(Deuteronomy 6:4-5) (4) “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
(5) and thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
might.“
A
pleasant greeting to the SAINTS OF
GOD. We the Directors for “MESSAGE
OF THE SWORD MINISTRIES” bring you GLAD TIDINGS in the name of our LORD and SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST. Today we continue with our “Devotions with
Bro. Lendor”. The topic today is entitled “Kept
By the Word”.
is able and desires to keep us from sinning, but this must be done through His
word. So it is written, “By the word of thy lips I have kept me from the
paths of the destroyer.” “Thy word have I hid in my heart that I
might not sin against thee.” This is the way that God has appointed and
there is no other way to have this thing accomplished. Nor is this way
appointed merely because He arbitrarily chose that this should be the way and
then laid it upon men that this must be the way that they should go. His word
is the way of salvation and the way of sanctification (Christian living)
because this is the way that the Lord does things, because this is the way that
He manifests Himself.
It
was by His word that He created all things in the beginning. It is by His word
that He creates men anew, and it will be by His word that He will recreate this
world and all things pertaining to it. “By the word of the Lord were the
heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. . . . For he
spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.” “Being born
again. . . by the word of God.”
“And
he that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new. And he said
unto me, It is done.” It is not only that the worlds were created by the
word of God, but they are also sustained by the same word. “By the word of
God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the
water; whereby [by the word of God] the world that then was, being overflowed
with water, perished. But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same
word are kept in store.” So also it is not only that the Christian is
created by the word of God, but by that same word He is sustained, nourished,
and caused to grow. God holds up “all things” by His powerful word.
And the Christian is among this “all things” no less than any or all
the worlds. There can be no question whatever that all the worlds are held up
and held in their places by the Lord. But it is not only all the worlds, it is
“all things” that are held up and held in place by the Lord. And it
is as true of the Christian as it is of any star in the firmament or any world
on high.
Nor
can there be any question that the stars and the worlds are held up and held in
their courses by the word of the Lord. And no less than this can there be any
question that the Christian is held up and held in his right course by the word
of the Lord. This is to be believed and depended upon by everyone who professes
the name of Christ. You and I can no more hold ourselves up and in the right
way than can the sun or the earth. And as certainly as the worlds are dependent
upon His word, so certainly is the Christian to depend upon His word. And when
this is so, the Christian is kept in the way of the Lord as certainly and as
easily as is any planet in the universe. It is written that He “is able to
keep you from falling.” And He says, “I will uphold thee with the
right hand of my righteousness.”
“Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him
stand.”
O
struggling, failing Christian, is not that word which holds up great worlds
able also to hold up you? Trust that word. Depend implicitly upon it. Rest
wholly upon it, and then you will find rest in it. Trust the Lord to hold you
up, just as you trust Him to hold up the sun. His word holds up the sun, and
His word is over and over to you, “Fear thou not; for I am with
thee.” “I will uphold thee.” I will keep thee, thou art mine.
“I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.” I will never leave thee
till I have done that thing which I have spoken to thee of.
“The
word of God is quick [‘living,’ Revised Version.] and powerful.” “Powerful”
means “full of power.” The word of God is living and full of power,
to do for you, with you, and in you, all that that word says. Believe that
word, trust it, for it is the word of the living God. It is the word of the
pitying Saviour. “Receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able
to save your soul.” “I commend you to God and to the word of his
grace, which is able to build you up.” “Let the word of Christ dwell
in you richly.” You “are kept by the power of God through
faith.” The power of God is manifested through His word and therefore it
is His powerful word. Faith comes by hearing the word of God; therefore, it is
the faithful word, the word full of faith. Therefore, when He says, you
“are kept by the power of God through faith,” it is only saying in
another way, You are kept by the word of God, “unto salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time.” Believe that word, trust it, and find its
keeping power.
Respectfully
Yours.
Your
Brother in Service and in Christ,
Angelo
Lendor,
Speaker/Director
Message
Of The Sword Ministries
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