A Kingdom Called Church
1 Samuel 8-10
INTRODUCTION
- God's servant leaders have the essential function of pointing God's people to God's presence (Hebrews 13:7).
1. God's selection of our leaders is not about the leaders. It's about God's people. (1 Samuel 8)
- Samuel's Graduate School of Godly Leadership
- Set the example of your leadership model (8:5a; 12)
- Reject leadership models that are reactions to what doesn't work (8:5b)
- Reject leadership models that are based on what seems to work (8:5c)
- Reject leadership models that are designed to make you fit in (8:5c)
- Don't take it personally when God's leadership is rejected (8:6-8)
- But I Want My King! Prepare for the Coming Tyranny (8:10-18)
- God's Word on Godly Leadership (Deuteronomy 17:14-20; Isaiah 9:6-7; Matthew 23:8-12; 1 Timothy 3:1-10)
- God's Leadership Objective: "Christ is the head of the body, the church." (Colossians 1:18)
2. God's leadership selection process might surprise you. (1 Samuel 9:1-20a)
- First impressions may be over emphasized. (9:1-2)
- God's plan is in the hum-drum of our lives. (9:3-14)
- We work with God on a need-to-know basis. (9:15-20a)
3. God's leadership selections often seem like unlikely prospects. (1 Samuel 9:20b-10:27)
- God makes his point bluntly about His kind of leadership. (9:20b-21)
- Reluctant candidates may or may not be expressing Godly humility. (9:22-10:16)
- God's Word is relentlessly proclaimed for the guarding and guiding of His kingdom citizens. (10:17-27)
CONCLUSION
- the point of Godly leadership is to serve and encourage the body to follow the way of the head, our Lord Jesus Christ. (John 4:34-38)
- Our Sovereign Lord desires all people to be saved and come to know the truth about the King of kings. (Ezekiel 18:23; 1 Timothy 2:4-6)
- Our Lord is long-suffering, but He is not eternally patient. (Luke 13:6-9)
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