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John 17:15<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\n1 Chronicles 4:10\u00a0\u00a0Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, \u201cOh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!\u201d And God granted what he asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n\nPsalms 121:7\u00a0\u00a0The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n\nGalatians 1:4\u00a0\u00a0who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n\n2 Thessalonians 3:3\u00a0\u00a0But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n\n2 Timothy 4:8\u00a0 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n\n1 John 5:18\u00a0\u00a0We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
It is a sweet and blessed event which will occur to all believers in God’s own time-the going home to be with Jesus. In a few more years the Lord’s soldiers, who are now fighting “the good fight of faith” will have done with conflict, and have entered into the joy of their Lord. But although Christ prays that his people may eventually be with him where he is, he does not ask that they may be taken at once away from this world to heaven. He wishes them to stay here. Yet how frequently does the wearied pilgrim put up the prayer, “O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest;” but Christ does not pray like that, he leaves us in his Father’s hands, until, like shocks of corn fully ripe, we shall each be gathered into our Master’s garner. Jesus does not plead for our instant removal by death, for to abide in the flesh is needful for others if not profitable for ourselves. He asks that we may be kept from evil, but he never asks for us to be admitted to the inheritance in glory till we are of full age. Christians often want to die when they have any trouble. Ask them why, and they tell you, “Because we would be with the Lord.” We fear it is not so much because they are longing to be with the Lord, as because they desire to get rid of their troubles; else they would feel the same wish to die at other times when not under the pressure of trial. They want to go home, not so much for the Saviour’s company, as to be at rest. Now it is quite right to desire to depart if we can do it in the same spirit that Paul did, because to be with Christ is far better, but the wish to escape from trouble is a selfish one. Rather let your care and wish be to glorify God by your life here as long as he pleases, even though it be in the midst of toil, and conflict, and suffering, and leave him to say when “it is enough.” (Spurgeon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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