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In Need of Help. Acts 16:9-10. What this request says:. Men need spiritual help and must realize it. We are in need of help. Matthew 5:3-4 3 “ Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.
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In Need of Help Acts 16:9-10
What this request says: • Men need spiritual help and must realize it.
We are in need of help. • Matthew 5:3-4 3 “ Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. • Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” • John 6:26-27 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”
We are in need of help. • Acts 16:30-33 30 And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. • Acts 18:5-10
What this request says: • Men need spiritual help and must realize it. • The help we need comes through the word.
Help comes through the word. • James 1:18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. • Ephesians 1:13a In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation… • Romans 10:13-14 13For “whoever callson the name of the LORD shall be saved.”14How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?...
What this request says: • Men need spiritual help and must realize it. • The help we need comes through the word. • God helps men by other men.
God helps men by other men. • Acts 16:10 Now after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them. • Romans 10:14-15 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “ How beautiful are the feet of those whopreach the gospel of peace,Who bring glad tidings of good things!” • 1 Corinthians 1:18-24
What this request says: • Men need spiritual help and must realize it. • The help we need comes through the word. • God helps men by other men. • We can refuse God’s help.
We can refuse God’s help. • John 5:40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. • Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! • Acts 17:2-5
What this request says: • Men need spiritual help and must realize it. • The help we need comes through the word. • God helps men by other men. • We can refuse God’s help. • Help won’t always be available.
Help won’t always be available. 2 Corinthians 6:2 2 For He says:“ In an acceptable time I have heard you,And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. • Luke 16:24-26 • Matthew 25:1-13