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Judges chapter 5 verse 31. So may all your enemies perish, O Lord, but your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.

Now the context of this verse in the book of judges is God's people experiencing physical battles and war with other nations.

But the picture here in Judges 531 carries throughout the Bible all the way to the end.

The reality is enemies of God, sinners against God, who do not trust in Him and His salvation

will perish, but friends of God, which is only possible through Jesus. We are all

naturally enemies of God. We've all rebelled against God. We are

sinners against God. And the good news of the Bible is that God loves his enemies, you and me so

much that despite our rebellion against him as his enemies, like we've set ourselves up as enemies

against God. We've said, God, we know better

than you what's best for our lives. But God loves us so much that he's come to us in the person of Jesus

to pay the price for our sins, for our rebellion, love for his enemies. Jesus died on the cross for us.

He rose from the dead so that anyone who trusts in him

will be saved from our sin and become friends of God, no longer enemies. And the reality is for all

who trust in Jesus, you are a friend of God. And the whole picture here in Judges 531 May your friends be like the sun as he rises

in his might.

Yes, this is the way to life now and the way to life forever through Jesus.

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