Help From the Divine

TEXT:  Psa. 46:1-3;  121:1-3

INTRODUCTION:

A.      IT SEEMS TO SOME GOD IS TOO BUSY, TOO FAR AWAY, TO CARE.

          1.       Jesus has done all he will do.

          2.       The H.S. has done all he will.

B.      THIS LEADS US TO DEPEND ON OURSELVES TOO MUCH.

C.      THE LORD IS AT HAND.

I.      IN TIMES OF TEMPTATION( 1 Cor. 10:13 ).

A.      GUARDED THROUGH FAITH( 1 Pet. 1:3-5 ).

B.      FAITH IS A PRODUCT OF COMMUNICATION - STUDY & PRAYER

          ( James 1:2-5;  Rom. 10:17 ).

C.      WE CAN BOOST EACH OTHER( Heb. 3:12-13 ).

II.     WHEN WE FALL.

A.      GOD DESIRES SALVATION FOR ALL( 2 Pet. 3:9 ).

B.      HIS SON CLEANSES ALL WHO WILL REPENT( 1 John 1:6-7;  2:1-2 ).

III.    WHEN WE PRAY.

A.      JESUS, AS OUR MEDIATOR, WORKS BOTH WAYS( 1 Tim. 2:5 ).

B.      INTERCESSION BY JESUS( Heb. 7:25 ) AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

          ( Rom. 8:26-27 ).

C.      GOD, AS A LOVING FATHER, KNOWS OUR NEEDS( Matt. 6:8, 36 ).

IV.   IN OUR DAILY LIVES.

A.      Prov. 14:12;  Jer. 10:23.

B.      GOD'S WISDOM IS GREATER( Isa. 55:8-9 ).

C.      HIS WISDOM IS REVEALED IN THE BIBLE( Titus 2:11-12;  2 Tim. 3:16-17 ).

V.    IN EVERY TIME OF NEED( Heb. 4:14-16 ).

A.      Psalm 55:22.

B.      Heb. 13:5-6;  Phil. 4:6-7;  1 Pet. 5:7.

CONCLUSION:

A.      GOD HELPS US WHEN WE NEED HIM.

B.      HE OFFERS HELP TO ALL.

          1.       Rom. 5:6-8;  1 Pet. 1:18-19.

          2.       Mark  16:16;  Acts 2:38.