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ness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the Covenant of My
peace be removed, saitb the LORD that hath mercy on thee" (I1'a.
liv. 7, 8, 10).
Then, no weapon formed against them shall prosper and every
tongue that shall rise against them they shall condemn. This great
and precious promise, however, is now applicable liO " sJl the Israel
of GOD," that is to the spiritual Israel, the spiritual seed of Abraham.
The LORD says to all the family of faith that they are perfectly
secure from every evil weapon. He is watching over them. He
will keep the feet of His saints. No power on earth or in hell can
do any permanent damage to the objects of His eternal love, to the
people whom He has cbosen, redeemed, called, jURtified and saved.
Let us then, who, by grace are members of the LORD'S family, take
comfort from this precious promise, and let us meditate upon it in
dependence upon the teaching and help of the SPIRIT.
1. First, let us think of the persons who are secure from every evil
weapon.
1. They are described as the servants of the LORD."
The same title is given to their LORD and MASTER in relation to
His service on earth. "Behold, My Servant, ·Whom I uphold;
Mine Elect, in Whom My soul delighteth." He is also described as
Jehovah's "righteous Servant" (Isa. xlii. 1; liii. 11).
He as the FATHER'S" righteous Servant" perfectly obeyed the
FATHER'S will. He perfectly obeyed the precepts of His FATHER'S
law, as the Representative of Ris people, and then suffered the
penalty of that law whicb His people had broken. Thus He secured
for them their eternal justification. He was made sin for them,
that they might be made the -righteousness of GOD in Rim. This
title" Servant" is also applied to all His people. He says, " The
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted Me,
they will also persecute you" (John xv. 20).
Speaking to the Roman saints, the apostle says, "ye were the
servants of sin," but a mighty change in their experience had
taken place, and they "became the servants of righteousness."
Being made free from sin as a master, they had" become servants
to GOD," and they had their" fruit unto holiness, and the end
everlasting life" (see Rom. vi. 17-22). GOD'S people are His
children. They are also His servants or bondslaves. The Revelation