Samson is a guard dog and Jonathan plays with him all the time. They are good friends. If a stranger tried to hurt Jonathan or pick him up, Samson would attack the stranger and bite him until he ran away.
This reminds me of the Lord Jesus who saw us lost in sin and ready to die. How could He protect us from Satan?
The only way He could protect us from Satan and Satan’s power was by coming right down here to earth and going to a place called Calvary, where He died for us on the cross.
How could the Lord Jesus triumph over Satan by dying on the cross? When those people who hated Him nailed Him to the cross and He died, they thought, “Now, that’s the end of Him.” But they were wrong! When those who loved the Lord Jesus came to His grave very early in the morning of the first day of the week, he was not there — He had risen! Matthew 28:66He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. (Matthew 28:6) reports, “He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”
Just as Samson would even die to protect Jonathan, so the Lord Jesus has already died to save us from going to hell. Will you trust Him today?
Seek the Saviour early, Jesus says today.
While you’re young and tender, choose the narrow way,
Lest when you get older, Satan snare your feet,
And you miss the way to heaven’s golden street.
ML-01/25/1987