God's Will in God's Time

TURN to 1 SAM. 26

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Intro:

(Q) ANYONE HERE TODAY, STRUGGLE W/ WAITING?

(Q) ANYONE STRUGGLE WAITING, EVEN WHEN IT’S INEVITABLE?

—PERSONAL STRUGGLES W/ BABY DAY!—

WAITING = HARD (REGARDLESS of CERTAINTY)

SINFUL TENDENCIES:

IMPATIENT

STRUGGLE TRUSTING GOD (ESP. TIMING)

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WE’VE GOT it BAD:

WAITING FOR AMAZON PACKAGES...

2-DAY SHIPPING, NOT ENOUGH??

TRACKING SERVICES SUPER DETAILED…

** & GOD FORBID IT’S LATE a DAY!

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GOD DOESN’T PROMISE 2-DAY SHIPPING

GOD’S MORE INTO CROCK-POTS THAN MICROWAVES

WE DON’T LIKE THIS:

WANT GOD’S WILL on OUR TIMETABLES

WANT PRAYERS ANSWERED TODAY

WE SAY WE WANT GOD’S WILL…BUT WHEN IT COMES to GOD’S TIMING,, WE’D RATHER HAVE it OUR WAY!

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GOD = FAITHFUL GOD.

HE WILL BRING HIS PROMISES to PASS

GOD WILL MEET OUR NEEDS & CARE FOR US

GOD WILL ESTABLISH & USE US

*** BUT THESE THINGS COME on GOD’S TIME.

CONSIDER: GOD’S TIMING = BETTER…GOD KNOWS BEST. WE MUST TRUST HIM & HIS PERFECT TIMING.

(T) HE’S a FAITHFUL GOD… && WE SHOULD REMAIN FAITHFUL to HIM,, EVEN DURING WAITING...

KEEP THESE THINGS in MIND as WE DIVE INTO OUR TEXT TODAY...

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Recap: (God’s Providence in People)

RECAP:

GOD WORKS in OUR LIVES BY HIS PROVIDENCE (NONBELIEVERS WOULD CALL COINCIDENCE)

GOD WILL ARRANGE PEOPLE in OUR LIVES BY PROVIDENCE.

GOD SUPPLIES VARIETY of NEEDS

GOD HAS GIVEN US ALL a UNIQUE RELATIONAL NETWORK!

PEOPLE to GIVE YOU GODLY WISDOM & ENCOURAGEMENT

PEOPLE FOR YOU to GIVE WISDOM & ENCOURAGEMENT & GOSPEL TO.

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WISDOM & GRACE of ABIGAIL,, WHOM GOD SENT to DAVID.

RANDOM EPISODE: NABAL, ABIGAIL, && DAVID

NABAL = WEALTHY & FOOLISH

ABIGAIL = BEAUTIFUL & DISCERNING

NABAL REFUSES to HELP DAVID W/ PROVISION AFTER DAVID WATCHED OVER HIS SHEPHERDS… && INSULTS DAVID

DAVID RESPONDS W/ SWORDS DRAWN

ABIGAIL COMES W/ PEACE OFFERING & TAKES BLAME

**GOD SENT ABIGAIL.

SPARED DAVID FROM SIN

SPARED MEN FROM DAVID’S HOUSEHOLD

TEXT CONCLUDES: GOD STRIKES NABAL && DAVID TAKES ABIGAIL as HIS WIFE...

(T) TURN & LOOK W/ ME @ 1 SAM. 26,, TEXT SAYS,,

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Text: 1 Samuel 26:1-25 ESV

Setting/Inciting Incident (v1-3a)

1 Samuel 26:1–25 (ESV)

1 Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?” 2 So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

3 And Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is beside the road on the east of Jeshimon. But David remained in the wilderness.

ZIPHITES ARE BACK! RATTING DAVID OUT AGAIN

SAUL— ARMY of 3,000 GUYS

APPARENTLY: SAUL FORGOT DAVID’S KINDNESS in SPARING HIM.

GOD HAD DELIVERED SAUL to DAVID on SILVER PLATTER

DAVID SPARED SAUL: PROVED HE WASN’T a THREAT!!

(T) So, SAUL is ON THE HUNT for DAVID AGAIN.., and HOW’S IT GOING to WORK THIS TIME?? Well LOOK W/ ME @ 2ND HALF of VS. 3....IT SAYS,,

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Rising Action (v3b-5)

When he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness, 4 David sent out spies and learned that Saul had indeed come. 5 Then David rose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Saul was lying within the encampment, while the army was encamped around him.

DAVID HEARS: SAUL HAS COME

**LIKE SAUL, DAVID HAS “INTELLIGENCE NETWORK” && SENDS SPIES

&& THEY DISCOVER: SAUL FOR SURE HAS COME && THEY FIND HIM & ARMY!

EVERYONE ENCAMPED!!!

SAUL & ABNER in MIDDLE

ARMY ENCIRCLED HIM.

(T) We can IMAGINE this would have been PRETTY INTENSE , right?

DAVID HEARS of SAUL’S COMING

SENDS SPIES

FINDS SAUL

HOW WILL DAVID RESPOND? LOOK W/ ME @ VS 6-8

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More Tension (v6-8)

6 Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab’s brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.” 7 So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him.

8 Then Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.”

DAVID HAS PERFECT OPPORTUNITY

B4 GOING,, HE GETS COMPANY: ABISHAI, BROTHER of JOAB,, DAVID’S NEPHEW.

&& THEY GO to CAMP & FIND SAUL SLEEPING!

WHAT an AWESOME OPPORTUNITY!!

DIDN’T KILL SAUL 1ST TIME

2ND OPPORTUNITY = MUST BE GOD’S WILL....RIGHT???

1ST TIME SAUL = USING BATHROOM (JUST AIN’T RIGHT)

NOW, HE’S SLEEPING!

HE WON’T FEEL a THING! = MORE HUMANE, OBVIOUS!

****SAUL’S SPEAR is THERE in THE GROUND…BY HIS HEAD....READY to BE USED. BARELY NEEDS MOVED!

GREAT IRONY:

SAUL’S SPEAR WAS USED AGAINST DAVID & JONATHAN. ALMOST KILLING BOTH of THEM.

YAHWEH DELIVERS SAUL RIGHT INTO DAVID’S LAP,, HIS SPEAR READY to GO,, GETTING REVENGE W/ SAME SPEAR.

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ABISHAI OFFERS:

“I’LL DO IT SWIFTLY… ONE STROKE of SPEAR && SAUL’S DONE!”

EVERYTHING WILL BE HONKY-DORY

SUPER HUMANE, EFFICIENT,, && NO BRAINER… LET’S KILL SAUL!

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HUMANE KILLING DEFINITELY = BETTER…RIGHT? HE WON’T BE HACKING SAUL to PIECES...

REMINDS ME: YOUTUBE VIDEO of HUMANELY KILLING FISH.

PERSONALLY, NOT a KILLING for SAKE of KILLING KIND of GUY

&& 99% I CATCH & RELEASE.

BUT WANTED to SEE BEST WAY to KILL FISH IF WE WANT to KEEP.

VIDEO:

BEGINS W/ INTRODUCTION to CHANNEL & TOPIC ETC.

TELLS YOU, IMMEDIATELY KILL FISH…DON’T LEAVE IT OUT of WATER SUFFERING..

***MIND YOU, HE DID WHOLE INTRO WHILE HOLDING FISH.

THEN HE SAYS: AIM FOR BRAIN && ONE SWIFT HIT & FISH WILL BE DONE.

SO HE GRABS SOMETHING (I DON’T REMEMBER) && HITS FISH

FISH = STILL ALIVE

SO HE HITS a FEW MORE TIMES.

***CONCLUSION: HE SHOULD HAVE MADE ANOTHER VIDEO or RENAMED EXISTING ONE.

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ABISHAI in THIS CAMP. HUMANELY KILLING SAUL.

ONE STROKE of SPEAR

&& SAUL is SLEEPING

++ OBVIOUSLY GOD BROUGHT SAUL to YOU DAVID...

DAVID…THIS = NO BRAINER!!

(T) So, the question now, is WHAT WILL DAVID DO?

GOD’S GIVEN HIM a 2ND CHANCE

ABISHAI WILL DO it FOR HIM...

OBVIOUS SITUATION,, CLEAR CONCLUSION...

**LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 9

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Climax1 (v9-12)

9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?” 10 And David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.

11 The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.” 12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them.

ONCE AGAIN:

DAVID NOT ONLY RESTRAINS HIMSELF…

BUT DAVID RESTRAINS OTHERS!

DAVID’S CONCLUSION: SAUL = LORD’S ANOINTED.

IRONY:: DAVID = LORD’S ANOINTED!

***BUT DAVID = WILLING to WAIT FOR GOD’S WILL in GOD’S TIME....

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DAVID POINTS OUT 3 OPTIONS:

GOD WILL STRIKE HIM

HIS DAY WILL COME & HE’LL DIE

HE’LL DIE in BATTLE.

**OBVIOUSLY SAUL ISN’T ETERNAL

**&& GOD’S PROMISES to DAVID = SURE.

DAVID = CONTENT to WAIT on GOD’S TIMING… GOD CAN ELIMINATE SAUL & I CAN WAIT.

DAVID LEARNED to TRUST in GOD…REMEMBER GOD STRUCK NABAL && SPARED DAVID FROM SIN… NOW DAVID CONCLUDES: GOD CAN TAKE CARE of SAUL.

DAVID ISN’T GOING to “FAST-TRACK” GOD’S WILL FOR HIS LIFE BY TAKING MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS.

GOD’S WILL = IN GOD’S HANDS

GOD’S WILL = IN GOD’S TIMING.

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OPPORTUNITY CAME as a TEST!

“HOLY SPIRIT MELATONIN”— SAUL & ARMY KNOCKED OUT! TEXT SAYS, “DEEP SLEEP FROM the LORD HAD FALLEN UPON THEM”

PEOPLE SAY: “THE ENDS JUSTIFY the MEANS”

***IF the MEANS = CONTRARY to GOD’S WORD,, THE END NEVER JUSTIFIES.

GOD DOESN’T NEED OUR HELP, && HE ESPECIALLY DOESN’T NEED OUR DISOBEDIENCE to MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!!

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EVERYONE KNEW: DAVID = NEXT KING

SAMUEL ANOINTED HIM

JONATHAN ACKNOWLEDGED IT

SAUL ACKNOWLEDGED IT

ABIGAIL ACKNOWLEDGED IT.

DAVID HAD to WAIT FOR IT...

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(Q) CHRISTIAN, ARE YOU WILLING to WAIT on GOD’S TIMING?

CAN YOU TRUST GOD WHILE DOORS ARE CLOSED?

NUDGING & KNOCKING on DOORS ISN’T SINFUL...

BUT ARE YOU WILLING to TRUST GOD’S PLAN && GOD’S ABILITY to ACCOMPLISH IT??

WE ALL HAVE OUR PART…BUT WE DON’T HAVE to FORCE IT EITHER....

(T) So, INSTEAD of KILLING SAUL.... DAVID & ABISHAI TAKE the SPEAR && SAUL’S WATER JUG & THEY DEPART...

And THEN the TEXT SAYS in VS. 13

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Rising Action2 (v13-16)

13 Then David went over to the other side and stood far off on the top of the hill, with a great space between them. 14 And David called to the army, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Will you not answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered, “Who are you who calls to the king?”

15 And David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord. 16 This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is and the jar of water that was at his head.”

DAVID GOES a LITTLE WAYS OFF

&& HE DAVID CALLS OUT to ABNER & the ARMY ((APPARENTLY GOD’S DEEP SLEEP WORE OFF))

**BIG TROUBLE for ARMY: SLEEPING in OPEN.... && NOT EVEN ONE SENTRY?????

DAVID POINTS OUT WHAT HAPPENED

ARMY HAS LET SAUL DOWN

ABNER ESP. DESERVES DEATH

THEY ALL NEGLECTED DUTY to PROTECT the KING...

(T) And then DAVID HOLDS UP SPEAR & WATER JUG to them TO PROVE WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED...

JUST LIKE CORNER of ROBE FROM LAST INCIDENT.... SOLID PROOF DAVID WASN’T GOING to KILL SAUL!!

HUMBLING EXPERIENCE for SAUL… HOW’S HE RESPOND?? LOOK W/ ME @ VS 17

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More Tension2 (v17-20)

17 Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.” 18 And he said, “Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?

19 Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’ 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord, for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

SAUL RESPONDS: “DAVID IS THAT YOU??”

DAVID POINTS OUT,, SAUL’S EFFORTS = RIDICULOUS… HE’S CHASING a SINGLE FLEA...

DAVID = INNOCENT!

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DAVID POINTS OUT:

IF THIS is FROM GOD… I’LL BRING SACRIFICE & REPENT…

BUT IF IT’S MEN,, THEY SHOULD BE CURSED.

FOR DAVID WAS DRIVEN AWAY FROM ISRAEL,, SEPARATING HIM FROM PUBLIC WORSHIP of YAHWEH…PUSHING HIM TOWARDS OTHER gods… TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!

DALE DAVIS: “He [David] was being shut out of the land and sanctuary where Yahweh met with his people. To be cut off from the ordinances of public worship is David’s most severe grief.”[1] He further points out that, “Christians have surpassed David in privileges but few have approached him in appetite.”[2]

DAVID KNEW HE WASN’T CUT OFF FROM YAHWEH RELATIONALLY,, BUT HE COULDN’T GO PUBLICLY to PRAY & WORSHIP OUTSIDE of ISRAEL

SEPARATION FROM PUBLIC GATHERING = ATROCITY,, PUNISHMENT FOR DAVID!

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(Q) HOW MANY of US REMEMBER DURING COVID WHAT it WAS LIKE to NOT GATHER? OR GATHER W/ PRECAUTIONS, ETC. in PLACE??

**HOW MANY PEOPLE LONGED to GO to CHURCH WHEN CHURCHES SHUT DOWN...

BUT NOW THAT WE CAN COME EVERY SUNDAY IT’S EASY to SKIP....STAY HOME,, DO OTHER STUFF,, INSTEAD of GATHERING W/ SAINTS FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP

^^^ PRIVILEGES WE CAN EASILY TAKE FOR GRANTED ^^^

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DAVID RESPONDS W/ HUMILITY && DESIRE to GET BACK to NORMAL LIVING...

(T) So, once again,DAVID POINTS OUT the FOLLY of SAUL in CHASING HIM to KILL HIM.

HE’S NOT a THREAT to SAUL or THE KINGDOM....

HOW WILL SAUL RESPOND? LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 21....

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Climax2 (v21-24)

21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.” 22 And David answered and said, “Here is the spear, O king! Let one of the young men come over and take it.

23 The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. 24 Behold, as your life was precious this day in my sight, so may my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.”

SAUL CONFESSES SIN,,, SHOCKING!!

MUST REMEMBER, SAUL’S REPENTANCE = SUPERFICIAL…HE’S NEVER GENUINE.

HERE HE DOES ACKNOWLEDGE HIS FOOLISHNESS in CHASING DAVID THOUGH...

SAUL DETERMINES,, NO HARM INTENDED

DAVID HAS SAUL SEND SOMEONE to GET SPEAR & WATER… DAVID ISN’T RETURNING W/ SAUL…NO WAY.

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DAVID POINTS OUT: GOD BROUGHT SAUL to HIM & LAID HIM @ DAVID’S MERCY...

&& GOD WILL REWARD DAVID FOR HIS CHOICE...

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SALVATION = BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH...

BUT SURELY THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REWARDS GOD OFFERS:

JESUS SAID, “LAY UP TREASURES in HEAVEN.”

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WE BRING NO MERIT FOR SALVATION

BUT GOD DOES KEEP a RECORD of YOUR WORKS FOR HIM. & YOUR LABOR ISN’T in VAIN.

FAITHFULNESS = PLEASING to GOD...

BEST THING WE’LL HEAR: “WELL DONE, MY GOOD & FAITHFUL SERVANT”

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DAVID CONCLUDES W/ HOPE:

AS SAUL’S LIFE WAS PRECIOUS to DAVID…SO DAVID’S LIFE WILL BE PRECIOUS to GOD.

DAVID TRUSTING in GOD’S MERCY & GRACE to HIM...

GOD = a FAITHFUL GOD.

(T) And now our TEXT is GOING to CLOSE today in VS 25 it says,

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Resolution & Conclusion (v25)

25 Then Saul said to David, “Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

TEXT TODAY ENDS on GOOD NOTE....

SAUL ACKNOWLEDGES DAVID WILL CONTINUE to BE SUCCESSFUL....

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SAUL & DAVID DEPART in PEACE…NEVER SPEAKING to EACH OTHER AGAIN...

DAVID KNOWS BETTER THAN to BELIEVE THEY’RE RECONCILED:

SAUL GOES HOME

DAVID STAYS SEPARATE ...

(T) And so WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS TEXT TODAY, the idea that,

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Homiletical Idea:

As God’s people we should trust in the perfect timing of God and His appointed means, knowing that He will surely bring His plans for us to fruition.

MUST REMEMBER: GOD’S TIMING ISN’T LIKE OURS...

IT’S DIFFERENT

IT’S BETTER.

MUST REMEMBER: ENDS DON’T JUSTIFY MEANS IF THE MEANS REQUIRE DISOBEYING GOD.

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Gospel:

NO BETTER EXAMPLE of TRUSTING the FATHER’S TIMING THAN JESUS CHRIST.

****JESUS SAID HIS FOOD,, SOURCE of NOURISHMENT CAME FROM OBEDIENCE to FATHER’S WILL

HE LIVED W/ PERFECT & CONSISTENT OBEDIENCE to GOD

DESPITE TEMPTATION

DESPITE BETRAYAL

DESPITE REJECTION

@ TEMPTATION in WILDERNESS.... the DEVIL OFFERED JESUS KINGDOMS of WORLD

OFFERED CROWN WITHOUT CROSS...

JESUS KNEW THE FATHER WOULD GIVE HIM ALL AUTHORITY....JESUS KNEW THERE WAS NO EXALTATION WITHOUT HUMILIATION

EVEN in GARDEN HE PRAYED “THY WILL BE DONE”

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A TRUST in GOD’S WILL & TIMING COMES FROM a TRUST in GOD’S NATURE...

CHRIST KNEW the FAITHFULNESS of the FATHER FROM ETERNITY PAST....

&& WE CAN BE CONFIDENT TODAY THAT GOD WILL KEEP HIS PROMISES to US.

Philippians 1:6 (ESV)

6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

THE GOOD PROMISES of GOD FOR the FUTURE ARE RESERVED to THOSE in CHRIST...

THE FUTURE FOR the BELIEVER = FILLED W/ GOOD NEWS & GOOD THINGS

FUTURE FOR the NONBELIEVER = FILLED W/ JUDGMENT & BAD NEWS...

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GOOD NEWS TODAY: YOU DON’T HAVE to STAY FAR FROM CHRIST.

THE WILL of GOD WAS GIVING JESUS CHRIST to DIE FOR OUR SINS… && JESUS PERFECTLY FULFILLED THAT WILL...

HE CAME to SEEK & to SAVE THE LOST...

HE MADE a WAY FOR US...

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WE’VE ALL DISOBEYED

BUT JESUS OBEYED PERFECTLY in OUR PLACE!!

&& THEN SUFFERED the DEATH WE DESERVED to DIE...

2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

IF YOU BELIEVE & RECEIVE CHRIST as SAVIOR, YOU CAN FIND FORGIVENESS FOR EVERY SIN & WRONG YOU’VE EVER COMMITTED…TODAY.

YOU CAN BE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH…NOT BY GOOD WORKS…NOT BY OBEDIENCE...

BUT BY THE PERFECT OBEDIENCE of CHRIST....GIVEN to US THROUGH FAITH...

(Q) DO YOU HAVE ASSURANCE FOR the FUTURE,, THAT YOU’LL BE SAVED ON THAT DAY? THAT GOD’S PROMISES to YOU WILL BE FULFILLED?

IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND W/ the LORD TODAY,, WE’D LOVE to TALK to YOU AFTER THE SERVICE...

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(T) And now, in closing, I’d like to share a few takeaways with you all, today.

Takeaways:

LEARN ABOUT GOD?

GOD = FAITHFUL GOD.

HE WILL ACCOMPLISH HIS PLAN in HIS TIMING && BY HIS MEANS...

GOD’S PRESERVED DAVID’S LIFE COUNTLESS TIMES

GOD’S SPARED DAVID FROM FALLING INTO SIN...

GOD WILL BRING HIS CHOSEN KING to THE THRONE…IN HIS TIMING...

SAUL’S DESTINY = in GOD’S HANDS…JUSTICE BELONGS to GOD.

LEARN FOR US??

App:

AS YOU GO INTO YOUR WEEK:

REMINDER,, GOD’S WILL & GOD’S PLAN WILL COME to PASS.

GOD = FAITHFUL GOD && IN HIS SOVEREIGN DECREE,, THROUGH HIS PROVIDENCE,, HE’LL BRING HIS PROMISES to PASS!

BUT REMEMBER,, GOD’S TIMING ISN’T LIKE OURS.

HE’S a CROCKPOT GOD…HE DOESN’T OFFER 2-DAY SHIPPING… && PERHAPS HE’S TEACHING US PATIENCE WHILE WE WAIT...

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IT WOULD’VE BEEN EASIER FOR DAVID to EXECUTE SAUL…BUT IT WASN’T DAVID’S TIME to REIGN YET...

SAUL & DAVID’S DESTINIES WERE IN GOD’S HANDS…

GOD WOULD BE FAITHFUL to ELIMINATE SAUL WHEN HE’S READY.

&& GOD WOULD BE FAITHFUL to ELEVATE DAVID @ RIGHT TIME...

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OUR STRUGGLE = DIFFERENCE of OUR WILL FROM GOD’S…WE CAN’T SEE the WHOLE THING...

REMEMBER: GOD’S TIMING IS BETTER THAN OURS.

IF YOU FEEL GOD’S FORGOTTEN YOU: TRUST HIM, HE’S FAITHFUL, HIS PROMISES WILL COME to PASS...

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IF YOU FEEL ALL DOORS ARE SHUT,, YOU CAN NUDGE,, BUT REMEMBER, GOD WILL OPEN THE DOOR @ THE RIGHT TIME… && GOD = GOOD @ KNOCKING DOORS OFF the HINGES…MAKING it OBVIOUS...

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LAST, REMEMBER, GOD’S ETERNAL PROMISES to US in CHRIST ARE SECURE.

ON the DAY CHRIST COMES AGAIN,, OUR HOPE WILL BE CONSUMMATED...

EVEN in MESSINESS of THIS WORLD,, WE CAN HAVE HOPE & ASSURANCE TODAY!!

WHILE WE WAIT ON GOD’S TIMING,, WE TRUST HIM & WALK BY FAITH.

CLOSE in PRAYER...