David spares Saul’s life again: We are not in a battle against this world’s governing leaders, but against spiritual wickedness.

1 Samuel 26:7-10

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 “So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him.” 1 Samuel 26:7 

Jesus Christ has come to this world in a dark hour and found it asleep to God and not using the spear of the Spirit to fight against sin. Today, the world is in a deep slumber as it welcomes the thing which gives them what to think, feel, do, and speak. They try to use the spear by their head of human rationale to fight against sin instead of using the spear of the Spirit found at the Cross of Jesus Christ. The masses of the “democratic” society despises Jesus Christ and intends to kill Christianity.

“Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!” 1 Samuel 26:8 As followers of Jesus Christ, we always keep it in our heart that this present world’s government has already been defeated, and the enemy has been delivered into the hands of Jesus Christ. The first time David’s men found Saul in a vulnerable position, they said about the same thing as the second time, “Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’” 1 Samuel 24:4a. David’s men always knew in their heart that the victory would belong to David, not Saul.

We know by the Spirit and word of God that Jesus Christ has already won the victory over sin and death. We are born-again and made alive to God because of the victory of the Lord Jesus. The enemy has been delivered into the hands of Jeus and He is coming back as Lord of lords.

The Bible reveals to us what we are already seeing in the world today, about the global government of the beast (Daniel 8 and Revelation 17), global warming as the fourth plague (Revelation 16:8-9), and the image and mark of the beast (Revelation 13). It is revealed to us to let us know that God sees, He is in control of the final destiny, and He has the final victory.

As followers of the Lord Jesus, I’m sure we have felt indignation when we are persistently “gaslighted,” put through hardships, and afflicted in various ways. It gets to the point to where inwardly we might be saying, “let me strike the enemies of Christ with the worldly spear.” Meaning to give them an aggressive piece of our mind or something even physically worse. Even so, their tactics are designed to spark such agitation and aggressive responses as their intent is to kill the Spirit of Christ, and all of Christianity.

“But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?” 1 Samuel 26:9 The last thing Jesus Christ wants is for His followers to come against the governing authorities with aggression, rebellion, retaliation, and armed force. What Jesus wants from us is to realize we are not fighting against flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness.

Through Ephesians 6:10-20, the Holy Spirit explains to us not to engage in flesh and blood conflict, we are in a spiritual fight for the soul. The thing which forms what people think, feel, do, and speak is spiritual wickedness. It comprises principalities (like a dictator), it lives through various forms of power, it is the government of the darkness of this age, and people in every city around the world are a host to its spiritual wickedness. Jesus Christ wants us to put on the whole Armor of God in response. That armor includes the truth of Jesus Christ, righteousness, peace, faith in God, the assurance of our Salvation, and the word of God. And to pray always within the Spirit. The armor keeps us set apart from the flesh and blood ways of this world.

 “David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.” 1 Samuel 26:10 As we put on the armor of God, Jesus Christ assures us that this present world system will have its end. Their day to die will come, not only in this life but beyond the grave where they will eternally be in hell. David repeated those same sentiments the first time he could have killed Saul, “And he said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.” 1 Samuel 24:6 As followers of Jesus Christ, His Spirit lives in us and we are always in the frame of mind not to raise a physical hand against the governing authorities.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1