1 Samuel 22 - Sin & Sovereignty (Part 15)

Kings of Kings, Part 15
1 Samuel 22
Sin & Sovereignty

1. God’s Providence and Sovereignty
- Caring for David’s parents (22:3)
- Removing Eli’s line (22:18, 2:31-33)
- He fulfills his word always (Prov. 30:5)

2. Saul’s jealousy and pride.
- You make yourself the center of everything (Col. 3:5).
- You act in anger as your own sovereign (22:17-18).
- You make yourself an enemy of God (22:19).

Conclusion: God is our refuge (Psalm 57:1-5)

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1 Samuel 20 - Covenant Friendship (Part 14)

Kings of Kings, Part 14
Covenant Friendship
1 Samuel 20

I. Covenant friendship (20:1-9)

1. Covenant between David and Jonathan (18:1-4)
2. Covenant Provides resort in uncertainty
3. Jonathan’s relationship with God gave him the ability to face conflicting loyalties.

II. Covenant may demand costly commitment (20:24-34)

1. Friendship with David complicated Jonathan’s life
2. He had to balance between friend and his father
3. He knew loyalty to David will cost him the good will of his father and future kingship

III. Covenant provides peace in the middle of confusion (20:35-42)

1. Faithfulness to God’s promise provided peace in a difficult time
2. The biblical concept of peace does not focus on the absence of trouble. Biblical peace is unrelated to circumstances
3. Perfect peace comes when our focus is off the problem, off the trouble, and constantly on Christ.

Isaiah 26:3
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”

John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”


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1 Samuel 18-19 - Our Lord's Provoking Spirit! (Part 13)

"OUR LORD'S PROVOKING SPIRIT!" 1 Samuel 18-19

Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 17:57-58; 18:1-16

• INTRODUCTION
• The Heavy Undercurrent (13:8-14; 14:24; 15:8-11, 23, 35)
• Why?
• The Spirit of the Lord (16:13-14)

1. OUR LORD'S SPIRIT SEEKS TO PROVOKE RELATIONSHIPS OF AGAPEITE.

• Covenant of Agapeite  (1 Samuel 18:1-4; Philippians 2:3-5)
• What about Friendship? (John 15:13-15; Proverbs 17:17; John 15:13; Romans 5:7-8)
•  What about Loneliness? (Psalm 25:16; 68:6; Proverb 18:24; James 4:8; John 16:7; Hebrews 13:5)
• Intimacy with our Lord (Matthew 22:37-40; Psalm 23:4; Philippians 3:10)

2. OUR LORD'S SPIRIT CAN PROVOKE JEALOUSY.

• Stages of malignant jealousy

    -Anger (18:8)

    -Jealousy (18:9)

    -Rage (18:10-11)

    -Fear (18:12, 29)

    -Murder by proxy and manipulation (18:17, 21)

    -Murder with personal intent (19:9-10)

    -Stalking by proxy (19:11, 20, 21)

    -Personal stalking with intent to murder (19:22)

• Apostle Paul's lists of vile sins include jealousy. (Romans 1:28; Galatians 5:21)

• We have effective weapons against jealousy.

 -  (1 Samuel 2:7; Romans 11:33)

 - (Romans 12:5, 10)

 - (Galatians 5:13-16)

 - (1 Timothy 6:11)

3. OUR LORDS SPIRIT Will PROVOKE DIVISION.

•  Division turns family members into objects. (18:17, 20-21, 19:1, 6, 17)

• We have effective weapons against division. (19:2-6; Matthew 18:18-20; Romans 12:14-21)
• Some divisions clarify (Luke 12:51; John 14:6; Hebrews 4:12)

4. OUR LORDS SPIRIT PROVIDES PROTECTION

•             Multiple formats (19:1-7; 8-10; 11-17; 18-24)
•             Hidden protections (Job 1:10; Psalm 125:1-2)
•             Acknowledging God's protections (Romans 8:35-39)

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1 Samuel 17 - David and Goliath (Part 12)

King of Kings, Part 12

1 Samuel 17

David and Goliath

1. GOD WORKS FOR HIS GLORY.

– Goliath defied. (vs. 10, 25, 36, 45)

– David stood up. (vs. 27)

2. GOD WORKS IN SPITE OF WEAKNESS.

– Youngest (vs. 14)

– Not at the battlefield full time (vs. 15, 28)

– Untrained (vs. 33)

– Small (vs. 42-43)

– 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

3. GOD WORKS THROUGH OUR FAITH.

– Faith and works (vs. 37, 40)

4. GOD WORKS FOR HIS PEOPLE.

– The people receive the reward (vs. 52-53)

– Jesus and David (vs. 34-36)

– The Good Shepherd (John 10)

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

King of Kings, Part 11
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)

King of Kings, Part 10

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)

King of Kings
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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