DAILY MANNA DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DIVINE ARMAMENTS
20TH JANUARY, 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 13-14
TEXT: Matthew 7:13-20
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
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KEY VERSE: Judges 15:8
“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”
THOUGHT
FOR THE DAY:
God
has more armaments in His arsenal than all the weapons in the world.
THE MESSAGE:
Some people are so presumptuous that they think they can second-guess God, especially as it has to do with His punishment for sin. They minimise the sinfulness of sin and the consequent judgment. Sometimes, this is done in the vain hope that God will dance to their tune.
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God allowed the Philistines to oppress and rule over Israel for failing to drive them out of Canaan. This continued until God, in His mercy, started sending judges to lead and deliver them. One of them was Samson who was endowed with supernatural strength. The divinely orchestrated way used here by Samson in prosecuting war against the Philistines may look strange to the casual observer but "the wisdom and knowledge of God... and his ways [are] past finding out!" (Romans 11:33). When Samson told his parents he wanted to get married to a woman of the Philistines, they had no idea that "it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines" (Judges 14:4).
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After contracting the marriage, Samson was separated for a while from his wife following a disagreement. When he returned months later, he was told his father-in-law had given his wife to another man, the so-called friend who had helped Samson arrange the marriage. This became an occasion for God to vent His judgment on the Philistines. He roused Samson who destroyed the Philistines "with a great slaughter".
While Christians are not associated with and do not advocate violence, it should be noted that God's judgment against evildoers is real. Although it may be slow in coming but certainly, it will come!
DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
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