SAFETY, Page 4 may or He may not...you never know what God's gonna do." That's doubt. They BELIEVED God would…….and He did it like He said it! If they had had any doubt, they would have FRIED in that FIRE! DAVID OVER GOLIATH - 1 Samuel 17, especially verse 37. David's reference to Goliath as "uncircumcised Philistine" is pointing out that Goliath had no covenant with God. (Circumcision was the outward sign of the covenant the Israelites had with God, as discussed earlier.) In verse 45, as David declares to Goliath what he (David) is about to do, David says, "You've taunted us; therefore, you've defied our Covenant Partner. I'm coming at you in His name and in His power! I'm gonna take your head clean off!" And he did! DELIVERANCE OF JONAH - Book of Jonah. Even though he was in disobedience, when he repented, God saved him and set him free from the mess his rebellion had caused! PROTECTION OF ELISHA and delivering the enemy into his hands - 2 Kings 6:8-23, especially verse 16. DISCIPLES IN STORM - Mark 4:35-41. Jesus had said, "Let us pass over unto the other side" -- not to the bottom! Don't say, "Yeah, but that was Jesus! I can't do that!" Jesus said you can and you're supposed to -- John 14:12! Did you notice that The Bible doesn't say David used karate when he faced Goliath? And Jesus didn't used marshal arts when the crowd was trying to throw Him down a cliff headlong? The same Father-that-dwelled-in-Him dwells in me, and He is able...for me...today. "...and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way." (Ezra 8:31—read chapters 7-8 to get the full picture!)
ALL OF THESE LOOKED IMPOSSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE! BUT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO GOD (MT. 19:26) AND ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH (MK. 9:23) Those miraculous rescues happened long ago. What about today? Are any protection miracles happening now? Yes! I've heard of many, and I'm certain there are thousands upon thousands that I haven't heard! Here are a few. The founder of the KERR canning jar company had his glass factory in San Francisco -- wooden building, wooden roof, filled with glass and glass jars, surrounded by wooden fence. When the great San Francisco earthquake and fire happened in the early 1900's, Mr. Kerr was out of town. His staff called him to say they couldn't tell the extent of the damage yet, because the city was on fire. Mr. Kerr said he was certain his factory was protected because he was a tither, and the Bible says God will rebuke the devourer for the tither (Mal. 3:10-12). When the staff was able finally to get to the glass factory, they found all the buildings on all sides of the Kerr Company were in ashes; but the Kerr plant was untouched (fence, building, and roof not even scathed), and not a glass jar was broken! The earthquake and fire had no effect where there was FAITH! There are numerous testimonies of lone survivors of airplane crashes—how they believed and what they spoke! A believing preacher and his family in a torrential rain storm in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area began to hydroplane. He immediately said, "JESUS!" and he heard the Holy Spirit say, "Keep your foot off the brake!" He knew the voice and obeyed. The car skidded across several lanes of traffic, into the oncoming lanes, and finally came to rest on the far shoulder of the oncoming lanes, facing in the wrong direction. No one in the believer's car was hurt, nor his car, nor any other car on the road! There was a believing lady in California whose home was being threatened by a raging forest fire. She was gathering up her Bible and purse to flee, when she suddenly remembered she had POWER over the weapon that was