Sermon: Just when I needed Him!
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This Week’s Theme: God Will Fix It!
This Week’s Word is High Priest: He was to serve as a representative and mediator between the people and Yahweh. It was the high priest’s responsibility to see that the covenant was enforced and to direct people to complete the duties of the temple and the law of Moses. He was responsible for the nation’s spiritual welfare and for making atonement for the people’s sins. The NT recognizes Jesus Christ as bringing this role to fulfillment, making the perfect sacrifice for the sins of his people, as both high priest and the sacrificial victim.
Memory Verse: Hebrews 7:26 “26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;”
Essence of the Text in a Sentence: God pronounced judgment on the house of Eli because he was not faithful in instructing his sons.
Sermon Proposition: Saints of God are confident that God will do what is right.
Sermon Objective: I want those in attendance to praise God for His faithfulness in fixing what was broken in their lives.
Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 2:27-36
27 Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
28 Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before Me? And did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
29 Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling place, and honor your sons more than Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?’
30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
31 Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
32 And you will see an enemy in My dwelling place, despite all the good which God does for Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
33 But any of your men whom I do not cut off from My altar shall consume your eyes and grieve your heart. And all the descendants of your house shall die in the flower of their age.
34 Now this shall be a sign to you that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.
35 Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.
36 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and say, “Please, put me in one of the priestly positions, that I may eat a piece of bread.” ’ ”
INTRODUCTION:
TRANSITION: 1 Samuel chapter 1, it is during one of the times when Elkanah took his yearly trip to the Shiloh to worship by offering an offering to the LORD. The high priest at this time was Eli, whose name means “ascension.” Eli had two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were the priests of the LORD. According to the books of the Law the LORD God Almighty instituted the office of priest. Their responsibilities consisted of the following:
Tending to the Tabernacle: (Daily offering incense, keeping the lamp stand burning brightly, ) These functions included going up to the altar in the tabernacle courtyard (cf. Exod 20:24) and burning incense in the holy place (cf. Exod 30:7–9; 40:5), as well as all other official priestly activities performed while wearing “an ephod” (cf. Exod 28:1–6).
Presenting the Precepts
Presenting the Precepts
Leviticus 10:11 “11 and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.””
Washing the Wicked
Washing the Wicked
Leviticus 15:31 “31 ‘Thus you shall separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they defile My tabernacle that is among them.”
Portray the People of God
Portray the People of God
1 Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear the iniquity related to the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity associated with your priesthood.
Ex28:29 “29 “So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the Lord continually.”
Lev10:17 “17 “Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?”
Submitted the Sacrifices
Submitted the Sacrifices
I. The Situation
I. The Situation
In chapter 2, the story teller tells us in verse 12 that a problem existed, the text says that the sons of Eli [were] corrupt; they did not know the LORD.
According to verse 13-15, they exhibited an
Evil Appetite
Evil Appetite
13 And the priests’ custom with the people was that when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fleshhook in his hand while the meat was boiling.
14 Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; and the priest would take for himself all that the fleshhook brought up. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
15 Also, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.”
did not received the breast and thigh from the offering
Eli’s sons (a descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel) were corrupt
They did not know the LORD
They also exhibited an
Evil Attitudes
Evil Attitudes
16 And if the man said to him, “They should really burn the fat first; then you may take as much as your heart desires,” he would then answer him, “No, but you must give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
Lastly, they exhibited an
Crafty and Cunning
Shifty and Shady
Fraudulent and Fake
Debase and Depraved
Evil Activities
Evil Activities
Look at the end of verse 16
They said, “I will take it by force.”
Look at the end of verse 22
22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
Double dealing and Dishonest
Wretched and Wicked
Rotten and Reprehensible
Leaders May Have Contributed to Your Disdained
Leaders May Have Contributed to Your Disdained
17 Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
Leaders May Have Contributed to Your Dismissal
Leaders May Have Contributed to Your Dismissal
24 No, my sons! For it is not a good report that I hear. You make the Lord’s people transgress.
Their Walk wrecked Their Witness
Their Manner marred Their Ministry
Their Motions misconstrued Their Mission
Their Tactics tainted Their Teachings
II. The Solution
II. The Solution
God Removes
God Removes
31 Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
32 And you will see an enemy in My dwelling place, despite all the good which God does for Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
33 But any of your men whom I do not cut off from My altar shall consume your eyes and grieve your heart. And all the descendants of your house shall die in the flower of their age.
34 Now this shall be a sign to you that will come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.
God Raises up
God Raises up
35 Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.
A FAITHFUL PRIEST
PAID MAN’S SIN DEBT
PROVIDED DELIVERANCE FROM SIN’S BONDAGE
PROVIDED SAFETY FROM THE SIN’S FUTURE, HELL
A OBEDIENT PRIEST
ALL PRIEST BEFORE HIM HAD TO OFFER SACRIFICE FOR THEMSELVES FIRST AND THEN FOR THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE PRIEST WAS SINFUL, DEFILED, FULL OF INIQUITY, AND WICKEDNESS
BUT JESUS CHRIST OUR REPRESENTATIVE OUR HIGH PRIEST IS HOLY, HARMLESS, UNDEFILED
No Flaw in His life…
NO blemish in His character
NO spot in His purity
NO guile in His mouth
NO selfishness in His actions
NO impurity in His soul…
A CONNECTED PRIEST
He is a PERFECT REPRESENTATIVE
Because of His Sacrifice
Vs 27 for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
ALL CHRIST NEEDED WAS
ONE SHOT
ONE TRY
ONE ATTEMPT
HIS DEATH HAS
PAID MAN’S SIN DEBT
PROMISED A DELIVERANCE FROM SIN’S BONDAGE
PROVIDED SAFETY FROM THE SIN’S FUTURE, HELL
CHRIST IS THE
PERFECT Deliverer for everyone’s bondage
PERFECT Hope for everyone’s despair
PERFECT Strength for everyone’s weakness
PERFECT Guide for everyone’s journey
PERFECT Victory for everyone’s battle
PERFECT Supply for everyone’s need
PERFECT Sacrifice for everyone’s sin
PILATE STATED I FIND NO FAULT IN THIS MAN
Somebody ought to testify that He is
Dependable through every difficulty
Trustworthy through every trial
Competent in all circumstances
Somebody ought to testify that He is
Effective in every environment
Capable in every condition
Steadfast in every situation
What new truth did you learn from the sermon today?
After hearing the sermon, what sinful thoughts, feelings, desires, actions, or inactivity did the Holy Spirit convict you of today?
Write out a plan to get better at living for God based on the sermon or a plan to remove your sinful thoughts, feelings, desires, actions and replacing them with scriptural thoughts and/or biblical practices:
The Scriptures: Positive and negative Bible verses on your issue you will read and meditate on in order to align your thinking with God's
a. Write out those positive verses
b. Write out those negative verses
c. When will you meditate on these verses and how often?
The Spirit: Praying in the Spirit for God to help you to hate sin and love righteousness and for God through Christ to help you to live out His Will for your life.
a. Write out a prayer using the Scriptures you wrote above.
b. How often will you pray this prayer 3 times a day, daily, every other day, weekly, etc.
c. When will you pray this prayer or what time during the day will you pray this prayer?
The Saints:Those you will look to as a model of strength in your area of wrong. Those who will hold you accountable in this area and will hold you accountable to keep your plan.
a. Name the saints God wants to help you.
b. How often will they contact you?
c. What time should they contact you?