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Title of the Message this Morning is:

When Heroes Fall

Main idea:

Even the greatest of heroes are only human—subject to failure, change, and mortality.

Our faith must rest not in the strength of people but in the unchanging, unfailing strength of God who is forever faithful.

Prayer:

“Lord, heal what broke when our heroes fell.

Lift our eyes from human strength to Your unfailing strength.

Plant our feet on the Rock.

Make us a people who grieve honestly, hope stubbornly, love wisely, and stand firmly in Christ.

Amen.”

Scripture: Psalm 146:3-5, Matthew 7:24–27

(All scripture is taken from the NIV unless otherwise noted)

Introduction

The Shock of a Fallen Hero

Have you ever had someone you looked up to… let you down?

Maybe it was a spiritual leader, a mentor, a pastor, a family member, or even a public figure who inspired you.

For years they seemed strong, wise, and unshakable.

You thought, If anyone can live the life I aspire to, it’s them.

And then, one day, they weren’t there anymore.

Sometimes it’s a moral failure. Sometimes they step away from leadership. Sometimes they pass away.

And in that moment, it can feel like the ground beneath us has shifted.

We ask ourselves, If they could fall… what hope do I have?

This isn’t a new question.

God’s people have wrestled with it for generations.

When Moses died, Israel wept for thirty days.

When David sinned, the whole nation trembled.

When Peter denied Jesus, the disciples scattered in fear.

The story of Scripture is filled with reminders that even the greatest leaders, even the most faithful servants, are still human — fragile, fallible, and finite.

And yet, every time, God remained.

He raised up new leaders.

He restored broken ones.

He reminded His people that their hope was never meant to rest on a man, but on Him alone.

That’s what Psalm 146 presses into.

It gives us a sober warning, but also a deep encouragement: heroes may fail, but God never does.

People are finite, but God is forever.

Read Psalm 146:5

POINT 1 – The Reality: Even Heroes Are Human

Psalm 146 begins with a very direct warning:

“Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.” Psalm 146 :3

The Bible doesn’t sugarcoat the truth.

It tells us plainly: no matter how gifted, no matter how godly, people are not saviors.

They are fragile.

They are finite.

They are flawed.

Think about it.

Moses — the great deliverer of Israel, the one who stood before Pharaoh and led God’s people through the Red Sea — lost his temper, disobeyed God, and was barred from entering the Promised Land (Numbers 20:10–12).

David — the man after God’s own heart — not only committed adultery, but also arranged the death of an innocent man to cover it up (2 Samuel 11).

Peter — bold, passionate, outspoken — swore up and down that he would never abandon Jesus… and then denied Him three times in one night (Luke 22:60–62).

The Bible does not hide these stories from us. Why?

Because God wants us to see clearly: even the greatest of heroes are only human.

Pastor - This could be a great place to share some of your own struggles,

Again, even the greatest of heroes are only human.

And this is not just true in Scripture.

Church history reminds us too.

Augustine once wrote, “Do not rest your hope in any man. He is only a man. Your hope must rest in Him who made man.”

Centuries later, Charles Spurgeon echoed the same warning:

“Trust not your friends; let not your reliance be placed even upon the best of men. For the best of men are men at best.”

Heroes can fail morally.

They can burn out and step down.

And even if they finish well, even if they remain faithful to the end, the reality of death means that one day they will be gone.

So what do we do with that truth?

For some, the temptation is to become cynical: Well, if everyone fails, I won’t trust anyone at all.

But that’s not the lesson of Psalm 146.

The psalmist isn’t telling us to distrust people — he’s telling us to place our ultimate trust where it belongs.

Heroes were never meant to replace God; they were meant to point us to Him.

The reality is sobering, but it’s also freeing.

Because when we stop expecting our leaders to be flawless saviors, we can start appreciating them as faithful servants.

And when they stumble — as they inevitably will — we won’t lose our faith, because our faith was never built on them in the first place.

POINT 2 – The Danger: Misplaced Hope

Here’s the real danger when heroes fall: sometimes our faith falls with them.

Psalm 146 doesn’t just warn us about the limits of human strength — it takes us a step further.

Verse 4 says:

“When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.”

That’s the stark reality.

Every human plan, every vision, every accomplishment — no matter how great it seems then when they’re gone, our hope goes with them.

And yet, isn’t this what we so often do?

We hitch our faith to a pastor we admire.

We place our confidence in a mentor we look up to.

We build our identity around a parent, or a teacher, or a public figure.

And when that person stumbles, or steps away, or passes on… suddenly, we feel lost.

But here’s the truth: we can appreciate leaders without worshiping them. We can learn from their example without building our hope on their perfection.

A pastor may inspire you, but he is not your Savior.

A mentor may guide you, but they are not your Deliverer.

A parent may nurture you, but they are not your Rock.

Jesus gave us a picture of this in Matthew 7, when He told the parable of the wise and foolish builders.

The foolish man built his house on sand, and when the storms came, it collapsed.

The wise man built his house on the rock — on Christ’s words — and it stood firm (Matthew 7:24–27).

As theologian A.W. Tozer once put it, “We must put our confidence in the God who never fails. To lean upon any human being is to lean upon that which wavers and totters.”

So here’s the danger: misplaced hope always leads to disappointment. But rightly placed hope — hope in Christ — can never be shaken.

POINT 3 – The Anchor: God Never Fails

Here’s where Psalm 146 turns the corner.

After warning us not to put our trust in people who cannot save, it gives us the contrast:

“Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.” Psalm 146:5

That word blessed means happy, flourishing, deeply rooted.

The psalmist is saying, If you want a life that can withstand the storms, build your hope on God — because He never fails.

Leaders come and go.

Movements rise and fall.

Churches may experience seasons of growth and seasons of decline.

But the Lord Jesus Christ is “the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)

When heroes fall, our faith doesn’t have to.

Because our ultimate Hero — the One who conquered sin and death, the One who rose on the third day, the One who will reign forever — will never fail us.

As Corrie Ten Boom, who endured the horrors of the Holocaust, once said: “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”

That’s the anchor Psalm 146 is pointing us toward.

Not the shaky anchor of human strength, but the solid anchor of God’s unchanging faithfulness.

Conclusion

Standing When Others Fall

Psalm 146 doesn’t just warn us; it blesses us:

“Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God.”

So yes—heroes will fall.

Leaders will step aside.

Mentors will pass away.

But your God—the Creator of the universe, the Redeemer of your soul—will never leave you, never forsake you, never fail you.

If you’ve been shaken because someone you admired is no longer standing, hear this today:

God still stands.

And if your life is anchored to Him, you can stand too.

And receive this benediction: “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy… be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” (Jude 24–25)

Because when heroes fall… God still stands.And by His grace, so will you.

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The Word of God says in: John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:13 NKJV

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