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\\ Mexico Congregational Church
June 18, 2006
Rev. Ron Lynn
\\ Introduction:
\\ Father Knows Best
In commenting on being named Father of the Year, 1942, General Douglas MacArthur stated:
By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact.
But I am prouder—infinitely prouder—to be a father.
A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys.
The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life.
And while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still.
It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, “Our Father Who Art in Heaven.“
Bingham, John Armor (January 21, 1815–March 19, 1900), was a U.S. Representative, 1855–63, 1865–73.
He served as the U.S. Minister to Japan, 1873–85.
He was Judge Advocate at the trial of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, and one of the managers of President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial.
John Armor Bingham stated:
I was instructed in early youth by precept and example of my father and mother.
I hereby became convinced of the truth of Christ’s teaching, and of the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures.
My convictions on this subject must suffice for me; I will not surrender them to any man.
Scripture:
Our scripture passage today comes to us from both the Old Testament (1 Sam 15:34-16:13 and the New Testament Mark 4:26-34
I will be reading from the New International Version of the Bible.
Background:
In the Old Testament scripture the prophet Samuel is mourning over King Saul and his failures.
God has turned away from Saul and Samuel is sad.
God now gives Samuel the task of anointing a new King for Israel.
Prayer: Lord we ask that you be with us today in Spirit and that you will bless your people in such a way that these scriptures will be heard and will become and used to your glory.
Amen.
The Word of God.
Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
/34 //Then Samuel left for Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
35 Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him.
And the Lord was grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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/Samuel Anoints David/
/16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel?
Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem.
I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”
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/2 But Samuel said, “How can I go?
Saul will hear about it and kill me.”
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/The Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ 3 Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what to do.
You are to anoint for me the one I indicate.”
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/4 Samuel did what the Lord said.
When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town trembled when they met him.
They asked, “Do you come in peace?” /
/5 Samuel replied, “Yes, in peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.
Consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.”
Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
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/6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed stands here before the Lord.”
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/7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him.
The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.
Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
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/8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in front of Samuel.
But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”
9 Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, “Nor has the Lord chosen this one.”
10 Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.”
11 So he asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?” /
/“There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered, “but he is tending the sheep.”
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/Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down/ /until he arrives.”
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/12 So he sent and had him brought in.
He was ruddy, with a fine appearance and handsome features.
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/Then the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; he is the one.”
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/13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power.
Samuel then went to Ramah.
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Message:
Today we celebrate a special day for fathers.
I want to recognize all the fathers and future fathers that we have here today.
Preaching on a special day like this it is easy for those of you both old and young to sort of think today’s message will have no meaning for you in your life.
However, I urge you to follow along with me today for the scripture has meaning for all.
In this Old testament scripture we find Jesse a father of eight sons probably doing what most of us do today with our children.
Samuel has told him he has come to anoint a new king for Israel and Jesse is sending his strongest, best looking sons first.
One by one they past by Samuel and each time God says no.
At last Samuel asks “/is this all the sons you have?/”
At this point Jesse sends for David who is the youngest and weakest of them all and God tells Samuel this is the one.
The key message of this passage, the big idea is found in the middle of it.
God says to Samuel, “/The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.
Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
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We tend to the same thing, don’t we?
When we look at someone we see their outward appearance and draw some kind of idea.
The big idea is that God looks inward at our hearts.
Second Message:
Our second scripture comes from the book of Mark Chapter four versus 26-29.
/The Parable of the Growing Seed/
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.
A man scatters seed on the ground.
27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.
29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
This little parable has many messages in it.
The seed is the Word of God.
The farmer plants it and it grows.
The seed grows without the help of the farmer.
Finally when the seed has reached it’s maturity, it is harvested.
The parable tells us the Word of God grows within our hearts.
Once planted it continues to grow until God harvests it.
I believe the Big idea here is that the Word of God grows within our hearts, but someone had to plant it there.
In the parable it was the farmer, in our lives it should be our parents.
Third Message:
Our last scripture also comes from the book of Mark Chapter four versus 30-34.
/The Parable of the Mustard Seed/
30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
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