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God Will Protect
You
It’s
Guaranteed!
by
Pastor John Hamel
“Judas then, having received a
band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh
thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus … said unto them, Whom
seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith
unto them, I am he. … As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they
went backward, and fell to the ground.” (John 18:3-6)
Are you afraid? Do you secretly, or possibly even openly live in fear of what
could happen to you in this big crazy world? After all, the world can be a
pretty dangerous place for people who are not covered by God’s Guaranteed Plan of Protection!
Someone once said, “Well, He sure
didn’t protect Jesus. Look at what happened to Him.” Well, hold on, now! Jesus
allowed Himself to die for our sins. He even said so. (John
10:17,18)
In the Bible passage above, Judas
came with a band of soldiers to illegally arrest Jesus. A “band” of
soldiers was over 600 men! When Jesus opened His mouth to identify Himself,
such power came out of His Spirit that it blasted them. It actually knocked
all 600+ people flat on their backs!
This was to let them know,
“You’re only able to take Me because I’m allowing you to take Me.” Jesus
later said He could call forth 72,000 Angels to help Him if He wanted to do
so. (Matthew 26:53) Each of those Angels could
slay 185,000 humans in one night’s time. (Isaiah 37:36)
So it’s wrong to say that God
didn’t protect Jesus. Jesus simply wouldn’t ALLOW His Father to protect Him
from being crucified for our sins. He loves us too much! Jesus’ situation was different from ours. None of us are called to be the World’s Savior! (John 3:16)
However, God can and will protect
you from evil IF Jesus is your Savior. “Because
he hath set his love upon me … I deliver him: I will set him on high,
because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer
him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him...” (Psalm
91:14,15)
I was silently passing out Gospel
tracts one evening on Las Vegas
Boulevard in front of a large casino with an Evangelist friend. Suddenly, four
armed security guards, including the head of security, accosted us and took
us down a side alley.
The head of security began
shouting at me. Someone had told him I was telling people it was “sinful”
to go into his casino. I had not. I opened my mouth
to explain what I was doing and said, “Do you … ?”
When I said those two words, God’s power
literally came out of my mouth and hit him smack in the belly. He folded in
half as if he were hinged in the middle. His feet literally came off the
ground as he was SUPERNATURALLY thrown back into the other guards. They
caught him, standing him up again.
I was as shocked and stunned as
they were! Of course, I just acted like I do
that kind of thing all the time. As they all stared at me in amazement, the
head of security gave me “permission” to continue to do what I had been
legally doing all along. They all walked away in shock and confusion,
brushing him off and “comforting” him.
I looked at my fellow Evangelist
and asked, “Did you see that, Al?” He replied, “I did.” We continued to
pass out tracts.
You can see God’s GUARANTEED
PROTECTION as well, if you’ll believe.
(Luke 1:37)
Just say, “Jesus, I choose You as my Savior and Protector.” (Romans 10:13)
You’ll become a member of God’s Forever Family. (John 1:12)
Once in the family, if anyone
messes with you, they’re messing with your Father God and your Big Brother
Jesus. They both take it personally and guarantee protection, whatever it takes. (Isaiah 54:17)
Be blessed and be protected! ... John and Barbara
Hamel
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