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    DESERTS - DEVOTEDNESS TO GOD

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     149
     Deserts 
    
     - Vast barren plains
         #EX 5:3; JOH 6:13
    
     - Uninhabited places
         #MT 14:15; MR 6:31
    
     - DESCRIBED AS
       . Uninhabited and lonesome
           #JER 2:6
    
       . Uncultivated
           #NU 20:5; JER 2:2
    
       . Desolate
           #EZE 6:14
    
       . Dry and without water
           #EX 17:1; DE 8:15
    
       . Trackless
           #ISA 43:19
    
       . Great and terrible
           #DE 1:19
    
       . Waste and howling
           #DE 32:10
    
     - Infested with wild beasts
         #ISA 13:21; MR 1:13
    
     - Infested with serpents
         #DE 8:15
    
     - Infested with robbers
         #JER 3:2; LA 4:19
    
     - Danger of travelling in
         #EX 14:3; 2CO 11:26
    
     - Guides required in
         #NU 10:31; DE 32:10
    
     - PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO
       . Mirage or deceptive appearance of water
           #JER 15:18
    
       . Simoom or deadly wind
           #2KI 19:7; JER 4:11
    
       . Tornadoes or whirlwinds
           #ISA 21:1
    
       . Clouds of sand and dust
           #DE 28:24; JER 4:12,13
    
     - MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
       . Arabian or great desert
           #EX 23:31
    
       . Bethaven
           #JOS 18:12
    
       . Beersheba
           #GE 21:14; 1KI 19:3,4
    
       . Damascus
           #1KI 19:15
    
       . Edom
           #2KI 3:8
    
       . Engedi
           #1SA 24:1
    
       . Gibeon
           #2SA 2:24
    
       . Judea
           #MT 3:1
    
       . Jeruel
           #2CH 20:16
    
       . Kedemoth
           #DE 2:26
    
       . Kadesh
           #PS 29:8
    
       . Maon
           #1SA 23:24,25
    
       . Paran
           #GE 21:21; NU 10:12
    
       . Shur
           #GE 16:7
    
       . Sin
           #EX 16:1
    
       . Sinai
           #EX 19:1,2; NU 33:16
    
       . Ziph
           #1SA 23:14,15
    
       . Zin
           #NU 20:1; 27:14
    
       . Of the Red Sea
           #EX 13:18
    
       . Near Gaza
           #AC 8:26
    
     - Heath often found in
         #JER 17:6
    
     - Parts of, afforded pasture
         #GE 36:24; EX 3:1
    
     - Inhabited by wandering tribes
         #GE 21:20,21; PS 72:9; JER 25:24
    
     - The persecuted fled to
         #1SA 23:14; HEB 11:38
    
     - The disaffected fled to
         #1SA 22:2; AC 21:38
    
     - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
       . Barrenness
           #PS 106:9; 107:33,35
    
       . Those deprived of blessings
           #HO 2:3
    
       . The world
           #SO 3:6; 8:5
    
       . The Gentiles
           #ISA 35:1,6; 41:19
    
       . What affords no support
           #JER 2:31
    
       . Desolation by armies
           #JER 12:10-13; 50:12
    
     150
     Despair 
    
     - Produced in the wicked by divine judgments
         #DE 28:34,67; RE 9:6; 16:10
    
     - LEADS TO
       . Continuing in sin
           #JER 2:25; 18:12
    
       . Blasphemy
           #ISA 8:21; RE 16:10,11
    
     - Shall seize upon the wicked at the appearing of Christ
         #RE 6:16
    
     - Saints sometimes tempted to
         #Job 6 7:6; LA 3:18
    
     - Saints enabled to overcome
         #2CO 4:8,9
    
     - Trust in God, a preservative against
         #PS 42:5,11
    
     - Exemplified
       . Cain
           #GE 4:13,14
    
       . Ahithophel
           #2SA 17:23
    
       . Judas
           #MT 27:5
    
     151
     Devil, The 
    
     - Sinned against God
         #2PE 2:4; 1JO 3:8
    
     - Cast out of heaven
         #LU 10:18
    
     - Cast down to hell
         #2PE 2:4; Jude 6 1:6
    
     - The author of the fall
         #GE 3:1,6,14,24
    
     - Tempted Christ
         #MT 4:3-10
    
     - Perverts the Scripture
         #MT 4:6; PS 91:11,12
    
     - Opposes God's work
         #Z1 EC 3:1; 1TH 2:18
    
     - Hinders the gospel
         #MT 13:19; 2CO 4:4
    
     - Works lying wonders
         #2TH 2:9; RE 16:14
    
     - Assumes the form of an angel of light
         #2CO 11:14
    
     - THE WICKED
       . Are the children of
           #MT 13:38; AC 13:10; 1JO 3:10
    
       . Turn aside after
           #1TI 5:15
    
       . Do the lusts of
           #JOH 8:44
    
       . Possessed by
           #LU 22:3; AC 5:3; EPH 2:2
    
       . Blinded by
           #2CO 4:4
    
       . Deceived by
           #1KI 22:21,22; RE 20:7,8
    
       . Ensnared by
           #1TI 3:7; 2TI 2:26
    
       . Troubled by
           #1SA 16:14
    
       . Punished, together with
           #MT 25:41
    
     - SAINTS
       . Afflicted by, only as God permits
           #Job 12 1:12; 2:4-7
    
       . Tempted by
           #1CH 21:1; 1TH 3:5
    
       . Sifted by
           #LU 22:31
    
       . Should resist
           #JAS 7 4:7; 1PE 5:9
    
       . Should be armed against
           #EPH 6:11-16
    
       . Should be watchful against
           #2CO 2:11
    
       . Overcome
           #1JO 2:13; RE 12:10,11
    
       . Shall finally triumph over
           #RO 16:20
    
     - TRIUMPH OVER, BY CHRIST
       . Predicted
           #GE 3:15
    
       . In resisting his temptations
           #MT 4:11
    
       . In casting out the spirits of
           #LU 11:20; 13:32
    
       . In empowering his disciples to cast out
           #MT 10:1; MR 16:17
    
       . In destroying the works of
           #1JO 3:8
    
       . Completed by his death
           #COL 2:15; HEB 2:14
    
       . Illustrated
           #LU 11:21,22
    
     - CHARACTER OF
       . Presumptuous
           #Job 6 1:6; MT 4:5,6
    
       . Proud
           #1TI 3:6
    
       . Powerful
           #EPH 2:2; 6:12
    
       . Wicked
           #1JO 2:13
    
       . Malignant
           #Job 9 1:9; 2:4
    
       . Subtle
           #GE 3:1; 2CO 11:3
    
       . Deceitful
           #2CO 11:14; EPH 6:11
    
       . Fierce and cruel
           #LU 8:29; 9:39,42; 1PE 5:8
    
       . Cowardly
           #JAS 7 4:7
    
     - The Apostasy is of
         #2TH 2:9; 2TI 4:1
    
     - Shall be condemned at the judgment
         #Jude 6 1:6; RE 20:10
    
     - Everlasting fire is prepared for
         #MT 25:41
    
     - Compared to
       . A fowler
           #PS 91:3
    
       . Fowls
           #MT 13:4
    
       . A sower of tares
           #MT 13:25,28
    
       . A wolf
           #JOH 10:12
    
       . A roaring lion
           #1PE 5:8
    
       . A serpent
           #RE 12:9; 20:2
    
     152
     Devotedness to God 
    
     - A characteristic of saints
         #Job 12 23:12
    
     - Christ, an example of
         #JOH 4:34; 17:4
    
     - GROUNDED UPON
       . The mercies of God
           #RO 12:1
    
       . The goodness of God
           #1SA 12:24
    
       . The call of God
           #1TH 2:12
    
       . The death of Christ
           #2CO 5:15
    
       . Our creation
           #PS 86:9
    
       . Our preservation
           #ISA 46:4
    
       . Our redemption
           #1CO 6:19,20
    
     - SHOULD BE
       . With our spirit
           #1CO 6:20; 1PE 4:6
    
       . With our bodies
           #RO 12:1; 1CO 6:20
    
       . With our members
           #RO 6:12,13; 1PE 4:2
    
       . With our substance
           #EX 22:29; PR 3:9
    
       . Unreserved
           #MT 6:24; LU 14:33
    
       . Abounding
           #1TH 4:1
    
       . Persevering
           #LU 1:74,75; 9:62
    
       . In life and death
           #RO 14:8; PHP 1:20
    
     - SHOULD BE EXHIBITED IN
       . Loving God
           #DE 6:5; LU 10:27
    
       . Serving God
           #1SA 12:24; RO 12:11
    
       . Walking worthy of God
           #1TH 2:12
    
       . Doing all to God's glory
           #1CO 10:31
    
       . Bearing the cross
           #MR 8:34
    
       . Self-denial
           #MR 8:34
    
       . Living to Christ
           #2CO 5:15
    
       . Giving up all for Christ
           #MT 19:21,28,29
    
       . Want of, condemned
           #RE 3:16
    
     - Exemplified
       . Joshua
           #JOS 24:15
    
       . Peter, Andrew, James, John
           #MT 4:20-22
    
       . Joanna, etc.
           #LU 8:3
    
       . Paul
           #PHP 1:21
    
       . Timothy
           #PHP 2:19-22
    
       . Epaphroditus
           #PHP 2:30
    
    
    
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