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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