The Hedge of Thorns
Richard St.James © 2010 - Sluice Box Adventures - Bible 1611
The
Hedge of Thorns Series
By Richard St.James © 2010
This is a message anchored in the BOOK of God. This is a message from the messenger.
The messenger is preaching God’s word to you and me.
This is the premise of this message. God has preserved the inspiration of His words that He spoke in times past … in the universal language of the end times … in the Authorized Version of the Bible [A.V. 1611] which is commonly known as the King James Bible.
Here is my warning to you concerning this message. This is a message
that runs counter to the opinions of this old world. This is a
message … from the messenger to you. “Then spake Haggai the Lord's
messenger in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with
you, saith the Lord.” [Haggai 1:13]
There is a danger when men “join house to house” in a global
village. The reason why is because of this following basic truth. 1. Bounds and Limits 2. Paths
3. Walls and Fences
4. Hedges
This is where I will begin.
It is not healthy for people when the people live too close
together. It was Thomas Jefferson, one of our
founding fathers, that gave us this observation over two hundred
years ago. Quote: “When we get piled upon one another in large
cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.”
Now, Thomas Jefferson believed the Bible as many of our forefathers
did. They got their “wisdom” from the word of God.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the
knowledge of the holy is understanding.” [Proverbs 9:10] This is where we need to go … in
order to receive WISDOM.
Now, where in the Bible is this truth located
… showing the danger in joining “house to house”? It is located in
Isaiah chapter five, in verse eight. This is where the Spirit of God
gives us this warning concerning the cities and the suburban
communities world-over: “Woe unto them that join house to house,
that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be
placed alone in the midst of the earth!” [Isaiah 5:8]
1. Bounds and Limits
2. Paths
3. Walls and Fences
4. Hedges
5. Thorns
There are bounds and limits in life. The bounds and limits are
placed into our lives by GOD … according to the
BOOK of bounds and
limits. This BOOK of bounds and of limits … in the English language
… is the Authorized Version of 1611. This BOOK is commonly known as
the King James Bible. Now, here are some basic truths concerning
these bounds and limits: Read more?
.Within those bounds and those limits in life … there are found
“paths”.
Now, according the.Within those bounds and those limits in life … there are found
“paths”.
Now, according the BOOK, we are to walk in the “paths” that are
framed or hemmed in by those bounds and by those the limits, which
are established by the GOD of this BOOK.
More than all of this, God’s word reveals that there are two
different paths that men may take in life. These two paths are
distinctly different. These two paths lead to totally different
destinations. What are these two paths? Where do these two paths
lead? Read more?
“Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy
palaces.” [Psalm 122:7]
Bordering “the old paths” are the walls. There are
walls in life. Walls are erected for the protection of those who
live therein. “Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell
in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover
we saw the children of Anak there.” [Numbers 13:28]
Read more?
The word “hedge” is found nine times in the Bible.
Every time the word “hedge” shows up in the BOOK we
can see it is God behind the placement of the “hedge”. It is God
that makes the hedges. Anyone who destroys a “hedge”
is going to get into trouble. “He that diggeth a pit shall
fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite
him.” [Ecclesiastes 10:8] It is a bad thing to do … to
destroy a “hedge”. A “hedge” is
meant by God to be a protection. It is meant for a defense for a
man. Read more?
5.Thorns
“The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but
the way of the righteous is made plain.” [Proverbs 15:19]
There are times when the only way to keep a person out of trouble
and from being ruined, or from being destroyed, is to hem that
person in with a hedge of thorns. God knows this. We need to learn
this. My friend, a wall of thorns separating you and me from ruin
and destruction … is a true friend. A “hedge of thorns” is a true
blessing. This takes us straight to Hosea our Bible for this strange
command. Hosea, the prophet of God, was commanded by the Lord to
“take unto” himself “a wife of whoredoms” in the very first chapter
in verse two. Read more?
