1 Samuel 16 - God's Sovereign Plan (Part 11)

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God's Sovereign Plan
Samuel 16

1. God's Glory and Honor are worth mourning for
2. God is not Blindsided
3. When God Plans, He Provides
     a. Appearance isn't everything
     b. Inner Righteousness is visible to others
     c. His Provisions Satisfy

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1 Samuel 15 - Full Obedience (Part 10)

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Full Obedience

1 Samuel 15

1. God's Command
- Why so severe?
- History of Amalek and Israel
- Future of Amalek and Israel
- Does God command hard things of us?

2. Saul's Action & Excuses
- Obedience isn't partial
- Obedience isn't good intentions
- Obedience isn't surface level
- Repentance isn't shallow

3. Samuel's Action
- Obedience is radical, heartfelt, complete
- Jesus hacks our sin to pieces

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1 Samuel 13-14 - Duty or Desire of a Heart (Part 9)

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Duty or Desire of a Heart
1st  Samuel chapter 13 and 14

A: Saul’s Response to adverse situation: Chapter 13: (11-12)
I: People were scattering from me
II: You did not come within the days appointed
III: Philistines will come down against Gilgal
IV: So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering

• Saul had received clear instructions from Samuel: Deuteronomy: 17: 14-20.
• “And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them”.

1st Samuel 10:25

• “Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord”.

B: Jonathan’s response to adverse situation: Chapter 14: (14: 6-7)
I: Come, let us go
II: The Lord will work for us
III: Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few

Application:
I: God commandments serve as a test of our faith and obedience to His instructions.

• “Count it all joy, my brothers,[b] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing”. James 1: 2-3

II: Adverse situation should not be used as an excuse to disobey God.
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”, James 4:7

I Peter 5: 6-11

• 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 11 To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

III God uses imperfect people for His kingdom:

• “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” 2 Corinthians 12:9.

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1 Samuel 12 - A Plea for the Failures (Part 8)

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1 Samuel 12

A Plea for the Failures

1. Reminder of The Past - Where we've been (1 Sam. 12:1-12)

2. Warning of God's Power - What we deserve (1 Sam. 12:13-18)

3. Assurance of God's Love - What God Gives (1 Sam. 12:19-25)

- Follow me (1 Sam. 12:20-21)

- I Will Not Forsake You (1 Sam.)

- Someone will intercede (1 Sam.)

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1 Samuel 8-10 - A Kingdom Called Church (Part 7)

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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)

1 Samuel 7:1–17 - Repentance (Part 6)

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Repentance involves...

1 Samuel 7:1-17

1. Suffering

• The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away. Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? Psalm 90:10-11

2. Observable Change

• The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. 1 Sam. 2:7

3. Sincerity and Truth

• Repentance prepares us for Trial

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1 Samuel 5-6 - When God Defends Himself (Part 5)

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1 Samuel 5-6
When God Defends Himself

1. God suffers defeat.

2. God displays His glory.
- Supremacy
- Severity
- Holiness

3. We behold God's glory in Jesus.
- John 1:14 - Glory of the Father
- 2 Cor. 4:6 - Shone in our hearts
- Heb. 10:19-31 - We draw near reverently

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