Tag: Warfare

Do not make agreements with the enemy

Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants. And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.
1 Samuel 11:1-2

And at their words, the spirit of God came on Saul with power, and he became very angry.
1 Samuel 11:6

Saints that make compromises with the world are blind in one eye, unfit to fight the enemy.

The presence of God is with us, when we humble ourselves before him.

But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;
Judges 20:9

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.
Judges 20:26

By the Spirit Of The Lord, he defeated his enemies

And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines came out, meeting him with loud cries; then the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and the cords on his arms became like grass which has been burned with fire, and the bands came falling off his hands.
Judges 15:14

And taking up the mouth-bone of an ass newly dead, which he saw by chance on the earth, he put to death a thousand men with it.
Judges 15:15

A Nazarite unto God

And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.
Judges 13:3

So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.
Judges 13:24

1)Heb 11:32 What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:
Heb 11:33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,
Heb 11:34 Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

 

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↑1Heb 11:32 What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:
Heb 11:33 Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,
Heb 11:34 Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.