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Why we need protection from God.

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Pastor Tom

God is certainly my protector. I seldom thought about my need for protection FROM Him. But God is holy, pure and all-powerful. I cannot just enter His presence on our own. I learned this by reading about close encounters humans had with God in the Bible. Ezekiel was given a special glimpse of God’s glory and presence. But at the end of his encounter with God, Ezekiel 3:15 tells us “I sat for seven days, overwhelmed.” After Daniel encountered God, he “was exhausted and lay ill for several days,” (Daniel 8:27)

God is so far beyond me, so deep in holiness, so awesome in power that I cannot bear His presence on my own because of my own sinfulness and frailty. But He didn’t leave it like that. He poured out His just wrath for my sin onto Jesus on the cross. So when I put all my trust in Jesus, God not only saved me from hell, He took off my filthy rags of a sinful life and clothed me with the perfect robe of Jesus’ life. So when I talk with God now, I won’t be sick for days because I’m covered!

When I do see Him face to face, somehow I’ll be able to bear His presence. (But I think I’ll still be pretty overwhelmed!).

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