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  (THE FOURFOLD GOSPEL) 6. KEPT
  by A.B. Simpson
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"For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to
keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." II. Tim. i.
12.

"Kept by the power of God unto salvation." I. Peter i. 5. The more
precious any treasure is, the more important is it that it be guarded
and kept. The figure of our first text is that of a bank deposit and
literally reads, "He is able to keep my deposits against that day." When
great deposits of gold are being conveyed to the vaults of some rich
bank, whole squadrons of police stand guard, and the most powerful
locks, bolts, bars, and walls and the most ceaseless and sleepless
vigilance of watchmen and detectives are employed to guard them.
Sometimes the figure is used in a military sense. The second text is of
this kind and literally should be translated, "Who are garrisoned by the
power of God through faith unto salvation." What vast expenditures and
mighty armaments and armies are employed to garrison the great strategic
points that guard the gates of nations, such as Port Arthur, Gibraltar,
Quebec, and other citadels. Sometimes the figure is used of the shepherd
and his flock, "He will gather Israel and keep him as a shepherd doth
his flock."

But whatever figure or phrase may be employed, the one great thought
that God would convey to the hearts of His tried and suffering people
is, that they are safe in His keeping, and that He is able to guard that
which we have committed unto Him against that day. Let us look at some
of His gracious promises to keep His people.

He will keep us wherever we may go or be. Listen to the first promise of
our Divine Keeper as it was addressed to Jacob in the hour of his
loneliness and fear, "Behold, I am with thee and will keep thee in all
places whither thou goest; for I will not leave thee until I have done
all that which I have spoken to thee of." How He kept that word to
Jacob! How many the various places where providence cast his lot! The
land of Laban, the cities of the Shechemites, the land of
Goshen,-everywhere his covenant God guarded and kept him. He was not an
attractive figure, he was not deserving of any special consideration. He
was the "worm Jacob," but God loved him in his infinite grace, and kept
him, disciplined him, taught him, and prepared him to be the head of
Israel\

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