The Protection of the Saints
Friday, September 4, 2015



God has promised His saints protection from the wrath of Satan during the tribulation. Jesus also gives us his word as well.

KJV Revelation 3:10
 10.  Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

KJV Psalms 34:9
 9.  O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

KJV Psalms 37:28
 28.  For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

KJV Psalms 97:10
10.  Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

KJV Psalms 149:1-9
 1.  Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
 2.  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
 3.  Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
 4.  For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
 5.  Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
 6.  Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
 7.  To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
 8.  To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
 9.  To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.


KJV Romans 5:9
9.  Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

KJV 1 Thessalonians 1:10
 10.  And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

This wrath to come is not Gods but Satans because in the time of Gods wrath we will be spirit beings so this is speaking of the tribulation, the time of Satans wrath.


KJV 1 Thessalonians 5:9
9.  For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

KJV Psalms 3:6
 6.  I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

KJV Psalms 91:1-16
 1.  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
 2.  I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
 3.  Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
 4.  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
 5.  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
 6.  Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
 7.  A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
 8.  Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
 9.  Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
 10.  There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
 11.  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
 12.  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
 13.  Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
 14.  Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
 15.  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
 16.  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.


KJV Isaiah 54:13-17
13.  And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
 14.  In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
 15.  Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
 16.  Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
 17.  No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

By Grace Through Faith

How many of you are righteous?

When we repent and God forgives us, God imputes His righteousness to us.

KJV Romans 4:3-8
 3.  For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
 4.  Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
 5.  But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
 6.  Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
 7.  Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
 8.  Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

Grace keeps us in a continual state of righteousness by faith.

KJV Romans 5:20
 20.  Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:


Our spiritual condition is maintained by a constant cleansing of our sins.

KJV 1 John 1:9
 9.  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

This keeps the spots, blemishes and wrinkles out of our garments.

KJV Ephesians 5:26-27
 26.  That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
 27.  That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

We need to be further clothed with the white robe of righteousness that we receive when we enter the kingdom. This will be our own righteousness and not imputed by God. This is the change.

KJV 2 Corinthians 5:1-4
1.  For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
 2.  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
 3.  If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
 4.  For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Now, because of our faith, God calls us righteous, it is the righteousness of God by faith.  At present the righteousness in us is not ours, it is Gods imputed to us.

KJV 2 Corinthians 5:21
21.  For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

It is as if we wear baby clothes now but formal attire when in the kingdom.

KJV Matthew 22:11-14
11.  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
 12.  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
 13.  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 14.  For many are called, but few are chosen.

We maintain the baby clothes with the gospel message; if we dirty ourselves God will change our diaper.

KJV 1 John 2:1-2
 1.  My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
 2.  And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

In the kingdom, God will have full grown sons and daughters that cannot dirty themselves anymore.  When we are baptized into Jesus, this is our first new diaper, our first cleansing of all past sins but we continue to dirty ourselves to the end of this life; however the frequency of those times we need changed should decrease as we grow talents.  This is bearing fruit to God, growing in His spirit.  This is how we, the saints, are the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ.

For a broken spirit is to God a sacrifice and a broken contrite heart God will not despise.

KJV Psalms 51:17
17.  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

God knows our heart and that our sins break it as we feel sorrow and disgust over it, we repent, ask forgiveness and God forgives.

KJV 1 John 3:19-21
19.  And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
 20.  For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
 21.  Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

All of this is Gods doing, it is His will.  Our broken human spirit because of our sins is a living sacrifice to God who knows we have a contrite heart.  Contrite means grief and sorrow over doing wrong, Godly sorrow, that leads us to repent.  King David committed adultery and murder; Psalm 51 was written to express David’s extreme sorrow over these sins, he repented deeply and we know God forgave him.  God will forgive us too.

This is the gospel, this is Gods will.  Our part in this is to believe and through our lives of experiencing this love and mercy be made stronger spiritually. 

KJV Romans 5:1-2
 1.  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
 2.  By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

This grace is always present for us and we should boldly go to God to obtain mercy and forgiveness at any time.

KJV Hebrews 4:16
 16.  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.