Msg#1630 Lift Up, Defy, and Stand

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

“Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God” (Rom 11:33). King David's last words describing his might men capture depth and richness. In 2Sam 23 David's top three men have a historical depiction, a portrayal of a Christians present challenge, and a Hebrew linguistic richness that only God could orchestrate. It is like reading in three dimensions! “The Tachmonite that sat in the seat (Hbrw - thou hast made me wise)... The same was Adino (Hbrw - his ornament) the Eznite (Hbrw - sharp, strong spear), he lift up his spear against eight-hundred” (23:8). Eight-hundred to one are the odds for the believer today, and just as Adino lift up his spear, we are to lift up Christ (John 12:32), his preserved, inerrant, infallible, inspired Word (2Tim 3:16, Heb 4:12), and our sword (Eph 6:17).

Eleazar (Hbrw – God has helped) the son of Dodo (Hbrw – his beloved) the Alhohite (Hbrw – brother of rest) defied the Philistines, got weary, but cleave to his sword (23:9-10). The believer today needs to defy the “tripple-A.” The 'A'theistic evolutionist, the 'A'gnostic apathy, and the 'A'postacy of the Protestant church; they modernize Bibles and deny Israel with their Replacement Reformed Theology. Jeremiah 33:14 is not allegorical, “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.” The more “AAA” makes one weary, the more one should cleave to their sword.

Shammah (Hbrw – astonishment) the son of Agee (Hbrw- I shall increase) the Hararite (Hbrw – mountain dweller) stood the ground and defended it (23:11-12). “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth... and having done all, to stand” (Eph 6).

An Essay for week #30 Jul 24, 2016

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