Preached 10/1/2017 Sunday Morning at the Merritt Island church of Christ http://MIchurchOfChrist.org

2. Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were
distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.
- Matthew 9:36 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: God's Compassion for Those in Need
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3. The Lord protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the
widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
- PSALM 146:9 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW
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4. He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love
for the alien by giving him food and clothing.
- Deuteronomy 10:18 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: God Watches Over the Widow
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5. A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
- Psalm 68:5 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: God Watches Over the Widow
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6. The LORD will tear down the house of the proud, But He will establish
the boundary of the widow.
- Proverbs 15:25 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: God Watches Over the Widow
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7. 22 You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. 23 If you afflict him at all,
and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry; 24 and My anger
will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall
become widows and your children fatherless.
- Deuteronomy 10:22-24 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: God Feels Strongly About Widows &
Ophans
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8. Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the
orphan, Plead for the widow.
- Isaiah 1:17 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: God Feels Strongly About Widows &
Ophans
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9. GOD HELPS THE WIDOWS
• 1 Kings 17 - Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son
• 2 Kings 4 - Elisah Provides Oil (income) for the Widow
• Luke 7 - Jesus Raises From the Dead, the Only Son of a
Widow
• God Provides for Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth
(also a widow)
• 1 Timothy 5 - The Church is to Provide for, “Widows
indeed” who do not have family to support them.
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10. But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who
lifts my head.
- Psalm 3:3 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: The Lord Watches Over Us
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11. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:16 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: We Need to Look Out for Others
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12. 34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed
of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world. 35 ‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty,
and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
36 naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in
prison, and you came to Me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord,
when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You
something to drink? 38 ‘And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You
in, or naked, and clothe You? 39 ‘When did we see You sick, or in prison, and
come to You?’ 40 “The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you,
to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of
them, you did it to Me.’
- Matthew 25:34-40 NASB
GOD SUPPORTS THE WIDOW: When the Shepherd Separates the Sheep
From the Goats
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