can God help us?

4. Will God Show Up to Help Me?

5. Isaiah 46: 1-4
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are
borne by beasts of burden. The images that are
carried about are burdensome, a burden for the
weary. 2 They stoop and bow down together; unable
to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into
captivity. 3 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you
who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have
upheld since you were conceived, and have carried
since your birth. 4 Even to your old age and gray
hairs am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have
made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I
will rescue you.

6. 1. The burden giving gods/idols 46:1-2
BelBel
Bel, supreme god of the Babylonians . In fact he was the city-god of Babylon
and head of the Babylonian pantheon. It is the symbol of power and pride.

7. 1. The burden giving gods/idols 46:1-2
NeboNebo
Nebo was Bel’s son and he was
the city-god of Borsippa near
Babylon and the god of writing
and wisdom. He was the god of
wisdom and intellectual pursuits.

8. 1. The burden giving gods/idols 46:1-2
• These gods as “The burdening gods.”
• V1 talks about the fall of burdening idols;
• v2 talks about –gods as unhelping and
helpless.

9. 1. The burden giving gods/idols 46:1-2
These idols are burdensome to the people. Usually
these idols are carried during religious processions.

10. The modern & post modern idols
The Christian believers as well as some of the other
religious crowd may not worship idols of stone and
wood but they worship impotent idols such as
money, rationality, power, wisdom, man mad
philosophies and liberalism. In fact, “All religions,
including liberal Christianity, are idolatry.” All cults
and philosophical theories which reject the
sovereignty of God and uniqueness of Christ fall into
this category of idols. Most of the times religious Law
becomes an idol which suppress the weak and
marginalized.

11. 2. The Burden-bearing God (46:3-4)
In verse one the gods
were “loaded up” on
the people, who
groaned under their
weight;
In verse one the gods
were “loaded up” on
the people, who
groaned under their
weight;
V 3-4; here the people are
loaded on their God, who
accepts the burden.
“Have carried is ‘have been
carried.’”
V 3-4; here the people are
loaded on their God, who
accepts the burden.
“Have carried is ‘have been
carried.’”

12. God reminds the past
3 "Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
all you who remain of the house of
Israel, you whom I have upheld
since you were conceived, and have
carried since your birth.
Carried= literally taking you in to
His hands…

13. God in his fore knowledge knew our struggles which is why
He rescued us from every danger from the time of our
conception.
David says, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me
together in my mother's womb” (Ps 139:13).
From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you
have been my God (Ps 22:10).
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you
were born I set you apart (Jer 1:5).

14. Potana Lakshminarayana Rao
Srisailam Bhramarambha Mallikharjuna Swami Devasthanam
Srisailam Bhramarambha Mallikharjuna Swami Devasthanam
My grandfather, father's father, was Shaivite..as a young boy...I heard him saying, "During his pilgrimage
to 'Srisailam Bhramarambha Mallikharjuna Swami Devasthanam' in early 1950 he had a darshan from a
divine in the forest while they were walking...since then he stopped regular food...became a
Sadhu...migrated to Bhadrachalam forest for meditation and solitude..he bought 25 acres of land near to
Bhadrachalam ....had his ashram style of life...and died in 1995...His move to forest dwelling brought so
much pain, economic downfall and agony to the family members especially to my father who had to
leave his mechanical engineering in Hyderabad to accompany him... .I never had such zeal and passion in
search of God...but God was in search of me and he gave me the free gift of salvation/Moksha. I travel
around the world to testify this free gift of God for humanity.
My grandfather, father's father, was Shaivite..as a young boy...I heard him saying, "During his pilgrimage
to 'Srisailam Bhramarambha Mallikharjuna Swami Devasthanam' in early 1950 he had a darshan from a
divine in the forest while they were walking...since then he stopped regular food...became a
Sadhu...migrated to Bhadrachalam forest for meditation and solitude..he bought 25 acres of land near to
Bhadrachalam ....had his ashram style of life...and died in 1995...His move to forest dwelling brought so
much pain, economic downfall and agony to the family members especially to my father who had to
leave his mechanical engineering in Hyderabad to accompany him... .I never had such zeal and passion in
search of God...but God was in search of me and he gave me the free gift of salvation/Moksha. I travel
around the world to testify this free gift of God for humanity.

15. Shaivism is the second largest religious
community in cotemporary India. It has several
distinct and important branches, and is commonly
associated with asceticism. Lord Shiva himself is
often depicted as a Yogi sitting in meditation in
the Himalayas.

16. The bhakti saints
largely rejected the
hereditary caste
system and its
emphasis on
prescribed ritual,
stressing instead the
need for morality,
purity of heart and
an attitude of
selfless service.
They expressed
their sentiments
through song, poetry
and music…

17. August 7, 1993

18. Displaced Bhakta was and is in Divine Hands;
therefore I enjoy my life

20. University Students as Mission Field

28. 90%of Evangelism among
Non Hindus & Muslims

29. Kshatriya 5%
15%
SC
8%
ST
5%
Brahmin
5% Vaishya
45 %
BC
15 %
Other
religions
2 -4% Christians
Indian Caste System

30. 1 out of 6 people in the world
is an Indian

32. 19931993
Tatha Rao Mukiri
Tirupathi Rao

33. Paloncha

34. Engineering CollegeEngineering College
Prakasham Vajinapelli

35. 2001-20032001-2003
Karimnagar…
Peddapalli…
Ramagundam….

36. 2001-20032001-2003

38. Koteshwa Rao
Madhava Rao
Jermaiah Narasimha Rao Narasimha Rao
Prakash

42. Lansdowne pg collegeLansdowne pg college

58. 20th
May 201120th
May 2011
Challenges & struggles are our companions
Uncertainty of the present
Insecurity of the future
Look! I am sending you grain and new
wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy
your needs. You will no longer be an
object of mockery…

59. Can a mother forget
the baby at her breast
and have no
compassion on the
child she has borne?
Though she may
forget, I will not forget
you!
See, I have engraved
you on the palms of
my hands; your walls
are ever before me
Isaiah 49:15-16

60. Displaced Bhakta was and is in Divine Hands;
therefore I rest in Him

61. God gives assurance of future
with new hope
V4. “I” is emphatic…
I will sustain you: to provide enough of what some
body needs in order to live or exist.

62. I will carry you: …to take some body from one
place to another.

63. He carries us in His shoulders….the
good shepherd carries the lamb when
it is faint.
If we recollect God’s goodness in our
life, how many times he carried us on
his shoulders. He is a gentle master
who takes us into his shoulders.

64. I will rescue you = to save some body
from a dangerous or harmful situation…
danger within the church and outside
the church.
Rescuing is not a separate effort or act
but part of the service automatically
rendered by the burden-bearing God.

65. God’s assurance to our old age
V4 Even to your old age and gray hairs

66. Let me recollect God’s faithfulness during this year
Dubai
12-15 Feb 2014

69. "See, I am sending an angel before you to
protect you on your journey and lead you
safely to the place I have prepared for you.
Exodus 23:20
"See, I am sending an angel before you to
protect you on your journey and lead you
safely to the place I have prepared for you.
Exodus 23:20

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74. Will God Show Up to Help Me?