PROMISE FOR DECEMBER 17TH

"There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling." Psalm 91:10

"No evil befall thee"--the new creature. See R. 4767, c.1. p.3.

We are to recognize that there are two classes of spirit begotten ones, and that our text has reference to only one class of these....They have kept nothing back of their love and devotion; things may happen disastrous to their fleshy interests; but they remember that they are "not in the flesh," and realize that no outside influence can mar their real interests as New Creatures, nor hinder them, if faithful, from attaining to the glories of the Kingdom....It is to this class, and to all the things that may befall them, that the assurance is given--"there shall no evil befall thee." As for the other of the two classes--the "Great Company"-- some evils do befall them. They will be put into great tribulation. R. 4767, c.2, p.4-5.