Number 4:
“All Good!” “It’ll all work out for the
best!”
“And we
know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to
his
purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
Now of
course the world leaves off the second bit
of the verse … to them that love God, to them who are the called
according
to his purpose.
An
unbeliever who claims this promise is fooling
himself … and he generally says it to comfort others ... or himself. Of
course
if you hear this and tell someone it comes from the Bible, you will be
termed
insensitive, a Bible Basher or something else … however I guess it goes
with
the territory.
Number 5:
“Apple of his eye”
“He found
him in a desert land, and in the waste
howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as
the
apple of his eye.” (Deuteronomy 32:10)
The apple
of the eye was common reference referring
to the pupil of the eye … being round and solid just like an apple.
As the
pupil is essential to vision, it is very
precious and so similarly, to call someone “the apple of your eye” is
to also
consider them very precious.
Furthermore,
the apple is an excellent fruit being
rich in vitamins and nutrients, and therefore essential to the
biological
processes of the body.
Now Israel
must be considered as the most
rebellious, sinful and hard-headed … but God calls them the apple of
his eye.
Why? It is to
this privileged and sinful people that God demonstrated his love … his
unwavering
commitment … as the LORD in the Old Testament, as the Lord Jesus in the
new
Testament … and will be coming back to rescue them in Revelation 19.
Today even
the most hardened sinner can also be
called ‘the apple of God’s eye’ … why? That Christ would die
for him … that’s
why!
Number 6:
“You’re as good as dead!”
“Therefore
sprang there even of one, and him as
good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as
the sand
which is by the sea shore innumerable. (Hebrews 11:12)
From the
‘dead’ body of an hundred year old man,
Abraham, God promises him off-spring … as many as the sand on the
beach.
God delights in bringing life out of death … with the unbeliever being dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1) … to another death in Christ (Romans 6:3) … and then eternal life (Romans 6:23).
Number 7: “Ashes to ashes and dust to dust”
NUMBER 8: “At death’s door”
NUMBER 9: “At peace with the world”
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Harley
Hitchcock
January
2023
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Bible Ministries, PO
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