Were there God's Angels camped round about you to protect you, lest you should (even) stub your toe or trip and fall?Joy wrote:Been in Flint, MI, only once, and that was to pick up an ex-con from a crack house for his father. In retrospect, it probably wasn't a smart thing to do. He had called and asked me to come for him; and that was after telling me previously that nobody wants to be in Flint. I guess my middle name should be Sucker. Live and learn.
"God is for us, who can be against us - what can man do ? "
"The NT Ekklesia had no fear of death - because they knew they had a better possession...."
In the Book of Hebrews, I think, the women had no fear , not even of a sudden (unexpected) fear.
(because they had true living faith, as described, in the Creator Almighty - not "part" mighty)
The "Christians" in the NT were not called "smart", were they ?
It 'Christian' was first used as a term of derision, meaning more like 'simpleton', 'idiot', 'dolt' .... because the true Christians believed in God who cannot be seen, and had faith in Him who was rejected by the world. They would tell the truth, even if it meant losing all they had and even their lives as martyrs. They did not draw back in doubt or fear, but were powerful in Truth, in Christ, in the Good News Gospel and their testimony and the blood of Christ made them overcomers.
"1 Corinthians 1:26 Brothers, consider the time of your ...
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Wisdom from God 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. 26 Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to ..."
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