Where Are You Getting Your Help?
INTRO: Where do you get your help in life? Who or what do you depend on. I know the old axiom, "If you want something done right, then do it yourself." But, we cannot do it all. We all need someone to give us a hand at times. Getting help is important. So where do you get your help?
Do you get your help…
From the crowd? - Luke 23:20-23 20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. 21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. 23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified.
The crowd will…
Be faint of heart
Be fickle
Be ferocious
Be wrong (fail) - mention Who Wants to be a Millionaire show
From your right-hand men? Luke 22:39-46 39And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 40And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 43And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, 46And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Helpers sometimes…
Grow weary
Give out
Give way
Give up
From your most promising follower - Luke 22:31-34, 54-61 31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 33And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. 34And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
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Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off. 55And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. 56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. 59And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. 60And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. 61And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 62And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.Even the number one spokesman will…
Follow too far away - 54b
Sit down at bad times (like all others) - 55b
Deny the cause - 57
Remember too late - 61
Fall short -62 - mention Who Wants to be a Millionaire show
From your family - Matt. 12:46-50 46While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 47Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Even our own family will…
Stand away
Misunderstand
Hinder His work
But there is one who will not fail -- God
John 3:14-21 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
He will…
Meet our every need - 14
HAS Met our primary need - 15
Give His best for us - 16
Help us overcome:
Self
Evil
Friends
Family
Etc.
David knew where his help originated: Psalms 121
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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.2
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.4
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.5
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.6
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.7
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.I want to invoke the term we hear so often, "God help us!"
Gary Marcum - New Beginnings Church - 091904pm