1. God called people Thorns

1. Thorns in the side

1. Judges 2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from

Gilgal = The place where your reproach was taken away

to Bochim The place of weeping

and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt,

I will never break my covenant with you. 2:2

And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land;

ye shall throw down their altars:

but ye have not obeyed my voice:

why have ye done this? 2:3

Wherefore I also said,

I will not drive them out from before you;

but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides,

and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 2:4

And it came to pass,

when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 2:5

SORROW

And they called the name of that place Bochim:

and they sacrificed there unto the LORD

1. God called people Thorns through David

1. The Lord said thorns were the Sons of Belial

1. II Samuel 23:1 Now these [be] the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man [who was] raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 23:2 The spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word [was] in my tongue. 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God.
2. II Samuel 23:6 But [the sons] of Belial = sons of the Satan

DEVIL

[shall be] all of them as thorns thrust away,

because they cannot be taken with hands:

1. Paul Called them the Sons of Belial
   1. II Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for
   what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and
   what communion hath light with darkness? 6:15 And
   what concord hath Christ with Belial? or
   what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 6:16 And
   what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?
   for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said,
   I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and
   I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 6:17
   Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Darkness

Devil

Infidel

Idols

1. God called people thorns through Jermiah

1. We see here Sowing and reaping again thorns are people

1. Jeremiah 4:3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem,

Break up your fallow ground,

and sow not among thorns. 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD,

and take away the foreskins of your heart,

ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem:

lest my fury come forth like fire,

and burn that none can quench [it],

because of the evil of your doings.

1. Ezekiel called people thorns

1. Jesus was despised and so was Paul. The people of Zidon despised us

1. Ezekiel 28:20 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 28:21

Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, 28:22

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Behold, I [am] against thee, O Zidon;

and I will be glorified in the midst of thee:

and they shall know that I [am] the LORD,

when I shall have executed judgments in her,

and shall be sanctified in her............. 28:24

And there shall be no more

a pricking brier unto the house of Israel,

nor [any] grieving thorn of all [that are] round about them,

that despised them; ------

and they shall know that I [am] the Lord GOD. ...........28:26

1. Again God called people thorns

1. Ezekiel 2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
2. Ezekiel 2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, [even] unto this very day. 2:4 For [they are] impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. 2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they [are] a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. 2:6 And thou, son of man,

Rebellious

trangressors

stiffhearted

be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words,

though briers and thorns [be] with thee,

and thou dost dwell among scorpions:

be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks,

though they [be] a rebellious house. 2:7

And thou shalt speak my words unto them,

whether they will hear,

1. Jesus Called people thorns

1. We have the sower and the seed

1. Mark 4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns;

such as hear the word, 4:19

a. And the cares of this world,

b. and the deceitfulness of riches,

c. and the lusts of other things

entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

1. Paul called people thorns

1. Hebrews 6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed,

receiveth blessing from God: 6:8

But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected,

and [is] nigh unto cursing;

whose end [is] to be burned. 6:9

But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,

and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. 6:10

For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love,

which ye have shewed toward his name,

in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

1. Pauls Thorn

1. II Corinthians 12:6 For though I would desire to glory,

I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth:

but [now] I forbear,

lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me [to be],

or [that] he heareth of me. 12:7

And lest I should be exalted above measure

through the abundance of the revelations,

there was given to me a thorn in the flesh,

the messenger of Satan

to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 12:8

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me^12:9

And he said unto me,

My grace is sufficient for thee:

for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

Most gladly therefore will I rather glory

in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 12:10

Therefore I take pleasure

a. in infirmities, because of people These are the thorns in his flesh

b. in reproaches, come from people

c. in necessities, people did not give

d. in persecutions, comes from people

e. in distresses comes from people

for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. 12:11

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12:12

Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you

in all patience,

in signs, Does this sound like a wimpy sickly man with

and wonders, bad eyes

and mighty deeds. 12:13

For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

Acts 14:6 They were ware of [it], and

fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, ====> All part of the State called

and unto the region that lieth round about: 14:7 Galatia

And there they preached the gospel. 14:8

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 14:9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. 14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. 14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. 14:14 [Which] when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard [of], they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: ............. 14:19

14:19 And there came thither [certain] Jews from Antioch and Iconium, Here come the Thorns who persuaded the people,

and, having stoned Paul, drew [him] out of the city,

supposing he had been dead. 14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him,

he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. 14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many,

Derbe is a city in the state or Roman region of Galatia

Galatians 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain. 3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Galatians 4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. 4:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; If he had bad eyes would you want that for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have not injured me at all. 4:13

Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. 4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected;

but received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus. 4:15

Remember he had just been stoned. They knew he had just raised from the dead. Paul was just raised from the dead. They were watching the miracle of his healing right in front of their eyes. That is why they received him as an angel.

Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record,

that, if [it had been] possible,

ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Galatians 6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.


If you were Jewish you would know the tradition and theology from the Old Testament "Thorns in the Flesh always refered to a Person" This time that person was satan.