We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
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… That was a prophecy of what Judas would do to the Lord Jesus Christ. And then the psalmist says in Psalm 55, verses 12 through 14, For it was not an enemy that reproached me. Then I could have borne it. Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me. When I would have hid myself from him, But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together and walked into the house of God in company. Think about it. Here's Job's best friends. Here's Job in his deepest need. And his friends have just turned their back on him. It's like old Paul was in the Philippian jail. and Paul, needing some comfort, had to say, Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world. That can happen to you. Perhaps I'm talking to some preacher right now and your church has turned on you. Perhaps the pulpit committee that called you to the church now wants you to leave. …
… in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. That was a prophecy of what Judas would do to the Lord Jesus Christ. And then the psalmist says in Psalm 55 verses 12 through 14, for it was not an enemy that reproached me. Then I could have borne it. Neither was it he that hated me that didn't magnify himself against me when I would have hid myself from him. But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together and walked into the house of God in company. Think about it. Here's Job's best friends. Here's Job in his deepest need. And his friends have just turned their back on him. It's like old Paul was in the Philippian jail. And Paul, needing some comfort, had to say, Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world. Now, that can happen to you. Perhaps I'm talking to some preacher right now, and your church has turned on you. …
"If on my face, for Your dear name, Shame and reproach may be, I'll hail reproach, and welcome shame, For You'll remember me!" Gloom also falls upon the Christian in time of desertion. I do not know whether Judas had sons and daughters, but I have seen several persons who bear a family likeness to that son of perdition. "He that eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me," is a sentence often repeated. "It was not an enemy that reproached me—then I could have borne it— but it was you, a man my equal, my acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together and walked unto the house of God in company." This, also, is an oft-told tale. Yet fret not too much because of ingratitude, fickleness and treachery. Is it not written, "Cursed is he that trusts in man"? All men are liars! Can you not be content to take the inevitable? Your Master had His Judas. Shall not you have yours? "Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled." It may be so with you all the more because you desire to be faithful to your Lord. …