2 Chronicles 13:12-17 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you… I. GOD'S PEOPLE ARE OFTEN BROUGHT INTO EXTREMITIES. 1. By their own foolish enterprises. 2. By the temptations of their enemies. 3. By the providence of God leading them, to test and train them. II. GOD'S PEOPLE ARE DELIVERED BY HIM IN EXTREMITIES. 1. By prayer: "They cried unto the Lord." 2. By super-natural power. (J. Wolfendale.) Parallel Verses KJV: And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. |