He delivers the needy when he cries, the afflicted also, and him who has no helper. (Psalm 72:12)
Intro: Your God is too Small
Our understanding of who God is
I. Introduction to Deuteronomy
An Everyman’s Torah
A Constitution
Josiah
II. Our Text
The conclusion
Reason #1:
Reason #2:
The result
Application 1: How do we see God?
Application 2: I don’t see it
Deut 34:4
Catechism Q&A 26
“As we sometimes preserve those things in salt that we cannot preserve in sugar; so sometimes God preserves His poor people in the salt of afflictions, in the salt of terrible dispensations, when they would not, when they could not, be preserved in the sugar of mercies.” --Brooks
Application 3: God was once my Helper
Look down
Question 127: What does the sixth petition mean?
Answer: “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” means: We are so weak that we cannot stand on our own for a moment, and our sworn enemies—the devil, the world, and our own flesh never stop attacking us. And so, Lord, uphold us and make us strong by the power of Your Holy Spirit, so that we may not be defeated in this spiritual fight, but may firmly resist our enemies until we finally win the complete victory.