Sermon Tone Analysis

Divine Intervention and we want to take our text from I will read in English.

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?

They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.

25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither.

Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

There are occasions in every man’s life when no one wants to help.

David said – He said, When my father and mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up.

In other words, father and mother may even forsake.

There are occasions when nobody wants to help.

And then there are occasions when those who want to help may fail.

& 16 God asked a question, He said, Is it possible for a woman to forget a sucking child?

That she should not have compassion upon the child of her womb?

And he answered a question.

He said, “Yes, she may forget.”

The people that want to help may fail.

We know for example one young girl who became pregnant and had a child and because she herself was still more or less a child, in her sleep she slept on the child and killed the child.

Those who want to help may fail but God will never fail.

And then there are occasions when it is beyond the ability of man to help.

In the Almighty God said, when you are passing through the rivers I will be with you, when you are passing through the water it won’t overflow you.

He said even when you are passing through fire, the fire will not burn you because I will be there by your side!

Now there is no friend who will pass through the fire with you.

So there are occasions when nobody wants to help.

There are occasions when those who want to help may fail and then there are occasions when it is beyond human ability to help.

In all these cases you need divine intervention.

I know I need divine intervention.

I know there are certain areas of my life that unless God intervenes I am in trouble and God had already spoken tonight that all of us who really want Him to intervene in our affairs, He will intervene.

(Amen!)

So I know He’s going to intervene inmy life!

Because in the Bible said those things that are impossible with men are possible with God.

In fact in the Bible said, with God all things are possible.

So I want you to tell your neighbour _ “My own will not be impossible tonight!”

And I want you to say it believing it because whatever you say that’s what God will do.

My own will not be impossible with God!

Because the Bible says in God said in His Word, He said, Behold, I am the God of all flesh – is there anything too hard for me?

Now he’s asking you that question tonight.

And I want you to give the answer.

God says I am the God of all flesh.

Is anything too hard for me? (No!)

Let us consider certain areas of our life very quickly where we need Divine Intervention.

Let’s take the physical one.

In the Bible tells us about a man who was sick by the pool of Bethesda.

The Bible said, he has been there for 38 years.

There was no man anymore ready to help him – but somebody came who is the help of the helpless and that somebody is here tonight.

Does anybody know His name?

Let me hear You shout that Name! Loud and clear!

(Jesus!)

In man brought his son to the disciples.

The disciples prayed – they wanted to heal the boy but they failed.

They tried but they failed and then somebody came who can never fail.

And he set the boy free.

There is somebody here in our midst tonight who can never fail.

Does anybody know His Name?

Let me hear You shout that Name! (Jesus!)

I want to encourage you brethren – there is power in the Name of Jesus!

I want to encourage you please that what Jesus wants to do this weekend He wants to do in such a way that nobody will take the glory!

We have to let Him know that there is somebody here who needs help.

Let me hear You shout Jesus (Jesus!) Glory be to God!

And when you look at we have the story of the leper.

His case is beyond what any human being can do – no human being could heal him but then there is someone with whom nothing shall be impossible.

In other words, your father may fail, your mother may fail, those who want to help may fail.

The Pastor may try and fail.

The General Overseer may try and fail but if you can first attract the attention of Jesus you will be the next fellow to testify.

(Amen!)

And then what about finances?

Suppose – we have already looked at the case of the physical – he can heal anybody – what about money?

What about those of us who are so poor that they want to sell our house?

Or those of us who don’t even know where we will get the next meal from?

It tells us the story of a widow who was destitute, that they want to sell her 2 sons in order to pay a debt and we have in our case – the husband is not around to help.

The neighbours are very friendly, they are friendly but they couldn’t help because they were poor themselves.

How do I know they were poor?

They had plenty of empty vessels – vessels that were supposed to be full of oil were empty!

They loved this woman but they could not help her because they were as poor as herself.

She ran to Elisha and Elisha himself had no money to give to her but God intervened.

There is somebody here tonight God is going to intervene in your finances.

(Amen!)

Because there is somebody who can supply everything that you need.

Does anybody know His Name? (Jesus!)

Let me hear that Name one more time!

(Jesus!)

Then let us look at the marital case.

When you look in the story at we find the story of Hannah there.

Her husband loved her, he wanted to help her.

He wanted her to have children like the other wife but the husband was helpless.

He couldn’t help Hannah.

The barrenness of Hannah was not due to her husband because the other wife had got children.