That’s not the Paraclete, It’s a Parasite (part 1)

That’s not the Paraclete, It’s a Parasite (part 1)

1When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Deuteronomy 7:1, 2

Canaan is the name of the land that was promised by God to be given to children of Israel. It is the biblical Promised Land. The promise that is based on Genesis 12:1. The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” and in Genesis 12:7, “To your offspring I will give this land.”

In Genesis 15:18-21 the boundary of the promised land is clarified to Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates - the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.” These borders define the extent of the land promised to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob. The promise was confirmed to Jacob at Genesis 28:13, “the land on which you are lying.”

The promise is fulfilled at the end of the Exodus from Egypt. Deuteronomy 1:8 says: “See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

In Deuteronomy 7, Moses, only two months before they would cross the Jordan into Canaan, addresses the children of Israel. He begins with two very powerful words, the words, “when” and “shall.”

“When” means “at some point in time.” The word “shall” means “something that will take place or exist in the future; is determined to; or definitely will.” In other words Moses was saying, “At some point in time the Lord your God definitely will bring you into the land that you are going into to possess it.”

My friend, when God speaks you can be assured that what He said definitely will happen. There is power in His word and there is purpose in His word. What He says shall come to pass. It is written, “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto mevoid, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it” Isaiah 55:11.Do you want the full assurance of faith open your Bible, open the word of God and let it speak to you about what shall come to pass in your life. (To be continued)