1 Samuel 27.
Author: R New
I'm a 1959 Baby Boomer which has allowed me to see drastic changes in the Christian landscape. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, in those days the Bible still had strong roots in America. In my 20's, I participated with the Church in public meetings. There were about eight of us who would go out to a street corner or public park to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There were horns, a bass drum, singing, and a short Salvation message from the Bible. Suddenly, that all changed. The city passed ordinances to prohibit that type of public "solicitation." Today, it seems almost illegal to mention the Gospel to the younger generation.
I retired at the age of 62. As a person living for the testimony of Jesus Christ, I always felt like a salmon swimming against the current. Work was always a struggle between trying to be a decent individual while dealing with "progressive" and "left wing" changes at the workplace.
It's clear that there is a force in the world that is quietly eliminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ while making Christians look like enemies of humanity. At the same time, there is a force in the world that has power over physiology and is able to form thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is definitely against Jesus Christ.
John 3:16 is something I always want to cling to, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." I know the suffering of spiritual assault that hinders a constructive lifestyle & when frustration & anger seems to be the sole option - I know we can survive through the Cross of Christ. We have a home in the Kingdom of Heaven waiting for us.
The king of the Philistines expected David and his people to fight with him: This world expects the followers of Jesus Christ to fight for the goals of the global government.
1 Samuel 28:1.
David spares the Israelites in silence as others seek to smear his reputation: Jesus Christ brings Salvation, but this world seeks to smear His reputation.
1 Samuel 27:11-12.
Achish required David to plunder the Israelites, David didn’t: This world expects us to plunder Christianity.
1 Samuel 27:8-10.
David and his people live in Ziklag outside the “royal” city: Jesus Christ and His people live outside the “royal” anti-Christian city of this world.
1 Samuel 27:5-7.
David, his people, and all their families live in hostile territory: This world afflicts Christianity to force them into un-Holy territory.
1 Samuel 27:3-4.
David and his people enter residency among the haters of the Israelites: Christianity has entered residency within an anti-Christian world.
1 Samuel 27:2.
Saul forced David into the land of the Philistines: Today, the Spirit of Christ is forced into an anti-Christian world.
1 Samuel 27:1.
Saul seeks to kill David with flatteries on his tongue: Today’s world eliminates Christianity behind humanitarian and churchy sounding words.
1 Samuel 26.
Saul flatters and praises David as he continues to seek to kill David: The death of Christianity lies behind churchy and humanitarian sounding words.
1 Samuel 26:25.