Deut. 33:29 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.
That archenemy, the
devil, is a liar from the beginning; but he is so very plausible that,
like mother Eve, we are led to believe him.
Yet in our experience we
shall prove him a liar.
He says that we shall fall from grace, dishonor our profession, and perish with the doom of apostates; but, trusting in the LORD Jesus, we shall hold on our way and prove that Jesus loses none whom His Father gave Him.
He says that we shall fall from grace, dishonor our profession, and perish with the doom of apostates; but, trusting in the LORD Jesus, we shall hold on our way and prove that Jesus loses none whom His Father gave Him.
He tells us that our bread will fail, and we
shall starve with our children; yet the Feeder of the ravens has not
forgotten us yet, and He will never do so, but will prepare us a table
in the presence of our enemies.
He whispers that the LORD will not
deliver us Out of the trial which is looming in the distance, and he
threatens that the last ounce will break the camel's back.
What a liar
he is! For the LORD will never leave us or forsake us.
"Let him deliver
him now!" cries the false fiend: but the LORD will silence him by coming
to our rescue.
He takes great delight in telling us that death will
prove too much for us. "How wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?"
But there also he shall prove a liar unto us, and we shall pass through the river singing psalms of glory.
~Charles Spurgeon~
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