Proverbs 19:20:
20 Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction that you may be wise in the time to come.
It is our responsibility as born again believers to get ourselves to a good local church where they teach the Word of God. Then we need to spend time in the Word daily, studying the Word (2 Timothy 2:15); obeying the Word, praying the Word, and sharing the Word with others. This will make us wiser every day! Soon we will be able to ALWAYS be fed the meat of the Word of God and not have to be spoon-fed the milk of the Word like a newborn baby again! Then when we act on Proverbs 19:23, we will see those results also!
23 The reverent, worshipful fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil.
That is the divine protection, provision, and safety that come from God Himself! Evil may appear in our lives and try to gain access to our lives, but this Word says that we will be protected from lasting effects of evil! Hallelujah!
In Galatians 3 Paul was continuing to speak about the false doctrine of works that had crept into the Church there. Verse 18 sums it up pretty well:
18 For it the inheritance [of the promise depends on observing] the Law [as these false teachers would like you to believe], it no longer [depends] on the promise; however, God gave it to Abraham [as a free gift solely] by virtue of His promise.
Our eternal salvation, though it came at GREAT cost to God Himself, cost us nothing except our decision to receive! How prideful to think that we could possibly add a single thing to the finished work that Jesus accomplished on the cross! Do NOT be trapped into believing something that is contrary to the Word of God! KNOW the Word and you will NOT be easily fooled! God the Holy Spirit, Who lives IN you, will continue to teach you all good things from the Word of God as you continue IN it! Be knowledgeable of the Word, for KNOWING the Word is what will set you free and keep you free (John 8:31-32), as long as you continue in it! Amen! here is Hillsong with "We The Redeemed":
Esther 3-4 deal with Haman and his evil plans to annihilate the Jewish people. In order to understand his hatred for the Jewish people, you have to realize that Haman was most probably a descendant of the Amalekites who were enemies of the Jewish people. He was also a very hate-filled man. I read this in the Bible Exposition Commentary:
Mordecai calls on Esther to use her influence to help her people when Haman tricks the king into allowing him to set up the murder of all the Jewish people. The lines we most remember are found in Esther 4:13-14:
13 Then Mordecai told them to return this answer to Esther, Do not flatter yourself that you shall escape in the king's palace any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion?
Don't ever trust in the world to deliver you or protect you! Seek the only real shelter for the born again believer by being ever in the presence of the Almighty Living God! Many of the Jewish people in Germany prior to WWII actually thought that their wealth and riches and education and position in society would protect them from the Nazi aggression. NOT SO! Who knows how many more may have been saved if they had only heeded all of the early warning signs and acted on them! Be wise and pay attention! Move when God says to move, speak when He says speak, act when He says to act, and then stand back and watch the total salvation of your life by the one, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible! Amen!
Shalom in Him!
