Friday, November 24, 2006

Great and Terrible

Nehemiah 4:14 KJV
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

How not to be afraid of the adversary; "...Remember the Lord which is great and terrible..."

The word great means great in any sense;
Older
Louder
Longer
Higher
Nobler
God is greater than we are and greater than our adversaries in any view we might take.
There is nothing our adversary can do that he can do better than God.
There is no power our adversary might have that is more powerful than God.
Our adversary has
No supply
No weapon
No resource
No wisdom

Nothing greater than God.

The word terrible means to frighten.
We have every reason to fear the Lord and the Lord has every reason to frighten our adversaries. As we fight for our brethren, our families and our home God will see that our adversaries know He is great and terrible.

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