Genesis 49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. Consider — I. FAITH TRIUMPHANT IN DOUBT. The gospel is a revelation. It is the telling of a secret. There is not one mystery either about man or about God which has been either caused or aggravated by the gospel. Doubtless there are matters not yet revealed. There are unexplained, perhaps inexplicable, difficulties, as regards God's will and man's future, which the gospel leaves where it found them. Faith triumphs in and over doubting (John 6:67, 68). II. FAITH TRIUMPHS IN DISAPPOINTMENT. TO be willing to wait, even for encouragement, much more for victory, is an essential part of his character who has seen the promise afar off, and been persuaded of it, and embraced it, and who now lives day by day in the calm, humble looking-for of a light that shall arise and a rest reserved in heaven. III. FAITH CONQUERS SIN. That is our most urgent want, and that is faith's most solemn office. Faith conquering is, above all things, faith conquering sin, faith looking upwards to a loving Saviour, and drawing down from Him the desire and the effort and the grace to be holy. IV. FAITH CONQUERS DEATH. Death is not dreadful to the Christian, because he has in the other world a Father, a Saviour, a Comforter. (Dean Vaughan.) Parallel Verses KJV: Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.WEB: "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel. |
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