2 Chronicles 20:5-13 - The Biblical Illustrator

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And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah.

Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity

I. That in the discipline of life we should expect dangers and extremities. To know other resources we must learn the weakness of our own.

II. That in these dangers and extremities God has many ways of deliverance. Human agency but a small part of holy ministry. Birds and beasts, insects, elements of Nature, and hosts of angels under His command. Hence the folly of proscribing, measuring, or limiting in God’s work.

III. That in all dangers and extremities of life we should look to God for help. (J. Wolfendale.)

If, when evil cometh upon us.

The cause of famine and our duty

I. What is the cause of famine?

1. Dishonour of God (Ezekiel 14:13).

2. Blasphemy (Jeremiah 23:10).

3. Sabbath-breaking (Isaiah 58:13-14).

4. Contempt of God’s Word (Revelation 22:18-19).

II. What should be our duty when God sends a famine upon the land?

1. Humbling ourselves before Him in prayer.

2. Showing kindness to our neighbours (Psalms 41:1-2). (Charles A. Maguire, M.A.)

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2 Chronicles 20:5-13

5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.