,
but rather he prayed to the God of heaven. He did hold his peace
before them, but he called out unto God. Now in verse one of
Nehemiah four, down through verse six, We see how this good work
took place, even the work of the Lord. This good work that
was given them, but even the work of the Lord didn't go on
without opposition. Why didn't the Lord just take
away all opposition, give them just blue skies and green lights,
and just clear out all the rubbish, and just make the way easy and
easy? with no difficulty. Well, everything
the Lord does, he does on purpose. We see in Nehemiah's day and
in the apostles' day and in our day, opposition is to be expected
against the purpose of God, against the gospel of God, expect opposition. I expect it. I expect it to come. You take a stand for the gospel
and the enemies of the gospel come out of the woodwork. They'll
come out of the woodwork against you. And the reason they do that
is because not so much that they hate you, they hate the God you
stand for. They hate the gospel of God's
grace. In verse 1 down to verse 4, they mocked the people of
God. But when it came to pass that
when Sam Ballat heard that we built a wall, he was wroth and
took great indignation and mocked the Jews. And he spake before
his brethren and the army of Samaria and said, what do these
feeble Jews, these people are just feeble people, they're not
builders, they're farmers, they're feeble people. Will they fortify
themselves? Will they sacrifice? Raise up an army? Will they make
an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out
of the heaps and the rubbish?" And Tobias said, well, even if
they build a wall, if just a fox runs up on the wall, or a dog
runs up on the wall, or maybe a child, he's going to play on
the wall, he'll just knock it all down. It'll come to nothing. It'll be nothing. Even he shall
break down the wall. So what's Nehemiah going to do
here? here, O our God. Now, it is expected by those
that are haters of God, when the good work of the gospel begins
to prosper by the hand of the Lord, that the enemies will always
begin to rail at the blessings of the Lord. Now, we've all experienced
this. Here and other places, other
pastors have experienced the same thing. Why do people rail
against the Lord's church when the Lord begins to bless his
people and to bless the work? Why? Because they hate God. The carnal mind is enmity against
God. Yea, the apostle said, all that
will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. When you contend for the gospel
of God's grace, mark it down, persecution will come. Even from
your own friends, your own neighbors, your own family. Opposition will
come. Many of the Lord's people had
faced opposition down through history, haven't they? Moses. Moses, why don't you just leave
us alone? I mean, we're down there in Egypt
doing okay, and you came along and bothered us. They took up
stone one time to stone him. Moses had great opposition. The
Lord was blessing him. He was God's prophet, and the
Lord was blessing him, yet the people murmured and complained. Joshua, had the same problem,
the same situation. Many of the Lord's people faced
much opposition down through history. Maybe perhaps no one
faced so much as the Apostle Paul did when he stood firm on
the gospel and lifted up the Lord Jesus Christ. Now don't
turn, let me just read it to you, 2 Corinthians 11. You can go back and look at it
later. But notice, we know that Paul was God's special servant
sent to the Gentiles to preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ. But he did so among great opposition. Every place he went, he was hounded,
hunted, hated, and put in prison and beaten. This is the Lord's
servant. Why did he have this opposition?
It's all in the Lord's purpose. Listen to what he said. Of the
Jews, five times received I, 40 stripes saved one. I mean,
that'd be enough to, if it wasn't the work of the Lord, man, after
one time, being beaten one time, you say, I'm going home. This
is, battle's too tough. I can't take this. I'm going
home. Five times he was beaten, 40 stripes saved one. Five times. This man ought to be dead. No,
he's God's man with God's purpose. Three times I was beaten with
rods. Once I was stoned, drug out of
the city by his heels as a dead man. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night, a day have I been in
the deep, in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils
of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen. In perils of the
heathen, perils, troubles in the city, troubles in the wilderness,
troubles in the sea, troubles among false brethren. Man, Paul,
what's wrong with you? In weariness, painfulness, in
watching often, in hunger, thirst, fasting, naked and cold, Opposition,
opposition. In this world you shall have
tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome. When Paul was stoned there at
Lystra, he got right back up and went into the city and preached
to the people and said, we, through much tribulation, must enter
into the kingdom of God. What's Nehemiah gonna do in his
day? We know what Paul did. He asked the Lord for grace to
help in time of need, and the Lord gave him much grace. The
Lord strengthened him. He said, when I'm weak, that's
when I'm strong. Persecution, yes, but cast down,
yes, not forsaken and not in despair, remember? But notice
what Nehemiah does here. He says in verse four, Here,
O our God, for we are despised. Turn their reproach upon their
own head. Give them for a prey in the land
of captivity. Now here's his prey, here's his
prayer. We are despised, turn their reproach
on their own head. Cover not their iniquity. Let not their sin be blooded
out from before thee, for they have provoked thee to anger before
the builders." That's his prayer. It's a strong prayer. It's strong
words. Strong words. Hear, O our God. Nehemiah is constantly saying
this. Turn back to Nehemiah chapter
1, verse 5, and said, he said, I
beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, O Lord God of heaven, the great
and terrible God, When he heard about the destruction going on
in Jerusalem, the great and terrible God that keepeth covenant and
mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments,
he calls upon the great and terrible God. And then again, find Nehemiah
2. Verse five, and I said unto the
king, if it please the king. No, verse four is what I'm looking
for. Then the king said unto me, for
what dost thou make request? This is king, the king of Babylon,
Artaxerxes. And the first thing he does,
so I pray to the God of heaven. That's always the right course
and the first course of action when we're faced with opposition,
trial, affliction, heartache, is to call upon God in the day
of trouble. Notice that Nehemiah didn't go
toe-to-toe with Artaxerxes, I mean, excuse me, with Sanballat and
Tobiah. He didn't face the enemy toe-to-toe
and rail on them. Sandalit called them, you're
feeble Jews. Nehemiah didn't say, you're feebler
than I am. He didn't answer back. The wise
man Solomon said, answer not a fool according to his folly.
That's good advice, isn't it? That's the Lord's word. Answer
not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. But rather, Nehemiah begs God
to take notice, and he begs God to take vengeance. Now, notice,
this is the inspired record of God, and the prayer that he prays
are the words that God gave him to pray, and he prays that God
would take notice and that God would take vengeance upon them.
The Lord hates all workers of iniquity. Take notice upon their
sin, punish them, don't cover their sin, but rather expose
them. Let their reproach be upon their
own head. Now, I know that we are to pray
for our enemies. and to do good to them that despitefully
use us. But remember now, Nehemiah here
is praying according to the will of God, and evidently this was
God's will for those people. Not salvation, judgment. He prays
for judgment upon them, judgment coming. Remember the Word of
the Lord said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith
the Lord. It's a fearful thing to fall
to the hands of God. Nehemiah here is not seeking
private revenge, is he? but rather taking a public stand
against their wickedness and asking God to judge them according
to His law, purpose, and glory, and to justly condemn them for
their sin. What do they deserve? Do they
deserve anything less? Anything else? No. The wages
of sin is death. It's death. You know, in studying
this, In studying this, if you look at the marginal reference
on verse 5, Psalm 69 and Psalm 109, David prayed the exact same
thing against the enemies of the Lord. David said, let them
be blotted out of the book of the living. That's what the wages
of sin deserve. Let them be blotted out. Let
them die the death of the wicked. He prayed that twice in Psalm
69 and Psalm 109. And then in Jeremiah 18.23. Don't turn, let me just get it
for you. Jeremiah 18.23. Jeremiah prayed the same thing. Jeremiah prayed the same thing.
Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me." Jeremiah
faced great opposition. They even put him in prison.
Even all Israel hated Jeremiah, the weeping prophet. Yet, Lord,
thou knowest all their counsel against me, to slay me. Forgive
not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight,
but let them be overthrown before thee. Deal thus with them in
the time of thine anger." Wow. That's strong. Remember now,
this is the will of the Lord toward his enemies and Jeremiah
sought that will and prayed to that end. David, knowing the
will of the Lord concerning the enemies that were out to end
his life, prayed the same way. And Nehemiah follows the same
thing. Follows, I've never Because we
are such frail and weak sinners and we pray that the will of
the Lord will be done, but for us to say this is the Lord's
will, for the will to send that man to hell, I can't pray that
way. I wouldn't pray that way. We're
to pray for one another and to love for one another. Now remember,
These men here, and these prayers are recorded here, they are according
to the will of the Lord, the purpose of the Lord. And God
will judge those that oppose Him. Mark it down. Now look at verse 6. So built we the wall, And all
the while were joined together under the half thereof, for the
people of God, even though they faced stiff opposition, fierce
opposition, the people still had a mind, a will, and a heart
to work, work, work, work. The reproaches of the enemy should have caused them to depart
from the work, but rather the reproaches of the enemy caused
them to be more earnest in the work rather than to be driven
from the work. It made them more zealous toward
the work, didn't it? Maybe that's why God sends opposition.
to make us more aware of how important the work of the Lord
is and to carry on that work even in the face of opposition.
The Apostle Paul writes about believers who were zealous of
good works. God, it is God which worketh
in you both to will and to do His good pleasure. And this one verse that we read
often, don't turn them again. Again, let me just get it for
you quickly because you know it. But 1 Corinthians 15, the
apostle Paul said, I am the least of the apostles. I am not meet
to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace which
was bestowed upon me was not in vain. But I labored more abundantly
than they all. I did what? I labored more abundantly
than they all, yet not I. but the grace of God which was
with me." You see, it's God which worketh in us both to will and
to do His good purpose. We are His workmanship created
in Christ Jesus unto good work which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them. The Lord's people have a mind
to work. The Lord's people have a mind
to work. God puts it in the hearts of
His people to serve His purpose. We are called the servants of
the Lord. What are servants of the Lord
to do? They are to work in the service
of the Lord. Paul called himself the servant
of the Lord. The Lord Jesus Christ called
Himself the servant of the Lord. Now, the Lord's people have a
mind to work because God put it in our heart to serve the
Lord's purpose. Now, by nature, all we want to
do is work for ourselves. By nature, all we want to do
is to serve our own self, our own glory. But God puts it in
the hearts of His people to serve the Lord's purpose to His glory,
never to be justified. were justified freely by His
grace, never to maintain our salvation, never to recommend
ourselves unto God, never to remove God's wrath, never to
gain His favor, but we labor in the cause of God and His glory,
we labor in the cause of God and His truth, motivated by love
and gratitude. Boy, love's a great motivator,
is it not? Love is such a great motivator,
especially love to the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul said the love of
God constrains us. It constrains us. Well, let's
look about how the enemy went about to destroy the Lord's purpose. Verse 7, It came to pass that
when Sanballat and Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, the
Ashtarites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, that
the breaches began to be stopped, they were, now they were just
not rough, they were very angry, very angry. And conspired all
of them to come together and to fight against Jerusalem and
DeHeneret, little did they know that they were fighting against
the purpose of God. Now you've heard that old saying,
it's hard to fight against City Hall. You can fight against City
Hall. You can take your fight to the
government, all the way to the Supreme Court. And you may win
a case or two. But I tell you what, when you
fight against the purpose of God, you always come out on the
losing end because His purpose does not change. They all conspired,
all of them, to come together to fight against Jerusalem and
to hinder God. Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto God and
set a watch against them day and night because of them. Now, notice what else they did
down in verse 11. And our adversary said, it wasn't
enough just to be angry. Their adversary said, we're going
to kill them. We're going to put an end to this. We're going
to kill them all. They shall not know. Now they conjure up
a secret attack plan. They shall not know, neither
see, till we come in the midst of them and slay them. Ah, we're
going to cause that work to cease. We're going to kill them. Kill
them all and that will put an end to it. Really? Look down at verse 15. And it
came to pass when our enemies heard that it was known unto
us when God revealed their secret plan of attack, God and God had
brought their counsel to not that we return all of us to the
wall and everyone to his work. God brought all their counsel,
all their desires to nothing, to naught, to an end. It reminded
me of another verse over in Psalm 2. Don't turn, let me get it
for you quickly. Men, the enemies make their plans. And God disposes quickly with
their plan. No problem for God to put their
plan to naught, is it? God brought their counsel to
naught. Men proposed, someone said, God disposes. Men make their plans and God
dashes them to pieces according to his own sovereign will. With
God all things are possible, nothing is too hard for the Lord. Like in the days of Ezra when
the enemies of God tried to stop the work on the temple, the Lord
intervened and stopped the enemy and gave Ezra great success. He said in Ezra 6.15, the temple
was finished. Done, because it was God's work
to be done. Now, here's the verse I'm thinking
of, and don't turn because you're familiar with this, but over
in Psalm 2. I thought of this verse. Why do the heathen rage
and the people imagine the vain thing? The kings of the earth
set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against
the Lord and against his anointed, saying, let us break their bands
asunder. Let us cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth
in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision,
then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in
his sore displeasure." He put all their counsel to naught.
The enemy railed and were angry. Nehemiah, he says in verse nine,
nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God. Here he's right
back at the throne of grace, seeking mercy, grace to help
in time of need. Notice something I want to point
out, notice carefully in verse nine, nevertheless, we made our
prayer unto God and we set a watch. We set a watch. We're on the
lookout. We set a watch. Remember what the Lord said when
He went away in the garden of Gethsemane to pray unto the Lord?
Lord, if it's possible, let this cup pass from Me. Nevertheless,
not My will, but Thy will be done. Remember, He came back
to His disciples. Remember what He said to them?
And He cometh to His disciples and finds them asleep. And He
said to Peter, What, could you not watch with Me one hour? And then he said this, watch
and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh is weak. We are to pray and watch. We are to watch and pray. Nehemiah's
way should be our way. Should it? Should it not? He
cast all his cares and griefs, Nehemiah did, and he spread them
out before the Lord and rested in the great and terrible God.
as he says down in verse 14. And I looked and rose up and
said to the nobles, to the rulers, to the rest of the people, be
ye not afraid of them. Remember the Lord, which is great
and terrible. Fight for your brethren, but
remember the Lord. Fight for your sons, oh, but
remember the Lord. Fight for your daughters, your
wives, your houses, but oh, remember God's on the throne. He'll fight
for us. Watch and pray. Watch and pray. Nehemiah rested in the great
and terrible God. Peter writes, casting all your
care upon him for he careth for us. We should not leave out either
one of these. We are to watch and to pray. We are to pray and we are to
watch. Matter of fact, when the Apostle
Paul in Ephesians 6 tells us to put on the armor of God, put
on the whole armor of God, he said, praying always with all
prayer and supplication in the Spirit, watching, watching there
unto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. Now watch this, Judas said in
verse 10, you see verse 10, Judas said, the strength of the of
the bearers of the burden, the burden bearers, the bearers of
the burden is decayed. We're just tired and we're out.
And there's much rubbish all over this place so that we're
not able. Now, wait a minute. Remember,
God is God. We're not able. Well, that's
right. You're not able. God is able. God is able. Judah said, our strength is decayed
and there's much rubbish and we're not able. Isn't that our
case? By nature, we are sinful and
weak and totally depraved. We are filled with much rubbish. Much rubbish. God's got to clear
all that rubbish out. And we're not able. Boy, that's
so, isn't it? But the Lord is able. The Lord
is able. You remember what Abraham said,
and being fully persuaded that what God had promised, God was
able to perform? You remember Hebrews 7.25? God
is able to save to the uttermost all that come to God by Him.
Oh, we're not able. We're full of rubbish. We're
weak. We're decayed. God is able. God
is able to save to the uttermost all that come to God by Him,
and then God is able to keep us from falling. The enemies and the adversary
said it wasn't enough for them to mock the Jews and discourage
them, they wanted to kill them to cause the work to cease. Is
not that exactly what the Pharisees thought? when they sought to
kill the Lord Jesus Christ. We'll put an end to this. We're
gonna put an end to this, this thing of salvation by grace.
We're gonna put an end to this. We'll kill him. They went out
and held a council how they might destroy him. We'll end his life,
his ministry, and then preserve our way, the way of the Pharisee
by putting people under religious bondage that we might pat our
own pocket, fill our own bank account. The Pharisee's evil
design only further and promoted the way of God's purpose in the
Lord Jesus Christ. Remember Acts chapter 4? Herod
and Pontius Pilate and the Jews and the Gentiles were all gathered
together against the Lord and against His anointed to do whatsoever
God purposed before to be done. The enemies sought to kill the
Lord Jesus Christ, but it was only God's purpose to further
the cause of the gospel of salvation by Christ. Then the enemy sought
to kill the 12 apostles who turned the world upside down. The Lord
is so absolutely sovereign over all things that he even uses
the wickedness of men to accomplish his own purpose. Think about
that. The wickedness of those men who
nailed the Lord Jesus Christ to the cross, God used that for
his own purpose and glory. And in the persecution of the
early church, where they persecuted at Jerusalem and they were scattered
everywhere, persecution scattered them and they went everywhere
doing what? Preaching the word of the Lord. Now, the rest of
this chapter, Nehemiah makes preparation to defeat the enemy
by the will of God, by the purpose of God. Let me just go over it
quickly. Every worker on the wall had
a sword strapped to his side. Half of them stood on the wall
being a watch, being fully armed. The other half worked on the
wall. Quite a construction crew. You ought to tell them about
that on the job tomorrow. And when the trumpet sounded,
they stood ready to defend the work of the Lord. As long as
there was daylight, they labored. From the rising of the sun till
the stars came out. They didn't even take off their
clothes except to wash them. Now here's the point I'm trying
to make. We must always be ready to fight
the good fight of faith. Be ready to preach the gospel
in the time when it need be. Be diligent, always about the
work of the Lord. with the sword of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God. They had a sword strapped to
their side, or they had a sword in their hand. And in this good
work of the Gospel and for the fight of the Gospel, we go with
the Word of the Lord, the sword of the Spirit, which is called
the Word of the Lord, which is called quick and powerful, sharper
than any two-edged sword. Believers are always set for
the defense of the Gospel, And that's what Paul said in Philippians
1, 17. I'm set for the defense of the gospel. Now, the apostle Paul, again,
don't turn. I'll just read it to you because
you're most familiar with this. In Ephesians chapter six, He says, put on the whole armor
of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil. For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities and power, against the rules
of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God that you
may be able to withstand in the evil day. Having done all to
stand, stand therefore having your loins girt about with truth,
having on the breastplate of righteousness, your feet shod
with the preparation of the gospel of peace, above all, taking the
shield of faith, wherewith you should be able to quench all
the fiery darts of the wicked, and take the helmet of salvation
and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying
always with all supplications in the Spirit, watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplication for the saint. In closing, one
more verse. Verse 20, Nehemiah 4. In what place thereof do you
hear the sound of the trumpet? And that too is a gospel picture,
preaching the gospel is the sound of the trumpet. Resort ye thither
unto us, and our God, our God shall fight for us. What an encouragement
we have. Moses said, Deuteronomy 3, 22,
You shall not fear them, for the Lord your God shall fight
for you. Joshua said, One man of you shall
chase a thousand, for the Lord your God, He it is, that fighteth
for you, as He hath promised. The Lord fights our battles.
And he's won every one. Defeated sin, satisfied the law,
put away sin, defeated Satan, conquered death, hell and the
grave. And we're winners in Christ who has conquered all things
for us.