<TITLE>04. Par 17-26</TITLE>L-17 "Thy seed shall possess the gate of its enemy." That's God's sworn promise. The seed of Abraham... And then by His Holy Spirit, seeing that the mother was to be part of the son also, because they are part of the flesh, then the Holy Spirit working through these people, said, "He... Let your seed possess the gate of the enemy." Then God swearing He'd possess the gate of the enemy, then what position does that put the Church of the living God?
We are Abraham's seed, for we being dead in Christ, we are--take on Abraham's seed and are heir with him under the same sworn promise. We are Abraham's seed and are heirs of every promise that was given him. But when the testings come, that's where we fail. But I don't believe that the true seed of Abraham will fail, they'll stand just as gallant and loyal as Abraham did.

L-19 Now, we see that God cannot say anything or--or make any promise unless He will fulfill it. He has to do that in order to be God. Years later, when this same people, the promised people, the seed of Abraham was on their journey going into a--a promised land, there was a gate who stood, and up against him, and it was his own brother, Moab, who said, "You'll not cross my land. I'll see to it that you'll not cross my land."
He said, "If our cows lick up any of your grass or if they drink any of your water, we'll pay you for it."
But he said, "You'll not cross this land."
But God's promise held true. So they went and got their prophet Balaam and brought him down to curse the people. And here's what he said. They tried to show him the worst part of the blessed seed, but God showed him the best part of it. He said, "Ever who curses Israel will be cursed, and whoever blesses him will be blessed." And the bars was let down and Israel crossed the plains. God promised he will possess the gate of his enemy.

L-22 Later on in the years, there came one by the name of Daniel, who was in the line of this loyal Seed, and in the line of the promises, because he was the seed of Abraham. And God had chosen him before the foundation of the world to be His prophet. And he lived gallant, and he lived loyal, and even in a strange land, he had purposed in his heart, "I'll not defile myself with them." That's the real seed of Abraham: living in a land that's different, living among people who are different, but yet gallant to that promise, "I'll not defile myself with them. I'll stay true."
God put him to a test as He did his father Abraham. And the king said, "You'll either be like one of us and worship the way we worship, or I'll throw you into a den full of hungry lions."
Daniel, like Abraham his father, said, "You may throw me into the lions' den, but I'll not bow to any of your images. I'll not take your formal religion. I'll stay true to Jehovah."
And there came the showdown then. The king kept his promise, and he picked up the prophet, or had him taken up and thrown into the lions' den. And when the lions, the enemy of Daniel, rushed forth to the prophet, God kept His promise. He possessed the gate of his enemy. God stood an Angel there before those lions and took the gate. God keeps His promise: "He shall possess the gate of his enemy." God said so.

L-26 Then there were three more down there who had pledged theirself loyal to the cause, who were truly Abraham's seed, and that was Shadrach, and Meshach, and Abednego, and they were put to the test. And they said, "If you do not bow when you hear the harps a-playing and the trumpets a-sounding, if you do not bow to our religion, and get away from them things that you are--are standing for... And you're all wet anyhow. Your religion's no more than anybody else's." Don't we hear that all the time? But the--the religion of Jesus Christ is different. The power of His resurrection is different. We are a different people, a peculiar people, a royal priesthood. God makes the difference.


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