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Second Kings chapter 19 verse 19

So now, O Lord our God, save us please from His hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know

that you, O Lord, are God alone.

Oh, please hear this prayer. It is a fundamental picture that we see

over and over and over again in the Bible that if we're not careful we will totally miss.

Let me read the verse again.

So now, O Lord Our God, save us please from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you

O Lord are God alone. So let me summarize it. The first part of the verse is, save us. God save us.

Show mercy to us in this picture. It's a picture of asking for salvation from a foreign army, for deliverance from their hands.

Save us, so that.

So here's the second part and the connector is so that here's the purpose clause save us

God so that so why are they praying for salvation here so that for the purpose of all the kingdoms of the earth knowing that the

Lord is God alone. So we pray God save us for a purpose that God might be glorified in us.

Save us God for your glory God.

Do you see it? This is what we see all throughout the Bible. God saves his people, but that's not the end of the story.

It's not God saves his people, put a period on it, and that's kind of it and move on.

No, it's God saves his people so that there's a purpose in God saving his people.

God saves his people so that his glory will be made known through his people among all the peoples of the earth.

This is what we see over and over and over again.

God's promise in Genesis 12, Abraham, I will bless you. I will bless those who bless you and whom who dishonors you, I will curse. And through you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed. God will bless Abraham, the people of Israel so that his blessing would be made known among all the peoples of the earth.

Which is why we see it. We see it over and over and over again in scripture that God saves his people for his glory

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