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4:6), because “If God be for us, who can be

against us?” (Rom. 8:31).

But just as in Old Testament times, God will

not be “for us” and defend His disobedient

child unless there’s repentance and a

forsaking of sin in his or her life. Although

God sometimes allows his obedient children

to suffer at the hands of their enemies for His

ultimate glory and purposes, disobedience

and rebellion toward God are primarily the

reasons for suffering and defeat in the life of

a child of God even in these New Testament

times (See Gal. 6:7-8 & Heb. 12:5-11). In

verses 25 through 27, David lists some of the

conditions for God’s blessings and victories

in a believer’s life.

As we look around at the Christ-rejecting

and unthankful world in which we live, we,

too, often agonize like David: “Oh that men

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