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The Best of us are the worst of us.
Intro: Welcome back to our Study of Samuel
A. Before we dive in
· I want to thank everyone who helped in our vacation bible school
· Even those who came from Michigan and while visiting with her mother came and worked all week so we could share the hope of Jesus to your children.
Thank you Loree…
· Loree is part of A Fresh Wind through our live stream.
All of you who are tuned in are invited when you are in town to come and worship with us and lend a hand.
We thank you for your prayer, your giving, and your support as we all serve King Jesus together.
B. Samuel
· Two weeks ago we covered the most important part of Samuel.
The covenant between God and David.
· David wants to build God a house and God said thanks for that thought but no.
I am going to build you a house.
A dynasty.
· That someday a future king from David’s line will come to rule God’s eternal kingdom.
· So through David’s line the promise to Abraham back in , to bring blessings to all nations, will happen through this king this messiah.
· This promise is then picked up in the books of psalms and prophets, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, ect.. as we move forward in timeline.
· Samuel is a complete work not like 1&2 Timothy… The reason that there is a 1st and 2nd Samuel is because of the length of the scroll.
Sam with 1st and 2nd Kings.
· When we look at the overall view we see this pattern that not only do the pagan nations rise and fall because of the sin of man.
The same thing is happening with God’s chosen people.
This theme follows us all the way to Johns Revelation of Jesus the last book of the bible.
· No matter how great we start, because of sin we fall.
Samuel as a work is about mankinds problem with Sin.
Saul started with great promise but he had some character flaws.
Dishonest, lacks integrity, has a inferiority complex, and is incapable of acknowledging when he has done wrong.
Samuel told the people they needed a humble and faithful king.
Then we see the rise of David the humble king.
He’s faithful.
He’s humble and today we see him fall flat on His face.
In this sermon I call “the best of us are the worst of us.”
· Samuel has all of these characters and it is written so you can see yourself in these character.
Hannah, Samuel, the priest Eli and his evil sons.
Saul and Johnathon.
Abigail and Michal.
David his brothers.
I think the arching theme is this…
· No matter how qualified and perfect for the roll God has for you.
You can fall.
We need a savior from the sinful nature of man so we can have the future God has promised and that Savior is Jesus.
>>> The best of us are sinners just like the worst of us.
Christians leaders rise and fall.
Some deny the faith.
Some repent but are never the same.
The best of us become the worst of us.
It is the curse of sin that haunts mankind.
One day… The Christ shall return and lead us into a new kingdom.
He we restore all things.
Even us.
In the twinkling of an eye we will be changed.
Then humanities history will really start.
Me: I haven’t had a lot of Christian hero’s.
Billy Graham maybe.
We watched Rex Humbard.
Cathedral of tomorrow.
I have always been more influenced by the everyday Christian who faced life at work not in the pastors study.
I think that came from my Dads influence.
We: All of us have seen the mighty laid low.
It all comes from the battle against our sinful nature.
We almost want the famous to fall.
Oral Roberts 9 million.
So the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to tell David this story: “There were two men in a certain town.
One was rich, and one was poor. 2 The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle.
3 The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought.
He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children.
It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup.
He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.
4 One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man.
But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”
5 David was furious.
“As surely as the Lord lives,” he vowed, “any man who would do such a thing deserves to die! 6 He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”
7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man!
The Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.
8 I gave you your master’s house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.
9 Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed?
For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.
10 From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah’s wife to be your own.
I. David’s fight.
Temptation.
I. David’s fight.
Temptation.
A. After hearing all about Saul’s failures we are ready to hear some victories.
· Although David’s life as king started out grand it didn’t last.
· David sent his army out to fight the Ammonites… Tell the story.
She mourned Uriah’s death.
When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives.
Then she gave birth to a son.
But the Lord was displeased with what David had done.
B. God sees
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom.
Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
· Fear of the Lord is knowing that he is watching what you do.
Weighing your thoughts.
Seeing your motivations.
· We can put one over on our families.
We can justify and bully those who love us.
· We can throw ourselves on their mercy and it works for a time.
· But God knows… It is truly a lack of faith that causes us to get into the messes we get into.
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