Thursday, March 24, 2016




Word of God
But he replied and said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God
The Gospel According to Matthew 4:4

The Book of Psalm 3:5
All commentary is prefaced/edited by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades

5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up again: for the Lord sustained me.

Brethren:

To trust in the Lord our God, our Creator is to know that we can sleep in perfect confidence and security. Make note friends that whilst we do sleep, God does not, He may take His rest, but it is unlike our own. For us, sleep is our bodies way of restoring itself from the day’s divers trials and tribulations. Know therefore this, that as we rest, our God is on His throne, working and maintaining us. - Doktor Riktor Von Zhades - A disciple of Christ

The psalmist committed himself to the care and protection of God; he laid himself down in his arms, and there slept in safety; the Lord preserved him, who is Israel's keeper, that neither slumbers nor sleeps: and he rose in health and cheerfulness in the morning, supported by his right hand. This shows, that lying down to sleep, when in such circumstances, and awaking with cheerfulness, were not owing to rashness, stupidity, and insensibility, but to divine supports. These words may be interpreted, as they are by some of the ancients, of the death of Christ, and of his resurrection from the dead by the power of God; death is often expressed by sleep, and the resurrection of the dead by an awaking out of sleep, (Read Daniel 12:2 ; Isaiah 26:19) ; and Christ's death being signified by lying down and sleeping, may denote both the voluntariness of it, that he laid down his life freely and willingly; and his short continuance under the power of death, it was but like a night's sleep; and his resurrection from the dead, being expressed by an awaking through the Lord's sustaining him, shows that it was by the power of God, even the exceeding greatness of his power: and the whole of this may be applied to the case and state of the saints and people of God, who at times have rest and peace amidst their enemies; though they have tribulation in the world, they have peace in Christ; and notwithstanding the temptations of Satan, and the corruptions of their own hearts, they have joy and comfort through believing in Christ; the Lord sustains them with precious promises, and supports them with the discoveries of his love, and upholds them with the right hand of his righteousness.” - John Gill


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