David's Experiences Were Like Ours

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White

David's Experiences Were Like Ours

Today's Text: Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Psalm 28:1

The Message:      David was a representative human being. His history is of interest to every soul who is striving for eternal victories. In his life two powers struggled for the mastery. Unbelief marshaled its forces, and tried to eclipse the light shining upon him from the throne of God. Day by day the battle went on in his heart, Satan disputing every step of advance made by the forces of righteousness. David understood what it meant to fight against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world. At times it seemed that the enemy must gain the victory. But in the end, faith conquered, and David rejoiced in the saving power of Jehovah.      The struggle that David went through, every other follower of Christ must go through. Satan has come down with great power, knowing that his time is short. The controversy is being waged in full view of the heavenly universe, and angels stand ready to lift up for God's hard-pressed soldiers a standard against the enemy, and to put into their lips songs of victory and rejoicing.-Manuscript 38, 1905 (The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 3, pp. 1142, 1143, Ellen G. White Comments).      Wherever the will of God is violated by nations or by individuals a day of retribution comes. Many set aside the wisdom of God and prefer the wisdom of worldly people and adopt some human invention or device. David placed the Word of God beside him on his throne. He was then immovable. But forsaking its doctrines he sullied one of the fairest reputations....      We must bring our religion to the Bible standard. We must not place ourselves where we claim wisdom to welcome or reject God's words at pleasure. Never let the world think that the Christian and the world are the same in mind and judgment. There is a line drawn between the eternal God and the church on one side and the world on the other. There is no unity between the two. One chooses the way of the Lord, the other the ways of Satan. There will always be found a necessity to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints....      People of the world hate the Bible because it will not let them sin just as they please and carry along with them their hereditary and cultivated traits of character. They want their own ideas to be cherished as the mind of God. They oppose the Word of God for the same reason that the Jews cried "Away with Christ!" because He rebuked their sins and laid bare their iniquities.-Letter 16, 1888 (Manuscript Releases 21:169).

Commentary: My friend, while we are on this earth there will be a struggle against the power of evil in our lives.  "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." (2 Timothy 3:12).  The suffering and persecution arises when the standard of God is put forth.  There should ever be a distinction between the people of God and the world, but today one can hardly be discerned from the other.  The reason why is because the church has been so corrupted by their close association with the world that it does not excite the powers of evil. Since the adoption of the doctrine of the trinity, the church has become more and more like the Babylonian harlot.  The church has been deceived into worshiping a god that is not supported by the Bible and as such has fornicated with the mother of harlots.  Ephesians 5:11 tells us "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." My friend, the time has come for us to separate ourselves from our association with the world.  The whole of the Christian world worships the triune god, but we are called to worship the One true God of the Bible (John 17:3).  We are to hold the standard of truth to the world that they may have the opportunity to repent and be saved, but unless we are ourselves walking in the light of truth, we cannot give the message to the world. Now is the time to draw nigh unto God that He may draw nigh unto us. God bless,

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