Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: Ex 23:14
You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread... Ex 23:15
and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year... Ex 23:16
This week Pastor is talking about the three feasts of Passover. While he quickly explained the three feasts I will not take the time to do so here. The real topic for this week is the seven promises God makes to the Nation Israel if they obey Him and keep the feasts. To hear Pastor Stan's explanation and the entirety of the sermon follow the link below to the podcast.
"But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. Exodus 23:22, 23
Here God promises us that if we obey Him He will crush our enemies on our behalf. You might like to know that none of the nation states mentioned above still exist. As a matter of fact they stopped existing once the Israelites obeyed God and wiped them out. God does not promise we will live amicably with hostile neighbors. He promises to declare war on our behalf. Paul the Apostle asks the question...
If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us? Romans 8:31
All of the different "ites" mentioned in Exodus were actual nations with armies the Children of Israel had to meet face to face. It is interesting to note that God does not promise to deliver them FROM their enemies, but IN TO their enemies. Only after the Jews stand an fight will God bring the victory. What "ites" do you face in your life? Do you see challenges as armies too strong to defeat or as plunder waiting to be taken? It is not likely you face hoards of armed men waiting to kill you, but maybe you face financial trouble. Maybe your "ite" is marital trouble or your kids are rebelling. These are not small challenges to the one facing them, but God has promised you the victory. Above He promises that our obedience guarantees His full attention will be given to our enemies and they will be defeated.
We as children of God have inherited the birthright of children of the King. Paul goes on to say...
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39
There is no need for timidity when we face the Giants in our lives. Go boldly, love fearlessly and never tread lightly when standing up to your enemies. If God be with us who can be agianst us?
I want to leave you with this battle cry: The Giants are defeatable, the Grapes are attainable, and I am no Grasshopper!
Recommended Reading: Exodus 23, Romans 8 and Ephesians 6.
God Bless.
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