Deuteronomy 20:1-4 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, be not afraid of them… I. THIS WARFARE IS AGAINST MIGHTY ENEMIES. 1. Great in number. 2. Terrible in equipment. II. IN THIS WARFARE RIGHT MEN ARE WANTED. 1. Good leaders. 2. Good soldiers. (1) Soldiers conscious of right. (2) Soldiers willing to serve. (3) Soldiers full of courage. III. IN THIS WARFARE WE SHOULD NOT BE DISHEARTENED. 1. God's providence encourages us. "Brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." There is constant reference to this deliverance most striking and instructive. History unfolds Divine providence; abounds with proofs of omnipotence, and pledges of help. Examples are cited to animate to fortitude and virtue. 2. God's presence is with us. "The Lord thy God is with thee." Not merely as commander, but "goeth with you" into the greatest danger. Not as a spectator, like Xerxes, who viewed the conflict from on high, but "to fight for you" with the determination to save you. The Lord thy God, He it is, not a common general, "that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." (J. Wolfendale.) Parallel Verses KJV: When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. |
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