Mountaintop Church
Contagious | God is Fighting for Us!
Pastor Rob Seagears
Locations & Times
Solomon's Campus
9213 Center St, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
Sunday 10:50 AM
Sunday 10:50 AM
ANALYSIS/APPLICATION: God is Fighting For Us!
1. God is always Near us. But the following night the Lord stood by him… Vs 11
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. Psalm 139:7-10
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:8
2. God delights to Encourage us.
and said, “Be of good cheer, Paul… Vs 11
3. God is perfecting His Assignment for us.
for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome. Vs 11
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16
4. God sees the Trials and Attacks coming against us.
And when it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”16 So when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul. Vs 12-16
“I have many aggressive enemies; they hate me without reason. They repay me evil for good and oppose me” Psalm 38:19-20
the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. 2 Chron 16:9
5. God provides Wisdom to Protect us.
Then Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.” 18 So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.”19 Then the commander took him by the hand, went aside, and asked privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”20 And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire more fully about him. 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”22 So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.” VS 17-22
1. God is always Near us. But the following night the Lord stood by him… Vs 11
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. Psalm 139:7-10
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:8
2. God delights to Encourage us.
and said, “Be of good cheer, Paul… Vs 11
3. God is perfecting His Assignment for us.
for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome. Vs 11
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16
4. God sees the Trials and Attacks coming against us.
And when it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul. 15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to make further inquiries concerning him; but we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”16 So when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul. Vs 12-16
“I have many aggressive enemies; they hate me without reason. They repay me evil for good and oppose me” Psalm 38:19-20
the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. 2 Chron 16:9
5. God provides Wisdom to Protect us.
Then Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.” 18 So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.”19 Then the commander took him by the hand, went aside, and asked privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”20 And he said, “The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire more fully about him. 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”22 So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.” VS 17-22
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