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PHIL KIDD</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>ENTER YE INTO THE GATES OF PEACE</B></div> <div> <B>PART 8 </B></div> <div> <B>Nehemiah Chapter 3</B></div> <bR> <div>      As we continue our journey into the fullness of God's divine peace for our hearts and lives we are confronted with the gate that we all face daily. (v.28) deals with The Horse Gate. Remember horses were the number one weapon used during the times of warfare. Great armies and influences were respected according to the number of horse riders that were mounted in national armies during the times of conflict. So this month we will deal with the dangers and battles we face that can hinder us from having God's peace in our lives. </div> <div>      Many good people have been taught that coming to Christ assures us of no future conflicts or problems. Leaders tell their assemblies that what Christ did on the cross supports the fact that all battles have been won and the conflicts of life are over and all we face now is victory and joy. Though this may sound good to the ear and even promote the flesh, the truth is we all know that we have an enemy that sets out to get us from the time we got saved until this very moment. </div> <div>      Being saved does not mean you do not have problems and you do not face situations that are not comfortable to us. Being saved means we will never faces any of these issues alone. Christ is our comfort and our guide during these times of temptation and trials. To lead people to Jesus with the attitude that they will never have difficult times in their lives is misleading and not true according to God's Word. </div> <div>      A great percentage of God's children seems to face more conflicts and battles after they get saved than they ever did before their salvation. This is not a bad sign, but rather a good one. Before you got saved you and the enemy were walking hand in hand, since your conversion you now are headed in a new direction with a new leader headed to a new place. This of course makes the enemy mad and frustrated that your salvation has changed you forever. So don't complain because things may seem harder for a period of time, its really a good testimony of your conversion to Christ. </div> <div>      Always remind yourself of this one thing when you hear something that sounds to good to be true, most of the time it is! Always compare what you hear to God's Word. Preachers tell others that they will never be sick, have problems, or face heartache. But Jesus said you will have tribulation. Jesus said you would have trials. Jesus said you would have wars within yourself. Jesus said we must allow The Spirit to overpower the desires of the flesh. Jesus said He would send a Comforter, for what? I thought we would not have problems that would make us need a comforter? Jesus said to let not our hearts be troubled? All these verses and many more shows us that we are subject to issues of life that are negative and carry a burden along with it. </div> <div>      My motive this month is not to give you some kind of false hope that will stir your flesh for a few days, but allow me to give you some Bible truth that will settle you in the things of God. Pressure, conflicts, and burdens are used not only to help us grow in grace and strength, but they promote our desire to be with Jesus where we will be free from all care. </div> <div>      The whole book of (I Peter) deals with the different manner of battles we will be confronted with during our journey to peace. I will attempt to reveal each chapter with its important truth and conclude the article with how to have peace while these things are happening to us. </div> <bR> <div> <B>1.</B><B> Trials Come Our Way (ch.1) </B></div> <div>      (v.7) Sums up this first chapter. The writer tells us that we not only will have trials, but that the workings of that trial are more precious than gold. That conclusion can be reached because that trial will be found for God's glory and God's praise. In other words, God allows some things to happen in our lives because He will get glory from our situation. But according to our text, sometimes the glory of it is not revealed until His appearing. This is where we must accept what God says without question or doubt. We may not understand all we go through at the time, but when He appears we will see where He got the glory out of it all. </div> <bR> <div> <B>2. Temptations Come Our Way (ch.2) </B></div> <div>      (v.11) Talks about the fleshly lust that we are to resist from in our lives. The context of the scripture reminds us that just because we are saved does not mean that we don't have to war against the flesh anymore. I don't care how saved you are your flesh is still unconverted and has to be changed at the coming of Christ for His own. Paul called it our "vile" body. So we not only have trials that confront us, but battles from within our own heart and flesh. The scriptures said that the flesh wars against the Spirit. And victory over the flesh comes through a yielded life to the leading of God's Holy Spirit that lives within us. </div> <bR> <div> <B>3. Turmoil's Come Our Way (ch.3)</B> </div> <div>      (v.14) Illustrates the fact that suffering may be part of our lot in life. I call this the turmoil's of life. There are two different reasons behind suffering In a child of God's life. We know that it can come as an act of God on us because of disobedience and rebellion. God uses the pressure of situations to break our will to bring us back to Him. The text says we can suffer for righteousness sake.  There are times when turmoil may come our way just because we are trying to do right. This suffering can come from your own family as well as the people you work with, and even from church members. As long as our attitude is right and what we are facing is a result of loving Jesus and staying true to His Word then the text said we are happy! That's right, we should count it as a joy and honor to suffer for Jesus sake. </div> <bR> <div> <B>4. Treatments Come Our Way (ch.4) </B></div> <div>      (v.14) Warns us that if we live for Jesus with all our heart and life there will be those that try to bring a reproach on our testimony. The verse says that we will be spoken evil of, but not to let that move us because God knows everything and that He will be glorified through it. After I got saved the biggest shock that hit me was the butchering attitude that many church people had toward others. Fault finders and two-faced friends almost turned me against the things of God as a new convert. I seen very quickly that is I was going to live for Jesus everyday and every way I was going to face reproach not only from without the church but also from within. Everyone likes to be loved and accepted for who they are, but we must divorce ourselves from these feelings if Christ is going to be the leader of our lives. </div> <bR> <div> <B>5. (ch.5) </B>Sums it all up on how we can face daily conflicts and pressures and still have the gates of peace ruling and reigning in our hearts and lives. (v.7) Casting all of our situations and heartaches on Him for He cares for us. The key to victory over warfare is allowing God Himself to carry our burdens. Now He did not say burdened would not come He said that when they come to cast them of Him. We don't have to be overloaded and overwhelmed with issues of life for we have one that carries are burdens for us. He yoke is easy and His burden is light. </div> <bR> <div>      In closing I want to focus on the word "casting" two different illustrations come to mind. One comes from the sport of fishing. You cast the rod, but reel the hook back to you again. The second comes from (Rev.20) when the lost are cast into the Lake of Fire. This means to release once and for all. We say we give God our problems, but we reel them back to us again before we ever get up off the altar. We need to release them from us to Him once and for all. This allows us to live in total victory no matter what is going on around us. God desires for all His children to dwell and live in His peace and security. 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