Lessons from Great Escapes
- 2. The Lord helped His children to escape! • Noah escaped the flood (Genesis 6-9) • The children of Israel escaped Egypt (Exodus 3-15) • Daniel escaped the lions den (Daniel 6) • Jesus escaped the grave (Matthew 28) • Paul & Silas escaped from prison (Acts 16)
- 3. The Lord helped His children to escape! • Lot escaped Sodom (Genesis 19:17) • David escaped from Saul (1 Samuel 19:10-12) • Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego escaped the fiery furnace (Daniel 3) • The children of Israel escaped Babylonian captivity (Ezra 9:8) • Peter escaped prison (Acts 12) • Paul escaped Jewish plots, stoning, shipwreck, the mouth of the lion, etc. (2 Corinthians 11:25-33; Acts 14:19-20; 27:44)
- 4. Key Lessons From We have a Great Deliverer! • Consider the power of One who could… – Save and destroy with the flood (2 Peter 2:5; Psalm 29:10-11) – Bring about the plagues (Deut. 26:8) – Raise the dead (Hebrews 5:7; Psalm 68:20) • God is the Almighty Deliverer (Psalms 62:11; 124:1-8)
- 5. Key Lessons From Our God can deliver us from the worst situations! • He delivered many Bible characters from great physical distress! • He can also deliver us from overwhelming spiritual distress! – Temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13) – Sin (John 8:34-36) – The corruption of the world (2 Peter 1:4) – Satan himself (2 Timothy 2:26)
- 6. Key Lessons From It Takes Faith to Escape! • It took an active faith for… – Noah to escape the flood (Hebrews 11:7) – Moses to escape Egypt (Hebrews 11:24-29) – Daniel to escape the lions (Hebrews 11:33) – Paul and Silas to pray and sing after being beaten and imprisoned (Acts 16) • God will deliver us, if we trust Him and seek to escape (Psalm 71:1-3)