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Agag is a picture of sin in our lives
Sin that we save
We protect
We keep with us
Sin that God told us to get rid of already
We see three things about Agag and sin in this passage
Sin is difficult to get rid of
Agag thought that he was safe
He wasn’t killed immediately
It would be harder for them to kill him later
Most times he would be right
When we fail to deal with sin right away,
We often get used to it
We often forget about it
We never end up dealing with it
It becomes very difficult to get rid of that sin!
We remain trapped by that sin!
We become the prisoners/slaves of sin
In bonds - chains
Trap - held captive
Animal in a trap
Someone can set him free, but...
Sin keeps us locked up
Do we use this word to talk about walking out of an unlocked door?
No!
Sin keeps us locked up
Sin keeps us in peril
It doesn’t want to let go
Resist!
Work at it now
Don’t wait
Sin is destructive
As...
He first talks about the destruction of Agag
Reminded people of who Agag was
Reminded people of what he was - a killer of their sons
We need to remember what sin is
A destroyer of lives
Many do not want to treat sin harshly
Do not want to attack it with their full strength
Do not want to cut off its head!
But only because we do not recognize how destructive sin is!
We are like the man in Proverbs 14:12
It looks ok, but it leads to death!
We see this so many times in scripture
Sometimes death seems abstract
Far off
Not real
Not personal
Mark gives us some perspective:
How about that!
Cut off your hand if it causes you to sin
Pluck out your eyes
Sin is more destructive than chopping off a hand!
Your bleeding, painful stump of an arm is less destructive than sin
Before we will take the right steps to deal with sin
We need to recognized how destructive it is
Sin needs to be completely destroyed
In pieces!
This old man chopped up the warrior king
How savage
Unpleasant
Mean!
But sin needs to be completely destroyed!
Don’t play with something so dangerous
Would you put a lion in a cage and try to tame it?
No! and don’t try to cage your sin
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Forsake!
Not put it on the back burner
Not “save it for later”
Not “stop for a while”
Leave it behind
Go in a different direction
Our tendency/nature is to be easy on our sin
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Our tendency/nature is to be easy on our sin
Our tendency/nature is to be easy on our sin
We should be like Samuel and completely destroy sin in our lives.
Do not give opportunity for sin to return
Sin is hard to get rid of!
Sin is destructive!
Sin needs to be destroyed completely!
Those that harbor and protect sin should be avoided
Was wanting to worship without having obeyed
Samuel
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