WALLS OF SALVATION

A. "SALVATION WILL GOD APPOINT FOR WALLS AND BULWARKS" - Isa. 26:1
  1. Ancient usage of walls:
    1. They served as landmarks - Deut. 19:14; Prov. 22:28
    2. They were used to protect private property - Deut. 3:5; Neh. 1:3
    3. And nations used them as a defense against enemies - 2 Ki. 25:10; Jer. 39:8; Isa. 21:11, 12
  2. Walls symbolize God's care for His people in time of danger: Isa. 60:18; Ps. 125:1, 2
B. WALLS OF SALVATION
  1. In this present world God's people face continuous dangers:
    1. Satan, the enemy of our souls, is ever on the move to seek and to destroy God's people - 1 Pet. 5:8
    2. He knows that he has but a very short time in which to seek and to destroy - Rev. 12:12
  2. Our God knows the deadly dangers we face in this present world, and He has made provisions for our safety:
    1. "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them." - Ps. 34:7
    2. "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." - Ps. 46:1
    3. "By thee have I been holden up from the womb" - Ps. 71:6
  3. Let us look at some of the walls which God has appointed for salvation:
    1. Bible based faith is a veritable fortress against all the assaults of the evil one - John 7:38; 2 Tim. 3:15-17 EXAMPLES -
      1. Moses' mother - Ex. 2:3
      2. Daniel's friends - Dan. 3:17
      3. Elisha - 2 Ki. 6:14-17
    2. Prayer is another wall of defense - EXAMPLES -
      1. Job and his family - Job 1:1-10
      2. David - Ps. 17:4; 119:11 3) Philip, the Evangelist - Acts 21:8, 9 Our blessed Saviour - Matt. 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-9
    3. The family altar is a must for every home, to be sheltered against danger -
      1. What God says about the homes that have no family worship - Jer. 10:25
      2. My life and the lives of my children have been preserved through family worship.
    4. The services of the church are a heaven appointed place of refuge for God's people - Heb. 10:23-26; Acts 4:24-28
C. BLESSINGS OF THE WALLS OF SALVATION
  1. The Bible literally teems with vivid examples of the walls of salvation:
    1. We think of Daniel and his friends; yea, even the lives of the wise men of Babylon - Dan. 2:12-25; 3:17; 6:10-27
    2. We recall the experience of the apostles, Peter, Paul and others, who lived in continuous danger, and who survived behind the walls that God had appointed for their salvation - Acts 12:1-17; 2 Cor. 11:23-27
    3. We think of David Livingstone in the heart of dark Africa, where the enemy sought by many different devices to kill him, yet God was his defense.
  2. Let us note, briefly, some of the blessings of salvation, which constitute a wall of defense for the believers:
    1. The forgiveness of their sins is one of the unspeakable blessings of salvation - Rom. 8:1-3; 8:31-33
    2. A clear and sanctified conscience is a mighty defense against the enemy of the soul - EXAMPLES -
      1. Compare Daniel with Belshazzar - Dan. 5:6, 7; 10:21, 22
      2. Compare Paul with Felix - Acts 23:1; 24:25
    3. A knowledge that our cause is God's cause builds a bulwark against all the attacks of the evil one.
    4. "I know whom I have believed" - 2 Tim. 1:12 EXAMPLES -
      1. David and Goliath - 1 Sam. 17:45-50
      2. David and King Saul - 1 Sam. 22:1-23


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