How to be under God’s protection

1)    John 18:19 says Jesus appeared before the high priest and was questioned.
2)    Let’s take a very close look at Jn. 18:19 together – READ
a)    The high priest asked the Lord about His disciples.
b)    Jesus was asked for specific information but He did not provide answers to these questions.

3)    Verses 20-21 – READ
a)    Jesus did not give specific information about His disciples and this made some people angry.
b)    Verse 22 – READ
c)    Jesus protected His disciples from harm as He was being interrogated.
4)    The Jesus that protected the disciples in Jn. 18 is the same Jesus that protects His people today.
5)    In Jn. 18 the Lord was truly like a hen covering its chicks.
6)    Col. 3:3 – READ
a)    If we have become a Christian, our life is “hid” with God.
b)    This is just another way of describing the protection God provides for His people.
7)    In Phil. 4:7 Paul said the “peace of God” “guards the heart.”
8)    This protection is not against all the temporary things of this life.
9)    God’s protection is primarily against the problems man cannot face on his own.
a)    Some hear about God’s offer of protection and reject it.
b)    Lk. 13:34-35 – READ
c)    God said He offered shelter to the people of Jerusalem many times (“often”).
d)    Mt. 23:37 – READ
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a)    One of man’s most serious problems is sin.  All come to a point in life when they are guilty of sin.
b)    Rom. 3:23 says, QUOTE.
11)    In Rev. 12:10 the Bible says the devil is an “accuser” of people.
12)    Rev. 1:5 says the blood of Jesus “looses” us from sin.
13)    We can access the benefits of Jesus’ blood just as the Colossians did – Col. 2:12.
14)    As long as their life in our physical body, there is only one safe place to be:  with God.
15)    This is why the Bible repeatedly speaks about being “in Christ.”
16)    Ps. 97:10 says God “preserves the souls of his saints.”
17)    Prov. 18:10 says the name of the Lord is a “tower” that the righteous “run to and are safe.”
a)    Sins are removed “as far as the east is from the west” (Ps. 103:12).
b)    Zech. 3:9 speaks of removing sins “in a single day.”
c)    In Mic. 7:19 sin is spoken of as being “cast into the depths of the sea.”
d)    Isa. 44:22 speaks of sins disappearing like the morning mist.
e)    Isa. 38:17 pictures forgiven sins as being behind God’s “back.”
f)    Heb. 9:26 says sins are “put away.”  “Blotted out” is the wording in Ps. 51:9.
18)    A big part of God’s protection is full  removal of sin – it is 100% gone – there is nothing left for the devil.
19)    A person who has sinned just one time needs this protection and God says it is available.
20)    Our world is full of advertisements about “protection.”
21)    We need God’s protection; do we have it?
22)    Have we become a Christian in the way that the Bible describes?

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