COME INTO THE SAFE HOUSE?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
We looked recently at WHEN TROUBLE TROUBLES YOU... as a powerful lesson.
Proverbs 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;
when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
I. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT LIFE HAS BECOME HARD? TROUBLE? ONE STORM
AFTER ANOTHER...
Deut. 28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is
under thee shall be iron.
A. IRON: Attracts a magnet, readily rust... heated metal to brand,
great strength, strong, INFLEXIBLE, bind fast, firm determination,
B. BRASS: brass knuckles, copper and zinc, empty, brazen, gall, COLD, HARD, ENDURING
C. HEAVEN SEEMS LIKE BRASS...
Earth under you is hard... fall really hurts...
II. THERE IS MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LAST DAYS...
WE LIVE AND WALK IN A DAY OF TROUBLE...
A.The troubled times will push to the limit...
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for
the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
B. THE HARDNESS OF THE TIMES WILL BE SO CRUSHING THAT GOD WILL HAVE TO
CLOSE DOWN TIME...
Mark 13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for
the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
III. THE DAYS OF TROUBLE WILL BE CRUSHING WILL BE CRUSHING...
YET GOD PEOPLE STAND ON A PROMISE THE HARDNESS WILL BE LIMITED...
AND WE CAN MAKE IT...
A. FEAR BECOMES A DOMAINT EMOTION OF THE LAST DAYS...
B. Everything we know will be shaken...
Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming
on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
[27] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
[28] And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh.
C. IT IS HIGH TIME TO LIFT YOUR HEADS AND DREAM AND EXPECT GOD'S WORD TO
COME TO IT'S FULLNESS.
Proverbs 1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;
when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
IV. MANY EXAMPLES OF BIBLICAL CHARACTERS REVEAL TROUBLE IS PART OF DAILY
LIVING...
A. THINK YE THAT YOU CAN BE EXEMPT FROM TROUBLE?
Job 5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
[7] Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
B. JOB WAS A STUDENT? JOB WAS A TEACHER...
Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
C. JOB LEARNED AND TAUGHT THIS TOO SHALL PASS...
TOUBLE IS TEMPORARY...
Job 42:10 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave
Job twice as much as he had before.
[11] Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his
acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted
him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and
every one an earring of gold.
[12] So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand
sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
V. WE HAVE SEASONS... TIMES OF TROUBLE
Psalm 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
A. SOLEMN DAYS: 1. TROUBLE, 2. SICKNESS, 3. DEATH, 4. JUDGMENT
Psalm 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
B. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT TROUBLE...
Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for
the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
VI. WE ARE NOT EXEMPT... YOU CAN NOT STOP TROUBLE...
BUT THERE IS A REFUGE... THE LORD KNOWS HOW TO DELIVER...
Psalm 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle
shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalm 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me
about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalm 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalm 41:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalm 46:1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast
been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalm 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him,
and honour him.
Psalm 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
Psalm 107:28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
VII. OUR GOD KNOWS HOW TO DELIVER...
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations (TROUBLE), and to reserve the
unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
2 Thes. 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
[7] And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with
his mighty angels,
James 5:13 Is any among you afflicted (TROUBLED)? let him pray.
Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
VIII. GOD HAS THE BEST TRAINED ARMY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WHOLE WORLD...
WE HAVE ANGELS ENCAMPED AROUND US... IN OUR DAYS OF TROUBLE...
Psalm 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
A. THE ENEMY REALIZES THE PREACHER IS A THREAT TO THEM...
The Preacher has the WORD...
B. MASTER CAN YOU SEE THE ENMIES GATHER AROUND US...
2 Kings 6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night,
and compassed the city about.
[15] And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed
the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
C. PREACHER WE ARE GOING TO DIE.. DECLARATION OF FAITH...
2 Kings 6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
IX. TROUBLE? BIG TROUBLE? IT IS ALL ABOUT VISION?
A. GOD OPEN OUR EYES WHEN TROUBLE SURROUNDS US...
2 Kings 6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the
Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and
chariots of fire round about Elisha.
B. GOD CLOSE THE ENEMIES EYES?
2 Kings 6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people,
I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
X. FATHER NOW IS THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO SLAY THE PROBLEM>>>>
A, IN OUR TROUBLE WE HAVE DREAMED OF THIS OPPORTUNITY...
2 Kings 6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them?
shall I smite them?
B. TO DEFEAT AND KILL WILL ARISE HATRED... REVENGE... FEED THEM...
2 Kings 6:22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast
taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and
drink, and go to their master.
THEY DEFEATED THE ENEMY BY KINDNESS... NO REVENGE NEED...
2 Kings 6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent
them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
XI. WE HAVE MORE WITH US THHAN AGAINST US...
QUIT FOCUSING ON THE AGAINST CROWD...
THERE ARE ANGELS ALL AROUND...
A. WE KNOW GOD IS IN CONTROL
Psalm 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
B. GOD COULD HAVE CALLED 10,000 ANGELS...
Hebrews 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any times, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool?
[14] Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
C. SO THERE IS TROUBLE... THERE ARE ANGELS ALL AROUND...
CONCLUSION: Fear and troubles are part of life... WHAT DO WE DO MASTER?
DO NOT FEAR THERE ARE ANGELS... THERE ARE MORE WITH US, FORGET THE AGAINST
US... THE MOUNTAIN IS FULL THE LORD'S ARMY IS AT HAND...
TRUST THEM...
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
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