Welcome to the Daily Blade . The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit , the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil . Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson , and they stand ready to equip men for the fight . Let's sharpen up .
All week we've looked at an Irish prayer from St Patrick called St Patrick's Breastplate or the Deer's Cry . So let me read the beginning of it here I rise today through a mighty strength , the invocation of the Trinity , through belief in the threeness , through confession of the oneness of the creator of creation . I rise today through the strength of Christ with his baptism , through the strength of his crucifixion with his burial , through the strength of his resurrection with his ascension , through the strength of his crucifixion with his burial , through the strength of his resurrection with his ascension , through the strength of his descent for the
judgment of doom . So today we're going to key in on this line I arise today through the strength of his descent for the judgment of doom . In Acts 17 , luke records Paul addressing the Areopagus in Greece , and verses 30 and 31 quotes Paul as saying the times of ignorance God overlooked , but now he commands all people everywhere to repent because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed , and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead . And with that you know . If you're wondering , what that judgment would look like , paul actually says this in 1 Thessalonians 4 , verse 16 . For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command , with the voice of an archangel and with the sound of the trumpet of God , and the dead in Christ will rise first .
Speaker 2So then we see in Revelation 20 , we see the apostle John talk about the judgment before the great white throne . So let's start in verse 11 . Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it .
From his presence , earth and sky fled away . Let's start in verse 1 . Dwell with them , and they will be his people , and God himself will be with them as their God . He will wipe away every tear from their eyes and death shall be no more . Neither shall there be mourning , nor crying , nor pain anymore . For the former things have passed away . And he who was seated on the throne said behold , I am making all things new . Also , he said write this down , for these words are trustworthy and
true . And he said Now , if that sounds scary to you , maybe it's because you know which book your name is written in . If your name is not in the Lamb's book of life , then I compel you to give your life to Christ right now , right at this moment . Relinquish control of your life , transfer your faith from yourself to Jesus for the payment of a sin , debt that you could never pay back One last time .
Speaker 2Let's close out the week by reading the end of St Patrick's breastplate Go in strength , gentlemen . Christ with me , christ before me , christ behind me , christ in me , christ beneath me , christ above me , christ on my right , christ on my left . Christ when I lie down , christ when I sit down , christ when I arise . Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me . Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me . Christ in every eye that sees me . Christ in every ear that hears me . Amen . Thank you for your attention this week . Stay sharp .
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