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Today we’ll jump back into our trek through 1 Samuel - having stepped outside of it - LAST WEEK - to address the Heart of Man...
…and how to fight against it!
We had seen...
The Way of the Heart
The Truth of the Heart
The Life of the Heart
And in looking at those things - we saw how the Heart of Man - REALLY is the ENEMY within us...
We saw that the Heart of Man TRULY is - deceitful above ALL things!
Today - we’ll get back into the story of 1 Samuel…and we’ll see the connection between The Spirit and The Word.
…And that connection will no doubt speak to us today...
We’ll go ahead and read through the text, and then we’ll circle back and dive in...
If you remember - Samuel had anointed Saul as King -
And during that anointing ceremony...
Samuel had given Saul some marching orders - in how certain things would play out...
And things he needed to do - in obedience to God.
So let’s start by going back to that anointing ceremony...
Jump down to v5
In this verse here - we see the marching orders...
Samuel says - Wait 7 days until I come to you and give you the next steps!
Jump to v8
So - in a nutshell - what we see here is -
Saul is anointed King - and in that anointing - he is given orders to do certain things.
But in seeing it play out - we see OTHER choices are made...
And IN THAT - we see a connection between The Spirit, Freedom, and The Word.
Circling back - we will see this...
SLIDE: The Word of God: Our Authority
The Word of God
Back to our text … But as we look at it, let’s highlight - THE WORD of GOD
VERSE - HIGHLIGHTED
So these things were going to TAKE place - This was SAMUEL - speaking FOR GOD...
GOD speaking His WORD - to SAUL
Saul was told what was going to HAPPEN - and it would all be a SIGN to Saul...
To help STRENGTHEN his trust in God!
It continues…(don’t read)
MORE of God’s WORD...
What do we see?
VERSE HIGHLIGHTED
See God isn’t SHY about going into the GREATEST of detail when He decides to prophesy the future...
He continues...
WOW - Does God know that if ONE of these prophecies doesn’t come to fruition that He’s labeled a FRAUD and Samuel will be put to death?
Jump to verse 8
This is the WORD of the Lord!
HIS WORD - is our authority - JUST AS it was - THRU Samuel - TO SAUL!
See – it’s VERY EASY for us and most common in the world …· …to view life through the FILTER of – Our Experiences
· That our EXPERIENCES determine REALITY…
SLIDE:
Experientialism: the philosophical theory that experience is the source of knowledge
· Now – on a worldly level – this is seen as OBVIOUS…· All the world HAS is experience…
· The world EXPERIENCES a silent sky – therefore – in their mind – God doesn’t exist·
The world EXPERIENCES a DEAD man today – STILL dead 3 days from now – therefore – Jesus couldn’t have risen from the dead
On the world side – Experientialism is the norm…
BUT – EVEN within Christian circles…within religious circles… Experientialism is a danger
· Experientialism puts EXPERIENCE over the Word of God (even within the church)
· And what happens is this – People begin to – SEEK the SIGN and not Jesus!
- I want to see A SIGN… THEN I’ll believe!!!
Does Scripture speak to this?
· YES – experience is a LOUSY test for truth…and this is ESPECIALLY true of the last days…
· The Bible teaches that spiritual DECEPTION is going to keep on INCREASING...
Paul said this…
· John even writes about great DECEPTION by signs and wonders…
· SO – how is EXPERIENCE as a gauge for REALITY…for TRUTH?
Terrible…
· And in our text today – We see GOD’S WORD - God’s TRUTH - coming to SAUL - thru Samuel…
- What do you think happened?
WOW - What can WE take from this?
Let the WORD OF GOD direct your path…!
Let the WORD OF GOD – be your guide!
Filter what you THINK is an ANSWER to prayer – through the WORD OF GOD!
Filter what you THINK God is telling you to do in that situation – through the WORD OF GOD!
God’s WORD - - our Authority!!
- We embrace this truth - and yet we also need to know...
SLIDE: The Spirit of God: Our Strength & Freedom
The Spirit of God
Remember what Samuel told Saul in his anointing OF HIM…?
As part of Saul’s anointing - Samuel tells him that the Spirit of the Lord is going to COME upon Saul...
And in turn - God’s POWER will come as well...
It says - The Spirit will come - and you will PROPHESY with them…
the Spirit came and POWER came with it...
To the EXTENT that the people of Israel heard Saul prophesying - and they thought - WAIT - Is Saul a prophet now TOO??
So they saw God’s POWER...
The Spirit came - and God’s POWER came with it...
But something else came too...
v7 - says - Now when these signs meet you, do what your hands FIND TO DO…for God is with you.
Do you HEAR the freedom in this?
Do what your hands find to do - FOR God is with you!
And this shouldn’t be surprising - BECAUSE...
FREEDOM...
NOW I remember when I first started to grasp this idea of FREEDOM…IN Christ… earlier in my walk of faith!
And i struggled thinking - OK wait - I often don’t FEEL - FREE - when I follow Jesus.
The world seems MORE FUN...
And so I remember struggling with this FREEDOM - and I asked - is it really - FREEDOM?
I’d like to go back to an analogy if I could…to help us with this.
Do you guys remember this analogy/picture?
SLIDE: Unbeliever under water
What do we have here?
This represents - and UNBELIEVER...
And the water - represents — Sin.
The water is EVERYWHERE...
This person is SATURATED with water...
There isn’t one place on OR in this person - where the WATER (sin) doesn’t affect the person!
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