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Job had a hedge around him. What was it?  How do we make sure we have a hedge?



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A guardian angel is appointed to every follower of Christ.  These heavenly watchers shield the righteous from the power of the wicked one.  This Satan himself recognized when he said: "Doth Job fear God for nought?  Hast not Thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side?"  Job 1:9, 10.  The agency by which God protects His people is presented in the words of the psalmist: "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them."  Psalm 34:7.  Said the Saviour, speaking of those that believe in Him: "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father."  Matthew 18:10.  The angels appointed to minister to the children of God have at all times access to His presence.  {GC 512.2}



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Praise God for making the Angels like a hedge around us that Satan cannot penetrate.

 

How do we make sure the hedge is there and intact?



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Praise God for making the Angels like a hedge around us that Satan cannot penetrate.

 

How do we make sure the hedge is there and intact?


So far from making arbitrary requirements, God's law is given to men as a hedge, a shield.  Whoever accepts its principles is preserved from evil.  Fidelity to God involves fidelity to man.  Thus the law guards the rights, the individuality, of every human being.  It restrains the superior from oppression, and the subordinate from disobedience.  It ensures man's well-being, both for this world and for the world to come.  To the obedient it is the pledge of eternal life, for it expresses the principles that endure forever.  {Ed 76.4}

Man's happiness must always be guarded by the law of God.  In obedience only can he find true happiness.  The law is the hedge which God has placed about His vineyard.  By it those who obey are protected from evil.  In transgression Adam became a law to himself.  By disobedience he was brought under bondage.  Thus a discordant element, born of selfishness, entered man's life. Man's will and God's will no longer harmonized.  Adam had united with the disloyal forces, and self-will took the field.  {ST, June 13, 1900 par. 3} 



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AMEN aww



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